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- Jun 6, 2003
Liquid Cascade new W/C setup...
I spent the past 24hrs trying to get the air out of my external W/C system. I left it on over night with the T uncapped. I turned it on and off, tilted the box every direction numerous times also, and I still had quite a bit of air in the system.
So I said screw it and broke out the Cascade Liquid Dishwashing Detergent. I used about a teaspoon total. Used a smaller piece of tubing on the end of a syringe and stuck it down in the tube for the T and squirted directly into the flow path. About 10 minutes later 75% of the existing air was gone. Now about 4 hours later, I'd say that 95% of the air is out of the system.
I am running a Albatron KX400-8XV Pro Mobo with a XP-2100+. The MoBo takes the temp right off of the diode in the Processor. There isn't a diode mounted to the board where the processor sits. My idle temps would flux around 43-45°C with a Vantec thermoflow 80mm on a SLK-800A running at the lowest fan rpm. With the W/C setup I am now running at 40°C steady. Room temp is 27°C.
Swiftech MCW500A
1976 Caprice HeaterCore
2- Vantec 120mm Stealth fans
Danner Mag 3
Criticool Powerplant
Tubing from Home depot. 20ft for $4
I am in the process of re-installing my 2 quart resevoir. Just going to do some mods to it first. Then I can see if having an aluminum resevoir will help with temps or not. With the resevoir, my system will hold almost a whole gallon of water.
Jim
I spent the past 24hrs trying to get the air out of my external W/C system. I left it on over night with the T uncapped. I turned it on and off, tilted the box every direction numerous times also, and I still had quite a bit of air in the system.
So I said screw it and broke out the Cascade Liquid Dishwashing Detergent. I used about a teaspoon total. Used a smaller piece of tubing on the end of a syringe and stuck it down in the tube for the T and squirted directly into the flow path. About 10 minutes later 75% of the existing air was gone. Now about 4 hours later, I'd say that 95% of the air is out of the system.
I am running a Albatron KX400-8XV Pro Mobo with a XP-2100+. The MoBo takes the temp right off of the diode in the Processor. There isn't a diode mounted to the board where the processor sits. My idle temps would flux around 43-45°C with a Vantec thermoflow 80mm on a SLK-800A running at the lowest fan rpm. With the W/C setup I am now running at 40°C steady. Room temp is 27°C.
Swiftech MCW500A
1976 Caprice HeaterCore
2- Vantec 120mm Stealth fans
Danner Mag 3
Criticool Powerplant
Tubing from Home depot. 20ft for $4
I am in the process of re-installing my 2 quart resevoir. Just going to do some mods to it first. Then I can see if having an aluminum resevoir will help with temps or not. With the resevoir, my system will hold almost a whole gallon of water.
Jim
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