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SidVicious · 10-19-2005, 04:44 PM

@ Dave :

I had a CSP-750 MkII for almost a year (bought it from www.bigfootcomputers.com on the 26th of November 2004), it just burnt out today after showing signs of failure for about a month.

I sent e-mails to sales@c-systems.ca on the 29th of September and on the 11th of October to inquire about the CSP-750 to CSP-MAG upgrade program and to inform them of the gradual leakage that my CSP-750 Mk II was displaying, I have yet to receive a response to those two e-mails.

Being ignored and having nothing to lose, I drained my loop and opened up my dead CSP-750 Mk II, the motor assembly was extremely hot, smelled the unique smell of burnt electronics and a few ml of water was in the motor housing.

On closer inspection, I noticed that the PCB was darkened and that the plastic on which the PCB rested was discolored, brittle and partially melted near the power cable solder points.

I pulled the motor out of the rotor magnet and saw that some surface mounted components (H0T 882 4BTAP) were scorched black. The aluminium housing is fine, not a hint of corrosion to be detected anywhere.

Unfortunately, I don't have a digital camera to show pictures of that mess.

The good thing is that my computer survived, it automatically shut down when the CPU temperature reached the 60C threshold I set in BIOS. I'm currently running on a spare Eheim Compact pump I had.

I have been running my system (Mobile Barton @ 2.6GHz on 2V) 24/7 since I got the CSP-750 Mk II pump, the pump was hooked up to a Black Ice Micro rad, a TDX block and a custom made, 3 shut off valve bleeder based on the Swiftech FBK-525 design. The only additive used was Swiftech HydrX and the pump has never been run dry.

Now that I know that "You get what you pay for" hold true, I added a Swiftech MCP655 pump to an order that I had with Bigfoot.

Sorry but I am really dissapointed with C-Systems.

10-19-2005, 04:44 PM	#138
SidVicious Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Montréal Posts: 3	@ Dave : I had a CSP-750 MkII for almost a year (bought it from www.bigfootcomputers.com on the 26th of November 2004), it just burnt out today after showing signs of failure for about a month. I sent e-mails to sales@c-systems.ca on the 29th of September and on the 11th of October to inquire about the CSP-750 to CSP-MAG upgrade program and to inform them of the gradual leakage that my CSP-750 Mk II was displaying, I have yet to receive a response to those two e-mails. Being ignored and having nothing to lose, I drained my loop and opened up my dead CSP-750 Mk II, the motor assembly was extremely hot, smelled the unique smell of burnt electronics and a few ml of water was in the motor housing. On closer inspection, I noticed that the PCB was darkened and that the plastic on which the PCB rested was discolored, brittle and partially melted near the power cable solder points. I pulled the motor out of the rotor magnet and saw that some surface mounted components (H0T 882 4BTAP) were scorched black. The aluminium housing is fine, not a hint of corrosion to be detected anywhere. Unfortunately, I don't have a digital camera to show pictures of that mess. The good thing is that my computer survived, it automatically shut down when the CPU temperature reached the 60C threshold I set in BIOS. I'm currently running on a spare Eheim Compact pump I had. I have been running my system (Mobile Barton @ 2.6GHz on 2V) 24/7 since I got the CSP-750 Mk II pump, the pump was hooked up to a Black Ice Micro rad, a TDX block and a custom made, 3 shut off valve bleeder based on the Swiftech FBK-525 design. The only additive used was Swiftech HydrX and the pump has never been run dry. Now that I know that "You get what you pay for" hold true, I added a Swiftech MCP655 pump to an order that I had with Bigfoot. Sorry but I am really dissapointed with C-Systems. __________________ Watercooled Mobile Barton @ 2.6GHz Abit NF7-S V2.0, 1GB PC3200 Radeon 9700 @ 360/300 2x 40GB SATA RAID-0 HW Labs Black-Ice Micro 80mm rad DangerDen TDX Copper waterblock DEAD C-Systems CSP-750 MkII DC pump Last edited by SidVicious; 10-19-2005 at 05:44 PM.