Does anyone have a really good guide to wrapping up some 780 Classifieds in some warm, water resistant clothes so I can slap some DICE in the pots?  I am thinking about the Clear Fingernail polish, then cover everything with Petroleum Jelly, but I am not sure if I am supposed to cover the memory as well? 
 
I plan to find some DICE this weekend, since I have 4 days to burn.

Thank you as always hallowen

hallowen

awalleyeguy

Thanks Man, appreciate the thumbs up.
 
I was almost at the point of wondering if anyone out there still had any interest left in Overclocking/Benching Information.
Every year there seems to be less and less forum members that are still "into" this area of finding System limits, But it has come to the point where it really doesn't surprise me anymore.

While I do not partake I follow this avidly, don't have the time/space/money these days to have a stand alone benching rig just to see what I can push out of it, however I would love to.
There are definitely still some of us that love it, I guess the masses isn't as into it because desktop hardware caught up with the applications, more or less, and also so many these days are face first into the phone and I have been asked by those types before why even have a PC when you have your phone and a smart TV.....  SIGH.  You don't need to have SLI and a clock to not feel the lag in general 1080p gaming anymore, and while I dont NEED to OC I still do because I enjoy it and I follow these exploits as well, and hope they keep coming!

hallowen
Thanks Man, appreciate the thumbs up.
I was almost at the point of wondering if anyone out there still had any interest left in Overclocking/Benching Information.
Every year there seems to be less and less forum members that are still "into" this area of finding System limits, But it has come to the point where it really doesn't surprise me anymore.

 I look at this all the time. Right now my enthusiasm is there, but my wallet isn't. Love overclocking and benching. 
You and others on "Get It Colder" are a lot of my inspiration, you all know who you are. Definitely one heck of an expensive hobby, especially with the fast depreciation of components.  

Alright gents.  I have the Scrap Heap up and running.  We are about 30 minutes in and the infamous condensation starts..  The problem is, it isn't at the bottom of the phase change head..  It builds up where the foam and tape is, and then drips onto the mount, then onto the motherboard.  it previously had nothing up top, so I added shop towels (removed for the picture) foam and the tape hoping to hold off the condensation, and I am even running my air conditioning in the house to reduce it as much as possible, but as you can see, it is already starting again.  
 
Should I pack that full of petroleum Jelly... seal it with actual AC Insulation and duct tape... I am not sure what to do.. Maybe recharge the system?
 

 
The socket is tightly packed with petroleum Jelly, the outside of the socket it tightly packed as well.  I added shop towels and even thicker foam. Thank you all for the help and I look forward to the answers.

According to the Fluke that is embedded in the head, -40.6
 
according to the Ryobi Laser Canon thermal gun thing, the area that is condensating is 20.3c

The foam in there was from the lot that came with the phase change, so I am not sure if that was a bad section of foam. There wasn't anything in there before, so I decided to put it there to keep the humid air out of the mounting system.

I have checked inside and where the hard mounting foam is under the mounting system, thst there is a very little bit of condensation.

I honestly couldn't tell because of the foam. Air was most definitely getting in, that is for sure. I have added a shop town and more foam around the top of the mount, and will watch it closely. If that doesn't work, I may look into some way of filling the top of the mount to seal it.

Sorry to hear that. Do you have any pictures of the whole setup (phase change unit) from top to bottom? And to be honest, that doesn't look to be the right foam.It should look more like the foam around the evap head and base.
This is a handy tool for all sorts of jobs. Including but not limited to...Getting the water off the board. I have used this many times to clean a board of water or ice build up. LINK And it works for a whole lot of other things as well. No need to wait 24 hours, this will have you back up in running in less than 5 minutes.
 
On you next set of test. Just leave it disconnected from the mother board. Turn it on for about 5 minutes then turn it off. This way you have a very good idea where the water is coming from. Also you need to make sure the evap is really between -30C to -50C or so at all times. 
 

I would make sure you get closed cell foam.  As close as you are, McMaster has EVERYTHING.  You should get it the next day.  McMaster is your friend.  Trust me. 
 
http://www.mcmaster.com/#closed-cell-foam/=xg6959
 
 

Perfect timing to post, as I was coming to post pictures.  I tried to post earlier, but my internet was down so I couldn't do anything.
 

 

 

 
I remove all of the foam that I have put in.  this is how the system was delivered, so I may need to pull it apart and reseal it, because there obviously was no previous seal.
 
I added the shop towels in just so I could see where the condensation is building up, and you can see exactly where in the pictures, since the shop towels are drenched through.
 
the foam that was previously in there was added by me.  All of the foam has been replaced with the foam that GunSlingerOCS normally uses with LN2 cooling.  I would think that anything used with LN2 would be fine for phase change, but obviously I need something better somewhere.  I am fine with putting more money into the system, but this tearing it apart anytime a storm rolls through to redo something is old at this point.  This will be the 6th time tearing it apart.  I am NOT willing to waste this time over and over every few days because something isn't right.  I want to get it figured out and fix it properly/permanently, or get rid of it completely.  Putting an extra $200-300 into a system after spending so much to get it up and running is not cost effective at all, especially when it is said that it is supposed to be fairly "Set and go" (compared to LN2/DICE) which it is not at all.
 
I will order the foam from McMaster, but which one am I supposed to get? there are hundred of them, and I looked at the neopreme and the Super resilient xtreme temperature silicon, and then the extreme temperature silicon.
 
The Yellow hard foam in the mount doesn't stop anything, which would seem pretty obvious, which is why I have considered sealing the top so that condensation doesn't drip down in through the mount.  I can say for a fact, if it continues to happen after spending another handful of cash, I will get forced to get rid of everything with the phase change completely.  I really don't want to, since I have come to figure out that my electric bill isn't all that bad after most of a month of folding, but having this system down and fighting with it for over a month is getting old. 
 
 

hallowen
All you need is a piece of Armacell Closed-Cell insulation that is normally used for insulating hot and cold water pipes.
Electrical tape should also be used to seal connection between the Evap Head insulation and the Armacell.
 

Headed to Lowes and home Depot right now.

Man!....Sorry to hear about the refrigerant leak, But Why did you have to pull the mount off?
You could have left the mount on and just pushed the Armacell down into the top of the evap enclosure and around the flex pipe and sealed it.
Did it break at the evap head or somewhere else?

Scarlet-Tech
Unfortunately, when I read that electrical tape should be used to seal the connection between the evap head and the armacell, that I need to actually get to that part, which is inside of the mount. 
 
Every time I have removed it, the evap head wasn't loose, but it was easy enough to slide it out of the mount and the hard foam normally guides it out.  This time, the evap head itself slid out and as soon as it slipped, the hissing started.  All part of life.. obviously, a very frustrating part, but still just part of life.
 
Oh well.. I will make sure if I see anyone else with the issue, to pass it on to them not to remove the mount.  I am really good at assuming when someone says one thing, that is what I need to do.  Kind of like when I asked over on OCN about the flex I was seeing on the EK block was normal, 2 times, and no one responded, I assumed it wasn't.. I posted a picture after lapping, and within 1 minute, 5 people had told me how stupid I was to lap the block.  I guess that professionals assume amateurs will know without knowing.

Well, Although I tried to explain the best I could and it's not going to help now, I really meant for you to use the electrical tape to connect the evap head insulation on the flex pipe after you pushed the Armaflex all the way into the evap housing until it bottomed on the hard foam leaving about two inches showing outside the top of the evap housing and then tape the two together, although there is always a chance the flex pipe will eventually break upon repeated installing/uninstalling.
 
Not that it's any comfort to you and believe me I DO relate to your frustration, But I have encountered the same thing happen to numerous Phase Change units in my past at one time or another, although since I have been building these units for years, I still have all the necessary refrigeration tools, Brazing setup, Vacuum pump and Freon supply to repair them in case of another refrigerant line failure.
 
Unfortunately, Unless you or someone you know have these tools and supplies readily at hand or available to you it would be otherwise rather expensive to get it repaired/recharged and even finding a replacement would probably run around $300 to $500 for a USED one, Not to mention the exorbitant shipping costs involved due to the weight of the unit.
 
In this "Hobby" of pushing both Electrical/Mechanical Limits, I have personally Broken/Destroyed Countless MB's, Graphics Cards, CPU's, Memory Modules and other components resulting in massive $$$ losses and almost my Sanity at one point or another, But for whatever reason I find that I just Can't Stop doing it until the Smoke Clears!