Wow!!!!:eek2:
Very nice!:up:
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Wow!!!!:eek2:
Very nice!:up:
nice work... and nice touch on that paintjob, truly unique
are you going to do anything special with that corsair logo in the hx1000 though?
Wasn't planning on. Why do you have any ideas? :)
haha. not really... just thought you'd go down to that detail.Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
not sure if it can just be peeled off easily. if it is possible without voiding warranty, probably you can replace it with a star or profile of the pegasus.
Yeh could do, although I quite like the logo :) I don't mind leaving logos on some things. Not sure what is behind it either. I've taken all the stickers off my fans and they look really nice tbh. Well here's hoping everything goes smoothly tomorrow. It's my first time setting up watercooling, but luckily dingdong555 is coming down to give me a hand :) I've asked him to be gentle with me ;) :up:
Awesome your paint on the rads and PSU!! A bit "extravagant" for me, but looks very impressive. We see the quality of the work! ;) :up:
Yeh it is quite extravagant, but when everything is together you won't be able to see too much of the paintjob. Should still stay tasteful! :up:
Nice...finally got ur build up!
=P
I went to Nat's yesterday and helped her mount all the blocks, it looks amazing!
Now she's on her own :P She has to put the midplate on, mount some fans and fill er' up :)
!!!! :eek:
I'm scared ;) Just gotta fix a little booboo i made working out cable lengths (and i had made them SO LONG as well dammit, just not long enough). Then should be able to put it all together and fill up! Goddam I hope everything is working!
eagerly waiting the final presentation!!! :yepp:
Don't be afraid! You'll do fine - and good on James for giving you a hand.Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
Fixed the booboo. :up:
Just waiting on a friend of mine to come over so we can set both of our systems up for the first time together! He had an exam today so will be over a little later.
Will keep you all updated. Meanwhile I have been working on cable management. :O After so much planning and preparation I can't believe it is really coming to an end now!
Yeh, James was a superstar, thanks so much for coming down mate :up:
That is what I thought after my first loop was done....trust me when I say that as soon as you "think" you are finished you are going to either want to do a new one or you will find something in the build that requires you to rip it all apart and start again :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
This is "hobby" of ours is incredibly addictive....:yepp:
Like Skinnee said - eagerly awaiting some pics of the finished goods - bring them on :up:
Hi I just pulled apart my pc. I built it in October 08 and I have a cat who is in my room all the time. I'll post pictures of the fur in a few mins. Since cleaning it, my temps have dropped by 8 degrees.
Haha yeh my cat sits on my PC all the time too, dropping hairs into it. And claws too actually haha.
I am as of now bleeding the loop! :O Weird thing though, I'm so confused by it, wondering if the fan controller is the problem. The two 92mm fans I have, they have separate LED and power wires, which I sleeved separately. The LEDs light up fine, they're plugged into the Sunbeam multi fan port, so they're just getting full 12v. The fans themselves though, they're plugged into the Vantec fan controller which is supposedly varying voltage. But for some reason they are just going full speed no matter what. And I KNOW they're plugged in, if I unplug them they turn off, so they're not getting power from anywhere else. Tried plugging them into a different socket, same deal. But the other fan that is plugged into the fan controller is fine, can turn it off or have it full speed and anywhere in between. WTF? Has anyone had this problem before? And my scythe fan controller's LCD screen isn't working boohoo :( Any ideas what I can try to get it working again?
Sounds like it's got a power line [molex] and a rpm line [blue cable only].
Dunno about the fan controller, I just have one with knobs =D.
I'm wondering if I might have accidently switched the red and yellow cables around.
Red in the middle.
Looking really nice!
Can I get more details of the little plexit top window you made? I.e how it fits in?
OMFG, filled, leak tested, now turned on and installing windows! Woo!
Looks really pretty :) My boyfriend took some film, will make a video for me as photos don't do the colours justice.
WRT Acrylic top panel, I basically measured the gap, designed the stars, sent them to a laser cutting place, told them that i needed a frame which was slightly smaller internal diameter than the stars, but 2cm wide, and they gave me that :) I was lucky my measurements were pretty accurate coz it fits in just perfectly (quite tight fit).
So I guess you joined those two pieces and just screwed it on? :)
Anxious to see
Not sure on the LED Fan / Vantec issue. But, my concern with the Scythe display is that it may be kaput. Apparently, the displays are very sensitive to any type of voltage fluctuations. Hopefully that's not the case - but apparently that's how I fried the display on my aquaero (had it plugged into the same line as my CCFLs - not a good thing, apparently).
Looking forward to pics/video.
Oh, my scythe is plugged into the same daisy chain of horrible ugly molex connectors as the Vantec fan controller, and off that everything else. Is it a good idea to run the pump off its own molex?
Doesn't matter.
Good luckers with the fan controller. It might need some bashing with a cricket bat. That's how I once convinced a fan of mine to work.
OMG where is the finishing pics???Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
Dont tell me you picked up a bad habit of mine. :rofl:
Update on the scythe, if I push the PCB in a bit further all of a sudden the LCD screen works. WTF? As soon as I take away that pressure it stops though. :( I have work everyday from 8am till 7.30pm from today until Friday guys, so don't expect any photos before the weekend :( Anyways, if I haven't tightened my compressions enough it'll be dead before then lol :P I found it near impossible to get a wrench on any of the 45 degree fittings in the mosfet/cpu/nb/sb area coz there just wasn't enough space (and both mosfet blocks and the CPU block have dual 45s on them!), so I'm really hoping they're tight enough - I basically leak tested for about 3-4 hours yesterday, another hour this morning, how long do you reckon I need before I can be sure it isn't gonna leak? And for another noob question, do I have to worry about compressions slackening off, i.e. should I keep checking they're tight? Or will they just keep their pressure? But I can say the motherboard weighed 3.2kg without liquid in it :) And the case itself weighs approx. 30kg. But it is STILL sitting on my glass desk (seemingly happily). Hehe :up: My crucial ballistix tracers also light up Pegasus on the side panel really prettily, as they twinkle it looks like the stars at his feet are twinkling. And up on the ceiling when the lights are out at night the LEDs from the ram make stars twinkle on the roof, as it shines up through the top plate! Yep it's very pretty hehe. :)
Hmmnnn ... wondering if your molex pins are making good connection on the Scythe? Can you check the back and make sure the pins are in all the way? Although it sounds like what your describing is the connection to the fan controller itself - not sure.
My 2 cents on compressions ... you don't need to use a wrench with them, unless your fingers are very weak. They don't have to tighten all the way down. As long as they are not loose, you should be okay, and it's unlikely that they'll wriggle loose. I'd leak test overnight (with no power on the mobo, obviously) just for comfort.
Can't wait to see the pics.
I had the same issue with my Scythe, because I sleeved everything somehow it wasn't making good contact. After a bit of playing around and shorter heatshrink, it works fine. I leak test mine under load for about 4-5 hours then idle overnight. I dont think compressions will come loose, but when I install comp fittings I always dip the back end in some dist water first. I think it helps with the seal and expansion/contraction of the o-ring.Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
:shocked: 30+ kg's on a glass top, I guess you know what you're doing.
I've got the red tracers in my build too and yes they do look purrtie :)
ummm dream you shouldnt have to use a wrench to tighten compressions... if you do, then its not a great compression as it can and might rip the tubing.
I think waterlogged showed us this very nice in a cross slice on why we should hand tighten them and not use a wrench....
Have your bf use some muscle and do it with you with a towel to get more friction.
There is just nothing I can add to that ...Quote:
Have your bf use some muscle and do it with you with a towel to get more friction.
show him a pic of shazza's bloody hand and tell him if he doesnt do this for ya, this is the end result!
:rofl:
Burning some incense with soft music by candle light for firmly fastened compressions wouldn't hurt none either.Quote:
Originally Posted by NaeKuh
Can't wait to see all the glittery prettiness, dreamaxx!
Haha you guys ;)
I actually did get my boyfriend to tighten them, and James as well. The wrench didn't work anyway lol. They're mostly all hand tightened :) Yeh the glass table seems to be holding up alright. I think it is tempered glass, and the feet are sitting above the supports anyway, or close enough. I reckon it's alright.
Will look into the fan controller issues soon.
Umm nah. But something more sturdy to put your case on before your table breaks and your TJ07 gets dented up.
dayum... for a moment there.. i had a flashback of that scene in Ghost...
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f9...1970/Ghost.jpg
Eat your Heart Out Feser!!! BP got Star Power!!!
:rofl:
hahaha, good call kinghong
You can't be serious.
:rofl:
:rofl: ROFLMBFFAO!!!!! :rofl:
Aw man, that's just made my day....
~Bex
Lol...
OK, so I had a quick look in the bios and my little koolance flow meter reads about 3700ml/min. That is about 0.9 US gpm. That seems low hey? :|
PS... Went off to find LinX to test overclocks when I get round to doing some overclocking this weekend and found this instead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apNtZtqhmO8 hehe :)
Can anyone tell me HOW I set the computer to shut down depending on RPM of fans, (or pup and flow meters)? Honestly sometimes I think I'm retarded but in the R2E bios I just CANNOT find the option!
use speedfan, search for how to set it up, I know there is a thread about it kickin around here somewhere...Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
Does the Asus Qfan thingy work?
I've used it when I was still aircooling, but never ran across a shutdown feature in it, but never looked for one. I'm pretty certain I have it set in my bios.Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
i head lynx make the worst pets.
along with foxes.
I always wanted a white arctic fox. :\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hga-a...eature=channel
OK, can anyone who knows the asus r2e bios help me work out how to set auto shut down?
also, what is everyone's opinion on my flow rate of ~3600ml/min? too low? Temps are fine now, but I haven't overclocked. PC Probe II tells me temps are as follows - CPU 33 deg C, MB 31 deg C (what is MB, is that telling me mosfets by any chance, it tells me NB and SB separately, and I'm a bit concerned about the mount of the blocks on my mosfets), SB - 35 deg C, NB 35 deg C. Pump rpm 4100, flow meter, around 3730 but it drops sometimes down to 3600ml/min.
.93gpm is decent enough, a touch on the low side but ok
Dream, I just went checked in my bios, I have a D5 with the tach cable plugged into CPU fan, and in bios it set to give me a warning when I get below 1200 RPM. I also have the bios monitoring the temp of the CPU, that is found under CPU settings and the warning on the pump is found under hardware profile. I am not certain now if it will shut me down if problems arise, I guess I just figured it would, might need to read the book on that to be certain :(. I hope that helps :)
dream in cmos there is no warning for shutoff? or a beep buzzer incase cpu fan dies?Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
It only applies to the CPU fan socket where shutdown can occure
However dream.... now a days, on both your cpu and gpu, it has an autoshut off incase TDP is exceeded, so i dont think you really need to worry.
Ive had the cpu turn off by itself when a pump died because it over heated. And stupid me kept trying to turn it back on only to see bios say
CPU OVERHEAT! Then shut off again.
I don't think you can use ASUS Qfan to shut off anything, and I doubt it will work with a pump. I researched this a while ago, but didn't come up with anything - not saying absolutely it isn't possible, but my guess is you'll have to go with some other method.
Also ... temps don't look too bad. I wouldn't worry about remounting blocks etc until you've let it run a while, and become comfortable with all the temps and are sure they are stable.
Amazing.
Woo thanks for the answers guys :) Alrighties soullless I will answer your PM when I get back mate, just rushing off to work now.
I will check if it gives any sounds, but I am afraid I'm a little retarded sometimes, and it might have been glaringly obvious and I just overlooked it :)
I'm told speedfan is the program to use however.
Well let me know if you figure it out, got me wondering now .....
Couple of teaser pics guys, coz I am actually gonna drain and take it all apart again tomorrow and redo it all a bit neater. Let's just say this first run was the trial run :) Now I know how it goes together I can do it better the second time.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~dreamax...d/fittings.jpg
http://members.iinet.net.au/~dreamax...shed/tygon.jpg
Motherboard is so pretty :)
http://members.iinet.net.au/~dreamax...otherboard.jpg
Will keep you all updated :)
OOOOO SHINY ...... :)
Looks great :up:
ha i like the first pic purple fluid looks really good.
Got 14720 marks for 3D Mark Vantage yesterday. I'm quite happy with that, for my stock setup. My CPU temps at max load were around the low 50s which seems a little high. What does everyone think? GPU didn't go above 45 deg C :)
I don't think you need to be concerned about 50s for your i7 if it was at load. I'm running mine 24/7 @ 3.6GHz and it hovers at 56 degrees with the CPU loaded 100%. Ambient is about 23 degrees, and this is with it's own PA120.3 radiator, but with fairly low speed S-Flex E fans.
More pics, please :)
Yeah more pics of your the whole rig, not just components. You are such a tease =__=.
Yeh I'll put up pics when I'm happy with it guys ;) Pulling it apart today to rebuild with neater cabling.
Patiently waiting for complete rigs pics :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
bad news - bad things have happened to my fan controllers. Think I'm going to have to buy two new ones. One did magical electrical smoke of doom when I tried to plug my fans in to test. Also there is something wrong with my 92mm fans (which was there before the magical smoke of doom). So i will try to fix it all tomorrow if I can, otherwise I'll have to wait until I get new controllers.
No luck taking the kinky bits out of the loop either. Need to wait on some fittings I think.
:(:(:( bad day
Go simple. Go Rheobus/Rheobus Extreme.
I haven't got space, thats the problem. Damn me and my wish to have everything stealthed.
Is it that darn Scythe Kaze fan controller that's giving you trouble? I swear I think I blew mine up in 3 days ... it still works, but the some of the LEDs won't light. I think they are very sensitive.
Don't get discouraged ... these things do happen (spent a good portion of the day trouble shooting my stuff).
Hehe yeh I know, just sucks coz it was working (sort of) and pulling it apart to neaten up all my cable management has actually caused me to destroy stuff. lol. And now i'll have to wait a few days for replacements coz no local shops have those fan controllers. So boohoo for me :( but yeh, both controllers are giving me grief now, they both have issues.
rheobuss extreme FTW.
i only use my kaze master for temp probes now. Thats it.
don't worry dream, these things happen.
which controllers are you going with?
OK so I have *i think* solved the problem of the 92mm not changing speed when I try to use the fan controller. There is a short actually in the fan (on the circuit board) which means that when the LEDs are plugged in getting 12v if the fans are also plugged in then regardless of what they're meant to be getting, they get 12v through the LED wires! Dammit! No idea how to fix this, but I can see the extra little bit of solder which is trailing across the trace on the circuit board. And they're damn noisy so I really wanna be able to quiet them down.
you have an excellent build going, my hat is off to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
i would like to preface this advice by saying that it is a dumbass idea. but it's worked for me. to break that solder trace on the fan pcb, you can use a heat gun and a safty pin (or paper clip, staple, exacto-knife... whatever is handy). use the heat gun to soften the solder, it's so very hard to keep it from melting and causing an even bigger problem (because the heat gun will try to melt ALL the solder on the pcb), then use the safety pin to seperate the two circuits. it's simple in theory, but it takes great skill. if you try this, best of luck!
subscribed;)
I have a friend who is well into electronics (owns a company that makes the PCBs for on board flight controllers and cameras and stuff for remote control planes). He may be able to help me. Thanks for all the compliments everyone! :) Will keep you all posted on how it goes.
Ahh, what a shame :mad:
And like every one is saying. this stuff happens.
Take your time doing the repairs.
Also if these troubles continue during your repair, then a take a day off from the rig.
I tend to rush myself when this kinda stuff happens, then leading to other problems i have created by me lack of attention.
:up: So be happy and content, what you have created is a milestone in itself :up:
So I had a look at the innards of my Scythe fan controller today, and when I took it apart I noticed what looked like a broken LCD. You know when you broke your phone screen, back in the days of non colour screens? How the non-see through bit goes all black. It kind of looks like that, except just in the bottom left corner, but I'm assuming that is why it isn't working anymore. God knows how that broke. Does anyone know how else other than pressure you can break those screens? Coz I doubt it had any pressure on it (it's behind a pretty good plastic cover). I did dremel away some of the case, but I doubt it got very hot. But could the heat do it? Maybe it got hotter than I thought it did.
Did you do any wire (harness) work on the controller?Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
This happened to me as well when i hooked up the plug backwards on the controller itself.
A nice puff of smoke and then no display :(
i dought it was the heat from the dremel. it could've been DOA or somehow got damaged while you were prepping. send it back and as long as there is no mods to the casing or wiring, you should get a new one.
That's perfectly normal for the Kaze's. I can't seem to find the pic ATM but you can see it in the video I made on how to convert the Kaze to device that supplies power (without control) and a monitor. It's about :54 seconds into the video.Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwr6W...e=channel_page
That was a brand new out of the box unit I used for that and you can clearly see those black marks on each corner, and it works just fine.
Ok, how strange the corners in your video do look like mine. So what else could have gone wrong Waterlogged? I didn't do any wiring work apart from sleeving, but it worked fine with the sleeving once, and then the second time didn't. It also controls the fan speed fine, only the LCD doesn't work. I have no idea why tbh. I can't send it back as I had to dremel away some of the casing masska.
Can't really say for sure what's wrong. I took apart 1 of the rotary pots I desoldered and I wasn't to impressed by the overly simplistic, rather frail looking construction. It'd be my number 1 suspect for a large chunk of the KM deaths.
Pegasus is very nice.
Updated the first post with pictures of the DVD drive powdercoated, and stealthing plates attached :)
Very cool dream. :up: I like the DVD drive mod. That was a slick idea there. :yepp:
Woo got the fans fixed, thanks to my awesome friend Mark :)
Hopefully be putting this back together soon. :D
Nice updates!
I would have taken the psu apart and ended the sleeving inside.
This has gotta be my favorite ongoing build here. It's a great combination of originality and excellent workmanship. Really looking forward to the final product.
voids warranty though I think. i know my Thermaltake has a tamper sticker on it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maxspam
Yeh I didn't have enough sleeving to end it inside anyway, or I would have.
my enermax's warranty's gone.
unless someone can find me a new sticker? lol
my corsair HX1000 has a tamper sticker on it..... however some dunderhead at the factory stuck it on straight across the edge of the panel, parallel to the gap but not crossing between two panels....Quote:
Originally Posted by millertime359
so like i could totally pull it apart without breaking the sticker...
however should i pull it apart and then try to RMA it... they might think there is something suss about the entire PSU being uni-sleeved
Urm, the tamper sticker goes over a screw hole, so in order to unscrew that last little screw you have to destroy the tamper sticker MulletBoy :-P It's not meant to go over the edge :D
mine was over the screw.
i wonder if they'd know if i could find a similar sticker haha.
my sticker just fell apart when i tried to remove it carefully.
Seems we need to find bootleg stickers or PSU manufactures need to learn to sleeve the WHOLE cable :DQuote:
Originally Posted by zeropluszero
the most part i like is what u did to your rad and psu
really nice log
hmm i had assumed it was meant to cross the edge/seam between the two panels, im gunna re-check mine see if its covering the screw, im thinking i might pull it apart and use some of the largest sleeving to begin inside the case and end about 2cm out of the holeQuote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
ps. you got any more purty pictures Dreamaxx? havent seen anything in a while ... im gettin the shakes...
Yea we need more pretty pictures Dream :yepp:
Yes we do :yepp:Quote:
Originally Posted by millertime359
Soon, just waiting on two new waterblocks which then need to be nickel plated.
Ohh what blocks? Or is it a guessing game?
Haha... EK Mosfet blocks... I just wasn't happy with the Koolance ones they were causing my motherboard to flex.
lame :shakes: Well we will be are looking forward to those ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by dreamaxx
lol think it's time for u to go to sleep again :)Quote:
Originally Posted by millertime359