If you think your rig is condensation proof, think again!

[dominick32]

Well, my Vapo has been running great and has been checked and overly inspected on multiple occasions. I never had any condensation on the outside of the insulation, capacitors on the mobo, the mounting backplate, or the actual cpu pins.

Well, I recently killed my mobo in a volt modding incident so I have a broken mobo to mess around with. Last night I used my Vapo LS unloaded and mounted to the motherboard in my 70*F air conditioned house. To my amazement, even unloaded @ -60*C for 15 minutes I had zero condensation.

To see if humidity from the outside air would create condensation I opened all the windows in my room, it was raining outside last night in New York and the air was real soupy. Within 3 minutes, my entire top 1/2 of the motherboard was becoming soaked in water including the actual mobo, capacitors, and there was a pool of water in the socket.

I must say, this definitely made me think twice about the whole dry air (air conditioned) house effect for phase change. You definitely need a dry house.

Note to self: On next mobo - USE A CRAP LOAD OF DIALETRIC GREASE, KEEP WINDOWS CLOSED AND HOUSE DRY, USE MORE INSULTATION, NEVER RUN THE VAPOCHILL FOR MORE THAN A MINUTE OR SO ON AN UNLOADED CPU.

Regards,

 

[Gautam]

Once again...

Can run as long as I want with the system off.

 

[dominick32]

Once again...

Can run as long as I want with the system off.

LMAO!!!!! I think I am gonna do this Gautam. Thanks for the help. Who needs Dialetric Grease when you got Vaseline? LOL

 

[wa77ss]

Your caps must be really chafed


Ill prolly end up soaking my mobo in the stuff as well ..

 

[meionm]

Once again...

Can run as long as I want with the system off.

That's scary

 

[Aphex_Tom_9]

Your caps must be really chafed

hahahaha.
on the topic of condensation, i ran my mach 2 on various setups for the past 2 years and had no problems with condensation. i followed the basic guidelines for sealing and greasing and thats all. my setup was always in my basement in a dry place, so i guess the real lesson here is keep your phase system in a dry place.

 

[jcw122]

Ever been over at XS? "Insulate, insulate, then insulate again" is something of what I heard from Chilly1 or another popular member, basically, insulate everything so it can withstand dumping water on it, then insulate it again. LOL

 

[Gautam]

hahahaha.
on the topic of condensation, i ran my mach 2 on various setups for the past 2 years and had no problems with condensation. i followed the basic guidelines for sealing and greasing and thats all. my setup was always in my basement in a dry place, so i guess the real lesson here is keep your phase system in a dry place.

Try running your Mach II on LGA775.

Depending on certain climate conditions is a dangerous practice. A good insulation job should be able to hold up under any reasonable temperature and humidity range.

In my first sub-zero attempt with my liquid chiller, my insulation was good enough for the chiller to run at -35C with the system off for about 15 hours (cooling both CPU and GPU) without any sweating whatsoever.

When I do dry ice runs, things change dramatically. I use very little insulation out of laziness and depend on massive airflow to keep condensation away-I don't recommend this to anyone and it has cost me some hardware. However, for 24/7 usage I need to make sure that there is absolutely zero chance of any condensation appearing anywhere, so the extra effort is worth the peace of mind.

 

[||Console||]

In that pick you linked Did you put vasalone In the cpu socket? wouldnt that stop it from working ?

 

[speed bump]

No vaseline won't stop it from working its sort of like wire insulation as long as the pins still make contact everything is always awesome.

 

[Angry]

Thats one way to rape a CPU and make it scream...

Damn...

 

[El<(')>Maxi]

Thats one lubed up board Gautam

 

[Gautam]

Hehe...thats my first one of these boards, the second time around was a bit cleaner....followed Joe Camel's method as precisely as I could (this is his pic):



Cleaner all around, but I still absolutely use vaseline in the socket, its a must. I haven't seen the vapo mounting first hand, but from what I gather Vapo users won't need the neoprene on the mobo. But I recommend absolutely anyone going subambient with LGA775 to grease up the socket at the very least.

 

[El<(')>Maxi]

JC is a master insulator

 

[marscay]

But I recommend absolutely anyone going subambient with LGA775 to grease up the socket at the very least.

for real!!!

i don't get ppl (usually new to phase) who insist using grease is not needed when ppl who have trashed hardware in the past swear by it.

i lacquer and use dielectric and have yet to have a board die using this method.