Andrew Nemchenko wrote:

> Better yet just get a liquid nitrogen tank and throw the pc in there. Of
> course you will have to take off all the fans (you will not need them) and
> keep all of your drives outside, but you will never have any problems with it
> over heating. This will also water proof your mother board, as any water
> would freeze before it would reach the mother board. Plus nitrogen does not
> conduct so you dont have to worry about anything shorting out upon diping.

Hmmmm.  So would my hands.

I think I'll stick with the safer methods of cooling for now. :-)

> Phil Mendelsohn wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 22 Jun 2001, Simeon Johnston wrote:
> >
> > > That sounds kinda cool.
> > > I've always wanted to dip my MB in some kind of liquid rubber and water
> > > proof it.
> >
> > Well, if you ::really:: know where your water is coming from, absolutely
> > 100% pure H_2O is an excellent dielectric and you could dip your mobo in
> > it without the rubber coating.  That's what they used for the dielectric
> > in the first stage capacitors of the PBFA2 (Particle Beam Fusion
> > Accelerator 2) at Sandia National Labs.  Now it's called the Z-machine,
> > but I think they still use 15-20' high tanks of water as really big plate
> > capacitors!
> >
> > DISCLAIMER:  Unless you have more experience than I in laboratory
> > distilling methods (in which case you would have thought of it), it's
> > foolish to try, and I won't be liable for any negative outcomes, death,
> > destruction, dismemberment, acts of God or civil insurrection that result
> > from such actions.  But if it works well, then it was my idea.  :)

<g> Nice disclaimer.
I was thinking more along the lines of household tap water, lakes, rivers....
Something like this.
               ________________________
_______________|                      |______________________________________
Water PIPE in  | MB encased in rubber |  Water continues on it's coarse....
---------------|                      |--------------------------------------
               ------------------------
Just let the water flow over the MB and cool it.  A shutoff valve at each end
and some sort of pass through pipe so you could theoretically pull the
encasement if needed.
Maybe encasing it in the ceramic tiles the space shuttle is maid out off would
work better.
:-)

Just a some random neuron's firing.
sim