Heatpipe cooler liquid?

str · 22 May 2006 at 23:56

What liquid would be in the Arctic Freezer 64 Pro? Mine has 3 caps missing from the top of the heatpipes! :eek:

It's water?

Only reason I noticed is my system shut down and wouldn't boot so when I checked there was liquid on the motherboard near the CPU socket and I figured it must have come from the Freezer 64.

Zefan · 22 May 2006 at 23:57

I doubt it's water but it's most likely electrically conductive.

nbkpsycho · 22 May 2006 at 23:57

Thats what i call water cooling :cool:

str · 23 May 2006 at 00:00

/me updates sig with custom water cooled setup.

nbkpsycho · 23 May 2006 at 00:03

str said:
/me updates sig with custom water cooled setup.

Nice job

I bet that is the cheapest water cooling setup aswell mate

iraiguana · 23 May 2006 at 09:04

it could be anything with a relatively low boiling point, water with something would be possible, or alcohol based products (do not taste test as most likely would be toxic). sounds like a nice rma job there

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nbkpsycho · 23 May 2006 at 12:03

taste it

pastymuncher · 23 May 2006 at 14:23

That happened to me with the original Freezer 64. That soon found itself in the bin and replaced by an SI-120. Bloody stuff went everywhere.

Messiah Khan · 23 May 2006 at 15:33

I would have guessed it would be something like propane or butane.

feriso · 23 May 2006 at 16:35

messiah khan said:
I would have guessed it would be something like propane or butane.

If it was thten it'd evaporate pretty quickly.

Arthalen · 23 May 2006 at 16:45

Wonder if Artic cooling would be willing to stump up the cost of replacement parts as a token of 'Customer Service' ?

No doubt they'll RMA the HSF.

Minstadave · 23 May 2006 at 17:18

Arthalen said:
Wonder if Artic cooling would be willing to stump up the cost of replacement parts as a token of 'Customer Service' ?

No doubt they'll RMA the HSF.

If its faulty RMA it, I'm sure they'll replace it.

Edit: Do you mean they'll pay for damaged components? Most maufacturers just laugh at you if you ask for that

str · 23 May 2006 at 18:26

After the leak the motherboard sort of still works. Only noticable problem so far is the Vcore on my Sempron defaults at 1.1v instead of 1.4v. I'm not sure how the leak could cause that but it's damn annoying. I'm replacing it soon though so not so much of a problem anymore.

locutus12 · 23 May 2006 at 18:30

str said:
What liquid would be in the Arctic Freezer 64 Pro? Mine has 3 caps missing from the top of the heatpipes!

It's water?

Only reason I noticed is my system shut down and wouldn't boot so when I checked there was liquid on the motherboard near the CPU socket and I figured it must have come from the Freezer 64.

it must have boiled over :eek:

Martynt74 · 23 May 2006 at 19:06

I'm pretty sure its R134 which is used in pretty much everything,