EDIT: I'm happy to say I think the chip is ok and I just have to oc around the memory right now. Everything seems normal now...except I need to use something different as coolant, or maybe just diluted some back the other way to more washer fluid...argggghhhh I spent $30 for 3 gallons antifreeze. This is the most expensive project ever. :blink:

Thinned it out with 3 gallons warm washer fluid and the cpu temp has only gone up 2 degrees..lol...its pumping a full stream now where it was only trickling with the high viscosity of the antifreeze at -35c....it will get colder in awhile when the chiller gets chilled again. I just have to stop around 20-25 below Fahrenheit.

Probably with straight alcohol/water I could get it colder.

Ah the pains of reality, hehehehehehe :taunt:
(I ended up buying 6 gallons of anit-freeze cuz I messed up the first 5 ratios)
Yep yep yep, good luck again bro-chacho :D










(maybe later you can get the OCA Community Dice Pot from Kikicoco and run some dice :D)

Got some good pictures for you guys today...........:)

Wait till' you see the hair inside my waterblock. Shoulda had the filter on there.

First we have the hair (from my cats). then we have a picture of the final insulation job for now on the hoses, then you can see the probe next to the cpu, and finally the whole system, including the new "pump-house" on top of the cooler.

In a minute I will add two of the block insulation job. :cool3:

Ack! Holy hairballz! :blink:

Kitty misbehave and got dunked in Anti-freeze? :laughing:

Glad you got them issues sorted, in for the #'s :D

Sorry, the power went out while I was posting the temperatures. A/C chiller and pump are too much on that circuit.

Anyways after pre-chilling the chip with ~-32c coolant for 10 minutes I managed to get the CPU to read 3c @ 4Ghz/1.428 vcore. Currently the probe temp is -3c and software says 6c, but the probe is on the outer edge of the chip. Seems that maybe the software is working ok at this temperature.

I'll try to get the chiller colder before next run. I'll let the chiller run all night and see how cold it gets.

losing temps somewhere or the temp software is just wrong at near 0c me thinks. Just run till it hurts.

Did you prime the thermal interface by running warm for a few minutes?

Haven't tried warming up the chip to let the Ceramique even begin to set. Do you think the probe temp sounds accurate? In the sodtware all the cores are reading zero still and the cpu temp says 8c. This pump is pumping so fast the a/c can't continue to cool the res while the computer is running. My internal thermometer says the chiller is @ -30c.

Yah, I think the cores are sub-zero already and the software is innacurate. Next session, warm up the ceramic so it spreads across the heatsink before getting stiff from the cold. A few wprimes at this temp right now will move the ceramic around anyways ;)

When I tested out the block while unmounted...ice formed almost instantly on the face of it. I'll get it hot for a few, then I'm going to shut down and let it chill while I mow the lawn. That should improve things. My pump must have finally got fully locked onto the water when I partially removed the inlet/filter to check for debris, because it got much quieter. :thumbsup: