just received my Titan Vanessa heatsink from ray99mond.

and as usual, my hands was itchy and i started to bend the fins back into the correct position, so i noticed some fins was loose (not bonded with the heatpipe)

thus i started my stove and put on the heatsink to heat it up to the soldering melting point to begin soldering the heatsink

as this heatsink was fast as dissipating heat and wind was blowing from outside, i was loosing heat fast.....so i set the stove on max fire......

and then i started soldering......then i stood there for a while.....KABOOM !!!

my ear went deaf for a while, then i was like WTF, i got a cut on my abdomen and i look at the heatsink, and the heatpipe exploded !!!

looks like i've burned-in for too long until the heatpipe exploded man !!!

my mum thought i was dead coz it sounded like the stove exploded, and even the flame was put off by the explosion



here is the pic, there are actually 3 heatpipes folded in a " U " shape.
the middle heatpipe exploded due to extreme pressure, and it sounded like pipe bomb man





a section of the heatpipe that was totally launched at my stomach man




and my injured stomach, quite a deep cut, i was standing like around 60cm from the stove and it got me man
it aimed at me man





it also send out molten tin from the base coz the explosion was really a big boom!!
just look at the stove area, covered with bits of tin.





luckily i was wearin specs at tat time or i migh be blind de....look at the specs carefully !!!





and look at my pants, small little stars








This post has been edited by AllnGap: Mar 30 2006, 04:32 PM

after recovering from that, i've removed the useless section of the heatsink.

just look at the impact from the explosion !!! totally pushed the fins inwards !!




and i mounted it on my Mobo, it's still doing well, at 45�C at idle for Barton 2.2Ghz at 1.9V, even my SI-97 couldnt get such low temperatures





This post has been edited by AllnGap: Mar 30 2006, 04:36 PM

Lucky you din get killed

Are heatsinks even made to undergo such temps scary man the things you guys do... so how can claim warranty

Blew up coz proc too hot...

lol !!! next time bcarefull man !!

as i know inside the heatpipe got something like an carbon !!
my lecturer told me is same material with our car engine exhaust valve !!

This post has been edited by ah_fong: Mar 30 2006, 04:31 PM

wahh ...hebat2 ...mmg terer...sampai meletup heatsink kau buat...have 2 try this at home, joking..feel sori 2 ur heatsink

WTF????First time to hear heatpipe burst.

i am really lucky that i wore specs just now.
i have to bear with 2 heatpipes now.
the temp is still okay

actually, the chemical inside is not really the threat here.
it's the high pressure explosion from the copper pipe which is the most dangerous.
heating a heatpipe is equivalent to a pipe bomb

i want to maintain my reputation for always being the firs

Honestly...u made it sound like a comedy. I can't help but laughed.

anyway....Thank goodness it didn't take out your hand!
So...this is a lesson to all of us....heat pipes are like pipe bombs.
You should actually send these pics to numerous HSF makers....at least they could put a warning label on all heatpipe packaging...."Warning! HeatPipes may explode if exposed to extreme heat!"


BTW....nice hairy tummy dude...

LOL, good job there, i wonder y u wanna stove ur heatsink ? anyway, i saw somewhere that they said inside the heatpipe is something like the coolant of water cooling, it's using the dispense to get the heat up, is it true?

This post has been edited by osxchd: Mar 30 2006, 05:31 PM

u are mad! crazy
lol luckily nothing happen to you, if not can't order fan from you anymore *CHOI* lol joking

This freaking crazy. U dare to doing that and lucky u still alive. Hope be careful next time.

he's not satisfied with some of the fins...some not properly stuck on...overall tangan gatal la.

whoaa.. careful dude.. you still have to do sumthing for me wan weii.. xD

hahahahaha!!! rofl!
i think u putting ur heatpipe on a stove is such a bad idea...lolx...
nvr heard of heatpipe explode!

actually i wan buy tat venessa heatpipe from ray99mond, but lucklily din buy coz the heatpipe fins are loosen.

eeww... dun show ur gh3yness ere okay

the first time i heard such a case. probably the first case in the overclocking world

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL EXTREME MODDING!

This post has been edited by soulfly: Mar 30 2006, 08:45 PM

you're da man! But luckily you're still alive; if the piece of copper aimed towards your head, drilled a hole through your skull and shoot out from the back of your head, then nailed at the wall behind you... that will be a new episode of Final Destination

claim damage at Titan..sent damage....medical report n all.huhuhuhu..claim dat the company didnt give da warning dat it may exploded n hurt person....what if sumthin real bad happen..hehehhe

n show to all da world

This post has been edited by amirsubhi: Mar 30 2006, 08:56 PM

anyway good info
so nobody will do the same mistake
:S

Yeah... malaysia edition of Final Destination...

Did that scrap metal actually penetrate into your tummy?? or it stopped by your layer of "Fat"

yeah!! agreed.. sue the company!!