11 errors in PC!!!

[Jan Kyster]

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/detective.gif

Waiting for a paintjob to dry, I'm browsing through the pictures, trying to plan ahead and then realised, just how many errors there are! http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/banana_sad.gif

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/PC-errors.jpg

Errors list:
1 - grey back and sides on the DVD! To be solved by black spray...
2 - cable mess! *Must* be able to place/hide better...
3 - orange ThermalTake fan! To be replaced with a white Fractal Design fan!
4 - one more orange fan!!! Replace!
5 - very good cooler, yes! but not water! Nor black! Must be removed!
6 - blue RAM! Blue! Totally unacceptable! Must be sprayed black ASAP!
7 - cool and BIG Intel cooler, but not water! Go away!
8 - blue cooling fins! Replace with black, watercooled one.
9 - as 8
10 - as 9
11 - a box in white, orange, dark brown, black orange, red og dark green http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/faint2.gif to be replaced by a black Fractal Design


Always nice one can find work for one self to do! http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/lollipop.gif

[Herr-Berbunch]

You need to get out more! Far too much time, money, and black paint! :O:

[Feuer Frei!]

You forgot No 12:
No Black LED Case lights :O:

[Herr-Berbunch]

The desk is brown! :nope:

[frau kaleun]

What color is your hair? How 'bout your eyes?





You might need Miss Clairol and some new contacts, I'm just sayin'.

[Safe-Keeper]

All the World is Green
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V--46hdYvgg/TTZJakLht6I/AAAAAAAAJl0/TWXrGVH-gyc/s1600/black_house.jpeg

[kiwi_2005]

12. Needs Neon lights? :O:

[Jan Kyster]

You need to get out more! Far too much time, money, and black paint! :O:I do white too! :smug:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Paint003.jpg

Bracket for power and rpm signals and water in/out.
All Fractal Design brackets are - as their fans - white, so new brackets of course must be white too...


The desk is brown! :nope:Old place and old desk! http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/grinser.gif

New desk at new place:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Paint005.jpg

Notice how strategic it's positioned.
Looking left I see the main sail entrance to Esbjerg and large parts of the bay and looking right I have my beloved TV! http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/biggrin.gif

Oh! and note how the desk itself has been modified.
Added a "draft screen" along it's backside and to the left side I've inserted a removeable panel with heat/cool outlet!
The theory is that air from the cooling box will feel cool in hot times and warm during the winter... legs are getting old... :D


12. Needs Neon lights? :O:No. Never! :O: Don't like lights in pc, but trying to keep a simpler theme.
Black, white, chrome and cupper... have played with the idea of painting the entire motherboard... but ehh... :D

Some choices were easy though, like this horrible look of the CrossFire bridges and the connector housing:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Paint001.jpg

Black is a major improvement!
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Paint002.jpg



:hmmm: it's seems to me you guys are not fully understanding the severity of my problems?

The cooling box awaiting final assembly - fuming off in the sun...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Box010.jpg

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/detective.gif

[kiwi_2005]

Looks a real beaut anyways and I notice your case is very similar to mine same design for what I can see on the out/inside except mine can hold more drives. My case is called a Compucon I had to get a new desk so it would fit. :DL

[frau kaleun]

Just make sure you don't sit in his chair.

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkkoxowoBT1qay34co1_r2_500.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qPY5OhlT4-U/TBEYVRWvwbI/AAAAAAAAC2E/ZSkWyStwJXg/s320/sheldon-cooper.jpghttp://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lib9p5EGTl1qc8palo1_250.jpg

[kiwi_2005]

Check out the weird and wonderful PC cases.

http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/06/cool-computer-case-mods.html

My favorite
http://i55.tinypic.com/kbqgi8.jpg

But

Wonder what were they on when they designed this: :DL

http://i51.tinypic.com/2v0iazl.jpg

Case problem solved for Fran :DL

http://i52.tinypic.com/2mh90ds.jpg

[frau kaleun]

Case problem solved for Fran :DL

http://i52.tinypic.com/2mh90ds.jpg


Needz moar Hello Kitty. :O:

[Gerald]

What color, on it sucks, really :har:

[longam]

You have to start over, you have no neon liquid cooling system on that CPU, the neon green cooling fluid will change your color scheme. :O:

[Castout]

All the World is Green
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V--46hdYvgg/TTZJakLht6I/AAAAAAAAJl0/TWXrGVH-gyc/s1600/black_house.jpeg

That's Batman safe house.

Very concealed at midnight but starkingly obvious in day.:DL

[danasan]

All the World is Green
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_V--46hdYvgg/TTZJakLht6I/AAAAAAAAJl0/TWXrGVH-gyc/s1600/black_house.jpeg

I guess the owner missed that there is no more need to total darkening since May 1945... On topic: Nice work you are doing there, with much love to details...

I have often been to Fanø, nice places up there.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Can't believe nobody's linked this yet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsD8oyRIdrc&feature=related :rock:

[Jan Kyster]

Error #6 eliminated! :smug:

Cleaning for sticky thermal tape and stickers...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Cool000.jpg


After being sprayed, the heatsinks are baked in the owen at 60 degree for an hour...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Cool001.jpg


Obvious to everyone, these sticks are already much faster! :rock:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Cool002.jpg


One down, 10 to go... :shifty:

[frau kaleun]

That's all very well and good, but you still need to do something about that horrible red/yellow light on your otherwise perfect B&W oven. UNACCEPTABLE! :nope: :O:

[Jan Kyster]

That's all very well and good, but you still need to do something about that horrible red/yellow light on your otherwise perfect B&W oven. UNACCEPTABLE! :nope: :O::hmmm: you're right! Must be next project!

And have it water-cooled too! :rock:


Oh... wait... :D

[frau kaleun]

:hmmm: you're right! Must be next project!

And have it water-cooled too! :rock:


Oh... wait... :D

:rotfl2:

Steamed food is healthier for you anyway. :D


BTW, I assume you would give a thumbs up on the Kingston HyperX DDR3 RAM? Other than the unsightly blue heatsinks, of course. :O:

[Gerald]

That's all very well and good, but you still need to do something about that horrible red/yellow light on your otherwise perfect B&W oven. UNACCEPTABLE! :nope: :O: No,cheesecake bake here :O:

[frau kaleun]

Also I just now noticed: what is that, THAT, there on the right...

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Paint005.jpg

IT'S A COLOR TV!!!!

COLOR!!!

Must be exchanged for black & white ASAP, or your whole endeavor will have been in vain.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Also I just now noticed: what is that, THAT, there on the right...

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Paint005.jpg

IT'S A COLOR TV!!!!

COLOR!!!

Must be exchanged for black & white ASAP, or your whole endeavor will have been in vain.

Colour pencils, wooden chair, brown coaster, pink and green jack plugs, silver lamp... the list is endless, endless I tell you :o



Cheesy line coming up...

We can't have COLOUR without U :03:

[Sailor Steve]

Check out the weird and wonderful PC cases.
Oh WOW!
:rock:

I want...no, I NEED one! NOW!

[Jan Kyster]

We did a little white yesterday! :smug:

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/White_Too.jpg

Error #1 out of the way!



During one of his many coffee breaks, he suddenly realised just how bad the RAM PCBs needs to be white... :nope:

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Cool003.jpg

But error #5, 7, 8, 9 and 10 also out of the way! :rock:

[Herr-Berbunch]

Really? RAM PCB needs to be white?

Have you considered seeing a doctor about this obsessive behaviour?



:O:

[Bakkels]

Borussia Dortmund fan Berbunch ? :03: Or was that picture just a coincidence?
*edit* oh I see, that wasn't your picture.

[Pisces]

After a month of dust it's going to be grey anyway. :yep:

[Sailor Steve]

Because every hero needs his own theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNvl19RDqbI

[Jan Kyster]

Really? RAM PCB needs to be white?

Have you considered seeing a doctor about this obsessive behaviour?



:O:But... but... of course the board needs to be white! It's the only bleeping green stuff onboard!
And we all know how bad green is for our eyes! :stare:

Borussia Dortmund fan Berbunch ? :03: Or was that picture just a coincidence?
*edit* oh I see, that wasn't your picture.Nah, mine. Pic was shot the day Dortmund had their last homegame and was handed over the trophy. :rock:

Btw. that trophy... it's a hubcap, isn't it?? :hmmm:

After a month of dust it's going to be grey anyway. :yep:All intakes are fitted with a fine filter. Surprisingly little dust inside, but things tends to get a yellowish taint... bit like nicotine... :|\\

Because every hero needs his own theme song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNvl19RDqbIThanks, but erhm... getting this message "This video is no longer available after demands from ABKCO"... :88)

[Sailor Steve]

Thanks, but erhm... getting this message "This video is no longer available after demands from ABKCO"... :88)
That was quick! Here's another. :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCGAA6oih_c&feature=related

And the skit from Tracy Ullman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9_Wcw4_o-E

[Jan Kyster]

Tiny update...

New backside look! :D
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Back002.jpg

Test assembly for tubecutting and thinking of cable routing...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/TestAss.jpg

The missing RAM, you ask?
They are drying after the circuit boards have been painted white! :smug:

[kiwi_2005]

Whats those tubes for? I see one in the mobo and video card I'm guessing air flow. :hmmm:

[longam]

http://kzkomputers.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/8700003209.jpg

[kiwi_2005]

http://kzkomputers.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/8700003209.jpg

ah yes of course the tubes are for liquid cooling. I thought this method was well and truly over with all the high tech fans powerful enough to fly a small plane :)

[Jan Kyster]

I thought this method was well and truly over with all the high tech fans powerful enough to fly a small plane :)Not when overclocking your gear. Or if you want it to run both cool and quiet... or simply like bling!

Once the system has been thoroughly checked, all three GPUs will be overclocked to 900/1300MHz and CPU will be overclocked to 3.8 or 4.0 GHz to keep up with graphics.

The 5970 likes to run some 65-70 degree C even with the Arctic Extreme air cooler - stock cooler saw it running +80 degree! :nope:

On water I expect everything stays well under 40 degree... :D

Here's how the loop runs btw. - radiator and pump located in external case (will show later):
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/TestAssWC.jpg

The market for watercooling has never been bigger than it is today, some links to enjoy:
http://www.overclock.net/water-cooling/584302-ocn-water-cooling-club-picture-gallery.html
http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/

Have a nice Sunday! :up:

[kiwi_2005]

Not when overclocking your gear. Or if you want it to run both cool and quiet... or simply like bling!

Once the system has been thoroughly checked, all three GPUs will be overclocked to 900/1300MHz and CPU will be overclocked to 3.8 or 4.0 GHz to keep up with graphics.

The 5970 likes to run some 65-70 degree C even with the Arctic Extreme air cooler - stock cooler saw it running +80 degree! :nope:

On water I expect everything stays well under 40 degree... :D

Here's how the loop runs btw. - radiator and pump located in external case (will show later):
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/TestAssWC.jpg

The market for watercooling has never been bigger than it is today, some links to enjoy:
http://www.overclock.net/water-cooling/584302-ocn-water-cooling-club-picture-gallery.html
http://www.million-dollar-pc.com/

Have a nice Sunday! :up:

I have no desire to overclock my cpu or video card but if I were then water cooling would be an option I could get into. :salute: And you have a good Sunday too. :up:

[MH]

Tiny update...

New backside look! :D
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Back002.jpg

Test assembly for tubecutting and thinking of cable routing...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/TestAss.jpg

The missing RAM, you ask?
They are drying after the circuit boards have been painted white! :smug:

Looks impresive cool.:rock:

[Jan Kyster]

If you're going to use spray paint, make sure things not supposed to be painted are:

1. covered
2. moved outside paint zone
3. not your own stuff
4. same colour as paint

:D

After spraying brackets and DVD-cover white, I suddenly see the camera was still on the shop desk... CSI Esbjerg at work:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Tip002.jpg

The result... :oops:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/Tip001.jpg

At least it's not my own camera, but borrowed from a friend. :shifty:

Perhaps I can convince him, it's old dust and really his own fault since he never have cleaned it properly? :hmmm:


Or should I simply tell him the truth and reveal I'm an idiot...

:damn:

[LtzS_Petersen]

:o
I prefer the Truth... And i think you had to buy a new one. You can try to clean this, but it is really difficould (my old Monitor looks like the Camera too :D).
B.t.w., i would never put Water in my holy PC. One tiny Hole in the Hull and Shes going down. :88)
But it looks nice and clean.

[Jan Kyster]

B.t.w., i would never put Water in my holy PC. One tiny Hole in the Hull and Shes going down. :88)Nah, nothing will happen. The cooling liquid is non-conductive and with a little care when you assemble the parts, it'll be tight from the start :D

And it's not like you'll find thousands of links when you search google for leaks...

Oh! Wait... :shifty:

You'll get 1 million and 220 thousand links! :rotfl2: :rock:
http://www.google.com/search?q=pc+water+cool+leaking


But have a tiny update.

The camera is now nice and clean again after use of propylalchohol and lots of elbow grease.
Thank you Nikon for making the brilliant rubber coating!

And Carsten, the camera owner, only rolled of laughter when he saw the pics :nope:


Had a little set-back with the pc. It turned out that the loop was way too restrictive = very little flow through the system.

Have now removed cooling heads for MOSFETs, North- and Southbridge:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/X58V7.jpg

Obsessive or not - the RAM looks so much better now... :D
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/X58V7-2.jpg

And of course the cooling fins looks great in black too! :rock:

[Herr-Berbunch]

:har:

So it was a black and white camera! Lucky it cleaned easily (?) or Carsten may not have been laughing for long.

[Jan Kyster]

I did spend an evening searching the marked for a new camera house. Cheapest I could find was a second-hand at some $200... :dead:

Decided to take the risk and first tested on a bottom corner. Only thing that would bite was as said propyl alchohol.
Used two new rags for the procedure. First wetting the area with one cloth, then lots of rubbing with the dry cloth.
What a relief to see the fine "dust" go off :D

Took some two hours to finish the job...

-----
Don't understand why die frau thinks water cooling is messy? Can't remember seeing a cleaner and dryer pc ever :hmmm:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/PC_ATM001.jpg

From the dismounting party... the towels and papercloths are only safety precautions, not a drop of liqued was spilled :rock:

New leaktests to be performed later today... brb :zzz:

[Jan Kyster]

Rebuild is complete! Again! :rock:

But while taking a break and enjoying all cabling in case is finally finished...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY069.jpg

... he suddenly realised, he couldn't live with this sight after all! http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/banana_sad.gif
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY071.jpg

Rebuild #67.2A underway! :damn:

Will bolt cooling box to case and let tubings run through bottom of case/top of cooling box instead.

Isn't this a lovely hobby to have? :D

[longam]

Lets hope you never have a leak with your PS below the flow tubes.

[Herr-Berbunch]

Lets hope you never have a leak with your PS below the flow tubes.


I believe a non-conductive liquid is used, although some people use distilled water - I don't think it'll be black enough for our JK here! :03:

[Jan Kyster]

Lets hope you never have a leak with your PS below the flow tubes.Hope - and prayer for that matter - is not to be part of a water cooling project.

Just don't rush things and be very meticulous when putting things together. Run a long leaktest before powering up the rig.

First WC build was made more than a year ago, never saw a leak under construction and still holds tight in it's new home.
This build has been running a 20 hour leaktest, was tight straight from the beginning and still is.

If you check the million google links for leaking water, you'll be surprised how sloppy people are... :D

But it's hard to find waterleaks with disastrous results - air cooling has killed more pc's than water ever will.



Wishing you a nice weekend! :salute:



Going back to the rebuild... :yawn: will post pics later...

And btw. distilled water isn't conductive either.

[longam]

But it's hard to find waterleaks with disastrous results - air cooling has killed more pc's than water ever will.


That is good to hear, and I agree on the dirt in the fans and fins killing chips, seen it first hand myself. :up:

[LtzS_Petersen]

The camera is now nice and clean again after use of propylalchohol and lots of elbow grease.
Thank you Nikon for making the brilliant rubber coating!

And Carsten, the camera owner, only rolled of laughter when he saw the pics :nope:

Nice to hear. :yeah:
My Bosun often said: "Arbeit zieht Arbeit nach sich!" In english its like: "Work causes more work!" Here you are. :D
But it looks nice. What are the Temperatures?

[Jan Kyster]

What are the Temperatures?Exactly as ambient! But guess that'll change once she's powered up. :D

Will return with several tests after build is complete. Both benchmarks for single, dual and tripple gpu, and for system with stock clocks as well as overclocked.

Today is devoted to Tour de France though...

[Jan Kyster]

Having a break between Tour de France, FIA WTCC and World Series by Renault :D

Masking components before drilling additional holes in the bottom...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY072.jpg

"Upgrading" M3 thread to M4 threads... http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/smilies/biggrin3.gif
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY073.jpg

New stands/spacers made by converting some fitting extenders...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY074.jpg

Next job, the big holes... :zzz:

[Jan Kyster]

New holes for tubing up/down:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY082.jpg
Nice piece of steel to make holes for tubes. Only needed to lightly file the edges.
Of course there was an existing 3 mm hole that got in the way, but for looks the tube had to run there...

Four corner stands, one spacer for cabling and one for looks!
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY091.jpg

Had to strip the cooling box completely for the rebuild...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY093.jpg

The smallest pump in the world... and some anti-kink measures!
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY099.jpg

Running final (?) leaktest... :shifty:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY101.jpg

The back is much cleaner now...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY102.jpg

Even thought of turning the 5870 into a true slave-card by unsoldering/removing ports, but it is nice to have in case of trouble further ahead...

:hmmm: hmmm, seems I needs to adjust some of those brackets.

Like the new spacers...
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY104.jpg

Leaktest is running and everything looks to be tight.

If time permits I'll finish cabling and close the cooling box later today/tonight.

Will (most probably! :D ) post temp stats and some final pics then... thanks for watching and for the nice comments!

[Jan Kyster]

Done! :rock:

No leaks, no damage, all cool! Updated drivers and app. profiles.

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY120.jpg

Temps idle cpu/gpu 29/30, under load 31/49 :zzz: Ambient temp is some 20 degree.

For better temps, the fans for radiator should be replaced from current 800 RPM to 1200 (or higher) RPM, but the advantage is the silence.


Scaling running Heaven DX11 Benchmark 2.5:

Single 5870:
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5870-114.jpg

Single 5970 (= 2 x 5870):
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5970x1-109.jpg

Tri-Fire (= 1 x 5970 + 1 x 5870 = 3 x 5870):
http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/5870x3-109.jpg


Next tasks will be cleaning tower/box :D and then some light overclocking.

Graphics cards are running the "slow" 5970 mode (725/1000MHz) and will be upped to 5870 mode, 850/1200MHz.

CPU i7-930 will be overclocked from current 2,8GHz to ~3,6GHz.

[Herr-Berbunch]

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z15/subject_rod/5970/ASSY102.jpg

Looking good, but if I were as 'caring' as you to the colours I would've had your beloved Fractal Designs PSU out and covered up that horrible orangey/yellow! :o

Just saying. :D