Kryotech's FAQ reads:
Q3: How do you prevent ice or condensation from forming around the very
cold CPU?
A3: We have a set of patents and extensive know-how for preventing
condensation. This is the center of KryoTech's expertise arguably our
most important value-add. We have been running -40C
computer systems since December 1994 without condensation!
I also remember reading an early press release on Kryotech a year or so
ago that mentioned they surround the top of the CPU with a specially
insulated cover that prevents the cold (which reaches the CPU top-cover)
from being exposed to the outside air, thereby preventing condensation.
Gary Diehl
Aaron Blosser wrote:
>
> If I'm not mistaken, 2 big problems keep showing up with these
> super-coolants.
>
> One is condensation which is really bad bad bad for your motherboard/CPU.
>
> The other (like with Peltier junction coolers) is that they often generate
> as much heat as they dissipate. Besides adding an active cooler, you often
> need to add even more case fans to get rid of the excess heat the Peltier
> devices generates.
>
> There's the nut who is working on total immersion of his system in oil, with
> an air-conditioner coil submersed as well. This would solve the problem of
> condensate, but there is concern that the mineral oil will break some of the
> components on the board.
>
> I like the idea, but instead of mineral oil, some inert water.
> Unfortunately, that's not easy to come by :-) otherwise you could just dunk
> the whole system into a refrigerated cooler of inert water and ramp up your
> clock speeds further than otherwise possible. But for all that effort,
> might as well spend more on a faster system.
>
> Aaron
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary Diehl
> > Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 5:23 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: Mersenne: Computer speeds & factoring
> >
> >
> > Look at www.kryotech.com
> >
> > Gary Diehl
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > I have two questions/comments:
> > >
> > > Does anyone else remember something from a year or two back
> > (actually may
> > > still be a modern thing still)? This company was producing very fast
> > > computers using ordinary chips and making the computer case
> > into a type of
> > > freezer, encasing the chip and keeping the chip very cold.
> > This made the
> > > computer run faster, I guess by increasing its conduction, and
> > one result I
> > > recall is getting a 600 MHz DEC Alpha chip to run at around 767
> > MHz? Has
> > > anyone bought this kind of computer, or perhaps done some kind of home
> > > modification (like all the overclocking)?
> > >
> > > My second question, what is a good factoring program for Win98 on a PII
> > > system that allows you to enter a very large number and attempt
> > to factor it,
> > > thereby proving it either composite or prime? Thanks for any help.
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