case cooling Horror stories

Vector86 · 06-25-2002, 11:57 PM

In this thread, i'm asking people to submit horrible/system destroying stories about case cooling.

my story:
i had just spent 3 hours making my rheostadt and i slapped it in my case. my fans (120mm radio shack fan, 120mm toyo fan. 2600/3000 rpm) where running ULTRA quiet and moving reasonable amounts of air. i descided to leave it on to see if it would work in the morning. i went to sleep. at about 3:00am i was awakened by the smell of somthing burning. i noticed that my rheostadt was melting the plastic faceplate, seconds later my # 2 rheo burst into flames (QUITE literally). after turning my comp off i realized my error. radio shack only had 3 watt rheos, i didnt think twice about it, now i need to rebuild my rheo...

WebMasta33 · 06-26-2002, 12:22 AM

I painted my Pioneer Slot drive face before i put it in my computer...

To my dismay, it reads every CD as a 99track audio cd...

Aridmoose · 06-26-2002, 12:51 AM

so are you saying don't paint the drive, or you did something wrong? I was gonna do the same thing, but now i don't know if i want to.

Brad · 06-26-2002, 02:55 AM

he is saying that in the process he somehow stuffed up the drive, but then you can stuff up just about anything when you are modifying it

MeltMan · 06-26-2002, 10:20 AM

Haha, one time while I was still aircooled, I was workin on lowering temps by adding fans

. I placed a couple of beautiful 92mm panaflow fans blowing freash air on the cpu balanced on the video card leaning outwards. They were taught on thier own power cords. Anyways, I was working in there and i bumped one which caused it to fall into the exposed corner of the video card instantly throwing fanblades everywhere.

So... I whipped out the super glue and glued the 2 broken blades back on. Amazingly enough, the fan came out just as balanced as it was before. It doesnt wobble or make any more noise than the perfect panaflow.

So I switched to water cooling. No more broken fans.

ksw · 06-26-2002, 10:30 AM

haha lol, this just makes me laugh. well i did one thing isreally shouldnt have done. it isnt a computer thing but its somethin g i destroyed anyway.

My stereo, an Philips FW-C83, has output for 2 speakers, i decided to put 6 speakers on it, in paralell....
my stereo almost started to burn.
thing learned: never put things in paralell, when ou know it aint going to make it.

MeltMan · 06-26-2002, 10:44 AM

Bahhahaha! I bet you were running under 1ohm of resistance. No wonder it started to fry. You gotta keep the Ohm load of the speakers above 4ohm at least for a home system to keep it from buring up.

bigben2k · 06-26-2002, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ksw
My stereo, an Philips FW-C83, has output for 2 speakers, i decided to put 6 speakers on it, in paralell....
my stereo almost started to burn.
thing learned: never put things in paralell, when ou know it aint going to make it.

Average resistance of 1 speaker: 8 ohm.
Average resistance of 3 speakers in //: 2.7 ohm (it'd draw more current)

ksw · 06-26-2002, 11:00 AM

speaker pair 1 resistance, 6 OHM, speaker pair 2 resistance, 6 ohm, speakerpair 3, resistance, 8 Ohm

bigben2k · 06-26-2002, 11:04 AM

6+6+8 in // = 2.2 Ohms.

ksw · 06-26-2002, 11:23 AM

ok, hwo do you calculate that?

bigben2k · 06-26-2002, 11:46 AM

1/R(total)=1/R(1)+1/R(2)+1/R(3)+...

WebMasta33 · 06-26-2002, 03:23 PM

No, what I was saying, is that the drive was probably shipped inoperable... All I did was remove the face plate and painted it... but now that I've painted it, I can't RMA it.

MeltMan · 06-26-2002, 03:44 PM

oh sonova! that bites. Buy another, switch faces, then return it.

mobuis · 06-28-2002, 09:41 AM

lol meltman good idea

06-25-2002, 11:57 PM	#1
Vector86 Cooling Savant Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KANSAS "it's not just cows"! Posts: 211	case cooling Horror stories In this thread, i'm asking people to submit horrible/system destroying stories about case cooling. my story: i had just spent 3 hours making my rheostadt and i slapped it in my case. my fans (120mm radio shack fan, 120mm toyo fan. 2600/3000 rpm) where running ULTRA quiet and moving reasonable amounts of air. i descided to leave it on to see if it would work in the morning. i went to sleep. at about 3:00am i was awakened by the smell of somthing burning. i noticed that my rheostadt was melting the plastic faceplate, seconds later my # 2 rheo burst into flames (QUITE literally). after turning my comp off i realized my error. radio shack only had 3 watt rheos, i didnt think twice about it, now i need to rebuild my rheo...

06-26-2002, 12:22 AM	#2
WebMasta33 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 526	I painted my Pioneer Slot drive face before i put it in my computer... To my dismay, it reads every CD as a 99track audio cd... __________________ ========== --Soyo KT333 DRAGON Ultra (Platinum Edition) --AMD 1.4 @ 1.54 (11x) --768mb of PC2100 (@140FSB) --Asus v8200 GeForce3 @ 210/490 --Maxtor 40gb Quiet + 2 IBM 40gb 60GXPs (removable) + 8gb WD --Audigy --Maze 3, DD Gf3 block, 2x BIX, Eheim1250 ===========

06-26-2002, 12:51 AM	#3
Aridmoose Cooling Neophyte Join Date: May 2002 Location: In the shadows Posts: 55	so are you saying don't paint the drive, or you did something wrong? I was gonna do the same thing, but now i don't know if i want to. __________________ Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb. Batman? BATMAN? NOOOO!!! Over here, Robin. HOLY HEART FAILURE BATMAN!! Luckily I was able to hide behind these heavy iron bars.

06-26-2002, 02:55 AM	#4
Brad Thermophile Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nuu Zeeelin Posts: 3,175	he is saying that in the process he somehow stuffed up the drive, but then you can stuff up just about anything when you are modifying it __________________ 2x P3 1100's at 1400, Abit VP6, 2x Corsair 256mb PC150 sticks, 20gb 'cuda ATA-III, 2x 40gb 'cuda ATA-IV in raid 0. 20" Trinitron. No fans 2x 2400+ at 2288mhz (16.0 x 143), Iwill MPX2, 2x Kingmax PC-3200 256mb sticks, 4x 20gb 60gxp in Raid 5 on a Promise SX6000. Asus Ti4200 320/630. Cooled by Water

06-26-2002, 10:20 AM	#5
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	Haha, one time while I was still aircooled, I was workin on lowering temps by adding fans . I placed a couple of beautiful 92mm panaflow fans blowing freash air on the cpu balanced on the video card leaning outwards. They were taught on thier own power cords. Anyways, I was working in there and i bumped one which caused it to fall into the exposed corner of the video card instantly throwing fanblades everywhere. So... I whipped out the super glue and glued the 2 broken blades back on. Amazingly enough, the fan came out just as balanced as it was before. It doesnt wobble or make any more noise than the perfect panaflow. So I switched to water cooling. No more broken fans. __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme! Last edited by MeltMan; 06-26-2002 at 10:22 AM.

06-26-2002, 10:30 AM	#6
ksw Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SWEDEN(cold...) Posts: 195	haha lol, this just makes me laugh. well i did one thing isreally shouldnt have done. it isnt a computer thing but its somethin g i destroyed anyway. My stereo, an Philips FW-C83, has output for 2 speakers, i decided to put 6 speakers on it, in paralell.... my stereo almost started to burn. thing learned: never put things in paralell, when ou know it aint going to make it. __________________ www.webraced.com <- addicted as hell /me is!

06-26-2002, 10:44 AM	#7
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	Bahhahaha! I bet you were running under 1ohm of resistance. No wonder it started to fry. You gotta keep the Ohm load of the speakers above 4ohm at least for a home system to keep it from buring up. __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

06-26-2002, 11:00 AM	#9
ksw Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SWEDEN(cold...) Posts: 195	speaker pair 1 resistance, 6 OHM, speaker pair 2 resistance, 6 ohm, speakerpair 3, resistance, 8 Ohm __________________ www.webraced.com <- addicted as hell /me is!

06-26-2002, 11:04 AM	#10
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	6+6+8 in // = 2.2 Ohms. __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

06-26-2002, 11:23 AM	#11
ksw Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: SWEDEN(cold...) Posts: 195	ok, hwo do you calculate that? __________________ www.webraced.com <- addicted as hell /me is!

06-26-2002, 11:46 AM	#12
bigben2k Responsible for 2% of all the posts here. Join Date: May 2002 Location: Texas, U.S.A. Posts: 8,302	1/R(total)=1/R(1)+1/R(2)+1/R(3)+... __________________ WBTA (Water Block Testing Alliance) Nordic Hardware WC 101

06-26-2002, 03:23 PM	#13
WebMasta33 Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Nebraska Posts: 526	No, what I was saying, is that the drive was probably shipped inoperable... All I did was remove the face plate and painted it... but now that I've painted it, I can't RMA it. __________________ ========== --Soyo KT333 DRAGON Ultra (Platinum Edition) --AMD 1.4 @ 1.54 (11x) --768mb of PC2100 (@140FSB) --Asus v8200 GeForce3 @ 210/490 --Maxtor 40gb Quiet + 2 IBM 40gb 60GXPs (removable) + 8gb WD --Audigy --Maze 3, DD Gf3 block, 2x BIX, Eheim1250 ===========

06-26-2002, 03:44 PM	#14
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	oh sonova! that bites. Buy another, switch faces, then return it. __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme!

06-28-2002, 09:41 AM	#15
mobuis Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: michigan Posts: 48	lol meltman good idea

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