Once i have fundage for LN2 (it's expensive here :() i'll be freezing everything, i'm sure.
It looks entirely too fun to freeze things :D

sigh*

yep you haz that right

thanks you got that right.:thumbsup:...been an engineer for many years now :D

"if its not broken, take it apart and fix it"






vimeo is giving me a hard time...i haz the video...2 videos..

finding: ceramique is good for dice.....

for ln2.... once it reached liquid nitrogen temps it was hard...but once it was removed..it was semi liquid in less than say 20second...

so heat it up and crank it down like the guides tell you?

The Idea of thermal paste is not create a joint between the two subjects, but create a material to bond the holes in each. Less is more.

I have 2 tubes of ceramique I purchased like 2 years ago... cuz my AS5 was getting low. MY AS5 still aint dead. It was the big 3 ounce container and we are talking at least hundreds of remounts between the tubes. (between all 3 tubes)

i'm benching @ 2.1v on my 32nm cpu.... i'd rather use something else.

anything that is under -190c or so expands...

also its specifications

Temperature limits:

Peak: –150°C to >180°C Long-Term: –150°C to 125°C

Agreed, less is def. more.... I have been spreading a bunch on, clamping down to thin it out. The extra comes out the sides. :ohcrap: I'm a spreader though, and that shit is like silly putty. :laughing:

anyone else have this happen. Im benching around -140c for a while (CBB temp) and then I pull it all the way down to a full pot and when its flying down in temps there is a giant pop from the bottom of the pot and I get a BSOD. Restart and its fine, so im wondering wtf it is. It only happens once per session but it happens every session without fail, ASC related? I do the usual heat up to 70c's and twist the mount to get an even spread and its always a perfect mount but wtf is the popping?

I'm not sure there's a thermal paste that doesn't freeze at ln2 temps, ln2's kinda cold :D


I've been having excellent luck plopping a bunch on, squishing the pot on top, clamping it down, and then running the cpu at normal to slightly elevated volts and light load till it's at 60-70*c, then starting with the cold stuff.
The patterns when i remove the pot look great.

That is, of course, dice.



EDIT:
Thermal expansion and contraction of the cpu would be my guess, and the movement breaks contact with the pins ever so briefly.

I never had that happen. I get some popping when pouring way down sometimes but never a BSOD?

I think it's the copper contracting. I noticed that sound too at ~-100c and then again at -120c and -140c+. As for the restart, who knows??