Building a dual 1.6GHz LV Xeon cruncher.

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02-07-2005, 05:26 AM
Rodzilla

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Originally Posted by Jeff

It's not a ground.

Jeff seems pretty sure here... I wouldn't mess with it.
02-07-2005, 05:58 AM
matt9669

Neither would I, but if you want to do the test I gave, feel free . . .
02-07-2005, 07:13 AM
chipmonk010

its easy to test just use the ohm setting on ur multimeter, with the board OFF and unplugged and touch the solder pad in question with one lead and a mb mounting screw with the other lead. the result i got was either infinate ohms or some other ohm reading i forget now, but if it was a ground there would be a zero ohm reading between the two points and this is def not the case, i would not be surprized if bridging the two pads fried the board.

u can still make it neat tho, i soldered a wire to the underside of my board, through the pot n to a ground and it looks and works fine :D
02-07-2005, 07:29 AM
lv_dicedealer

Thanks all... time to go unsolder :mad:
I am glad that I asked before I potentially friesd my board though.

Also, anybody know where to get those Coolermaster heatpipes? I am really wanting a quiet monster.
02-07-2005, 07:39 AM
Rodzilla

Quote:

Originally Posted by lv_dicedealer

Thanks all... time to go unsolder :mad:
I am glad that I asked before I potentially friesd my board though.

Also, anybody know where to get those Coolermaster heatpipes? I am really wanting a quiet monster.

I would try the Swiftech MCX603-V HS...
02-07-2005, 07:44 AM
lv_dicedealer

The Coolermasters have no fans, not to mention I have used Swiftech product before (about 2yrs ago) and unless something has drastically changed I wont be using it again. Just my opinion..... You may like red cars, I do not.
02-07-2005, 08:00 AM
Rodzilla

To each his own I always say!

The fan less coolermaster and the Swiftech with a low DB fan won't even be close. I think you would get much better cooling performance with the Swiftech and a low output fan. Them HS were designed to operate very well with low noise fans.
02-07-2005, 08:55 AM
Redp5

Just for reference, i bought the coolermaster heatpipes and i have one 32 cfm fan blowing on both heatpipes and my 100% load is like 40c - 42c...this is not in a case and room temp is 21c ....as you say...your mileage may vary....

Whit....
02-07-2005, 09:44 AM
Rodzilla

Quote:

Originally Posted by Redp5

Just for reference, i bought the coolermaster heatpipes and i have one 32 cfm fan blowing on both heatpipes and my 100% load is like 40c - 42c...this is not in a case and room temp is 21c ....as you say...your mileage may vary....

Whit....

Can you tell us what the temps are without the fan?
02-07-2005, 09:54 AM
lv_dicedealer

Can you use the 'Nocona' style heatsink mounting with the 1.6g LV Xeons on the PC-DL?

Which mounting method is better (as always these are opinions, I understand)?
02-07-2005, 09:56 AM
matt9669

I'm a thru-the-mobo man meself, but either style will work on the PC-DL AFAIK - it includes the brackets for 603-style mounting. IMHO :devil: you get better clamping pressure/transportability with mobo mounting . . .
02-07-2005, 10:16 AM
Redp5

@Rod......i can let you know when i get home from work later......i am at 3.2 ghz also....just to let you know.....

Whit...

UPDATE....I must be on the ragged edge with the fan blowing on the heatsinks...when i turn the fan off , it locks up really quick.... :(
02-07-2005, 01:57 PM
Rodzilla

Quote:

Originally Posted by matt9669

I'm a thru-the-mobo man meself, but either style will work on the PC-DL AFAIK - it includes the brackets for 603-style mounting. IMHO :devil: you get better clamping pressure/transportability with mobo mounting . . .

I agree agree and... agree! The swiftech 603 can be mounted to any Xeon Chip.

@Redp5... that's what I thought...

The swiftechs would do a lot better job cooling and be just as quiet with a low DB fan... I don't like passive cooling... especially when you are talking about a 100% OC.
02-07-2005, 02:20 PM
[XC] moddolicous

I am definitely interested in building one of these, but I have a few questions.
1: Is Jeff going to have one of those xeon mass buying things again, or was that a one time thing?
2: Are the mods on the board easy, or do I have to be really good at soldering. I'm not an expert, but I have done a couple vmods here and there.
3: I plan to set this up as a daily use computer, so will I notice any decrease in productions?
02-07-2005, 02:42 PM
Rodzilla

Quote:

Originally Posted by moddolicous

I am definitely interested in building one of these, but I have a few questions.
1: Is Jeff going to have one of those xeon mass buying things again, or was that a one time thing?
2: Are the mods on the board easy, or do I have to be really good at soldering. I'm not an expert, but I have done a couple vmods here and there.
3: I plan to set this up as a daily use computer, so will I notice any decrease in productions?

1: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...494#post689494 there will be more orders.

2: The new method for the VDIMM mod makes it pretty simple and safe... do some practice runs on dead hardware or really old stuff.

3: If you use your PC D2OL is designed to get out of the way so you don't notice a slow down... But for normal browsing and word processing you won't take a noticeable production hit at all!
02-07-2005, 09:33 PM
Rodzilla

Quote:

Originally Posted by serlv

w00t!! Just ordered 2 Swiftech MCX603-V's. The mobo is sitting here. Now I'm just waiting on the fricking CPU's and the PSU ( entered one of the #'s wrong, but fixed that today ).

I'm anxious to get this moving forward!

@Serlv...

Can we get some pics of these HS mounted? Please :D
02-08-2005, 03:03 PM
Jeff

Quote:

Originally Posted by Plum Ugly

A couple of questions.Where did you load the pic of the 1.5 u-wire? and does anyone have pics of the IWT's mounted?

Finally got around to taking a picture of the IWT heatsinks mounted.
http://home.earthlink.net/~adventure.../Xeons/x14.jpg

PU, if you received IWTs with clear covers instead of the black ones pictured above then I'd get into contact with AcmeMicro.com and tell them that they are not what you ordered and they will not work for your application. Also make them aware that their picture shows the black shroud and that there's a huge difference in the IWT pictured and the one you received.

I received two from them with clear covers and they will not work if you install them how you're supposed to. Mind you you can use a couple zip ties to hold the fans down... but these heatsinks are really only made for >2.4GHz Xeons. :(

I am removing the link to AcmeMicro right now. I should have placed a test order there instead of just listening to others when I listed that place. I still think the best place to find IWTs is eBay. :shrug:

Sorry if this has cause major problems. :( I feel very, VERY, VERY bad about listing AcmeMicro.com in this thread now. http://smly.org/smly/shoothead.gif
02-08-2005, 04:49 PM
Plum Ugly

heck,thats ok.I'll figure something out with them.
02-08-2005, 08:08 PM
jarthel

Quote:

Originally Posted by fr0stedflakes

I called up ASUS and they were kind enough to send the parts out to me at no charge.

Can you tell me what number to call? How is the refurbed PC-DL doing? still doing okay? thanks for the reply.
02-09-2005, 08:46 AM
chipmonk010

Quote:

I am removing the link to AcmeMicro right now. I should have placed a test order there instead of just listening to others when I listed that place. I still think the best place to find IWTs is eBay. :shrug:

Sorry if this has cause major problems. :( I feel very, VERY, VERY bad about listing AcmeMicro.com in this thread now. http://smly.org/smly/shoothead.gif

i ended up with the clear ones, i zip tied em on n it works ok, i dont hit over 51c, but i would have rather gotten the black ones, oh well for 9 bucks a piece i cant really complain to much...dont worry about it jeff, not ur fault acmemicro doesnt know what there doing lol
02-09-2005, 09:12 AM
matt9669

No worries Jeff, maybe you should post a link that does an eBay search for IWT or whatever you use to find these . . . and let peeps know what the difference is and what to look out for . . .

I took a lot of pics of the Vddr mod, hopefully I can get around to posting them and some tips etc. this weekend . . .
02-09-2005, 10:17 AM
Jeff

AcmeMicro upped their price to $12 each btw. ;)
02-09-2005, 11:33 AM
matt9669

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff

AcmeMicro upped their price to $12 each btw. ;)

:brick:
02-09-2005, 01:26 PM
chipmonk010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeff

AcmeMicro upped their price to $12 each btw. ;)

well at least now shipping costs the same as one iwt rather then more.....lol
02-09-2005, 05:05 PM
IhatemyISP

Will the IWT sold at the below link work for my rig when I get everything together?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=6741897659

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