What would happen if a computer was run in a complete vacuum?

[Drinkyoghurt]

i guess watercooling would work because its in a closed loop yes?


edit;

NO it wont lol, forgot that the rad needs air to give the heat to, otherwise the water will start to boil

 

[greyharte]

btw ... just thought id mention ... space is not a complete vacuum ... its just that there is considerably fewer particles movin around than w/in the atmosphere ... so cooling in space would have different properties (and perhaps a higher success rate) than cooling in a complete vacuum where there is theoretically no particulate matter to bounce off

 

[Hardin]

Well that's good to know when I go out in space!

 

[greyharte]

Well that's good to know when I go out in space!

dont get me wrong ... its still pretty close to complete vacuum ... just not entirely complete

 

[Hardin]

I know this is way off topic but I saw this very interesting theory that V'ger created the Borg in the image of the creator aka man.

 

[EmAn]

I know this is way off topic but I saw this very interesting theory that V'ger created the Borg in the image of the creator aka man.

umm..... what?

 

[Codey Chase]

If there are infra-red rays being fired directly at it, then it would be warm, otherwise it will be super cold. Look at the temperature on Mercury, it has no atmosphere so it basically a vacuum, meaning that during the day it reaches up to 430C(800F) and during the night down to -280C(-170F)

 

[torin3]

Darn...I miss Malpine. He had a lot of eclectic knowledge.

 

[JrClocker]

If there are infra-red rays being fired directly at it, then it would be warm, otherwise it will be super cold. Look at the temperature on Mercury, it has no atmosphere so it basically a vacuum, meaning that during the day it reaches up to 430C(800F) and during the night down to -280C(-170F)

Wow - a 9 year old thread necro...

But back on topic...you are wrong...the above is correct. You need a mechanism to get rid of the heat.

You can't rely on convection as there is no air.

You can't rely on radiation as the PC won't get hot enough.

That leaves conduction as the only mechanism. You have to conduct the heat out of the vacuum. Or do what NASA does...

 

[Alaric]

Closest you'll get in a terrestrial rig is submerge it in mineral oil.