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DrSteve

DrSteve

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Decided to drain my water loop today and do a bit of a cleanup.
At the same time I decided to put a shroud on my 120.2 so took off the fans and this is whar I found...

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:eek::eek:

Despite this the cooling was still working well. Could be due to the two Panaflows that sound a bit like a 747 preparing to take off. :)

Think it might be time to invest in something to filter out the dust!!
 
I hover my PC out once a month... the only places it collects dust is on the front grill / hard drives and on the rad fins.... but hover the rest out anyways....

Also every4 to 6 months I flush the system with vinegar.... 250ml bottle emptied in 5/10 seconds... you should see the crap it shifts... especially when it goes through a warm CPU block...
However, be warned, vinegar is an ACID and it will eventually corrode your blocks...
 
yoda said:
Also every4 to 6 months I flush the system with vinegar.... 250ml bottle emptied in 5/10 seconds... you should see the crap it shifts... especially when it goes through a warm CPU block...
However, be warned, vinegar is an ACID and it will eventually corrode your blocks...
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Thanks for the tip. Was wondering what to clean the system out with. The tubing has gone a bit cloudy. Has been running for about 18 months to 2 years. Was filled with deionized water and Zerex.
 
DrSteve said:
Thanks for the tip. Was wondering what to clean the system out with. The tubing has gone a bit cloudy. Has been running for about 18 months to 2 years. Was filled with deionized water and Zerex.
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Vinegar won't make any difference to the tubing :(

Once its clouded thats it , new tubing time.

Mark
 
[loads shotgun] here birdy birdy birdy....

coka cola it another interesting one to use... except for the bubbles....
 
dust filters may actually increase your temps by restricting the airflow. when there is dust on the filters it may actually be worse than just having a dusty rad -.-
 
I used to get similar build up on my rad.

I just made sure I cleaned it every couple of months when I bled the loop.
 
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Pretty bad, but atleast it's white.

I usually have to take a toothbrush to mine to remove the crap that my over-zealous smoking habit covers it in.
 
Everything is now up and running again.
While I was cleaning out the system I decided to lap my Q6600 as well. There was a big temp difference between the cores and I wondered if ths would help.
There's still an 8 degree idle difference between the cores - 16,16,23,24. What's also odd is that the room temp is 23 degrees. It would seem that all my hard work today has paid off and my system can now bend the laws of physics!! :p
I have checked the temps in Core Temp and also in Everest. Both reading the same. Any ideas why. I seem to remember a similar problem with the MSI Neo2 Platinum boards when I had one. Bios update seemed to fix it.
 
Hi there :)

BIOS's 16 and 17 can give odd temps on the IP35 Pro, tho it's usually the CPU temp and not the core temps.

Stick with BIOS 14 with Q6600. 16 isn't as good as 14 with the Q6600's and 17 is for the 45nm chips.
 
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