First time dry ice plus mini-guide (with pics)

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Originally Posted by Blue Storm

I said it badly, sorry...I wanted to say, there wont be much condensation and it will be quite difficult to get vaseline out of socket...but it is assurance for beginners;)

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If you have a machine that's running 24/7, why would you ever want to clean the vaseline out of the socket?

Shingoshi

okay...I agree with you, but I would never get vaseline to socket

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Originally Posted by Blue Storm

I said it badly, sorry...I wanted to say, there wont be much condensation and it will be quite difficult to get vaseline out of socket...but it is assurance for beginners;)

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Yep 100% agreed. You can also put a piece of Armaflex in the middle of your socket. In the area of the pins, you don't need any insulation.

It's also bad if you want to sell your MB :)

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Originally Posted by Blue Storm

I said it badly, sorry...I wanted to say, there wont be much condensation and it will be quite difficult to get vaseline out of socket...but it is assurance for beginners;)

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more so than beginners, it's really added safety for 24/7 subzero setups. if such goes down for maintenance or especially unscheduled downtimes/power failures, there's risk of moisture/short circuit if it is just booted up after downtime without proper cooldown/heatup.

re: getting it out, hair dryer+paper towels to get it to flow out and absorbed works. i tried it on the cpu itself but not the r2e socket yet as that mobo is going to permanently stay in an iced-radiator setup. the cpu came out sparkling clean after the treatment :D.

note: i didn't bother with the vaseline inside socket for the evga classified dice session. just made sure i heated it up with hair dryer immediately after disassembly.

Nice job...man...:D