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!!

Where u learn to stove the solder to melting point? so canggih your imagination. Go chop a chicken and pray to god.

yaya...me oso dun understand why he would use the stove method...
but anyway...we learn new things...lolx

i did that to my SI-97, managed to drop around 1-2°C, Thermalright deserves some recognition because their QC and their soldering standards are quite high


i know


EXTREME MODDING AKA itchy hands


you've watched too much of final destination

i wish they can send me a new vanessa

it dint penetrate into my tummy, just a cut like a pen knife cut

you be my lawyer

i know some people in the metal industry, and i understand how it works.
just that this time, i forgot to turn off the stove.

i wonder, if u sent it back to the manufacturer saying "it suddenly blew up in my comp!" would they believe it?

Soldering + using stove heating.Wao,damn a brave act.Pray for being safe from the "kaboom".But finally u also acheive the heatpipe at low temperature.

I cannot imagine if while he was soldering, the heatpipe blew up in his face. Man that would be even worse! Btw what were you using to solder it, AllnGap?

luckily it blew up after i've finished soldering, coz i did some soldering on the base and on the top of the heatpipe.

i used tin, obviously from soldering tin.

Never ever heard of this thing before.

Before this, I have been wondering so long that what will happen if a heatsink is exposed to extreme heat? Can it still dissipate the heat properly?

Lastly, I found my answer in your experiment.... heatpipe blew up.

You really deserve the title of Extreme Modder!!!

I think if you didn't leave it on a burning stove it might not have exploded. Solder it quick and take it out to cool........might be a better way. But seriously, being an extreme modder is great and all - but becareful man. Take precautions. You got away with a cut this and pretty starry pants this time, the next time your might not be so lucky - it might explode in your hand or have sharpnel lodged in your eye. Nasty.....

This post has been edited by kcnyc: Mar 31 2006, 05:15 PM

omg.. thank god u r OK..

dude,

be carefull...

luckily ur okay.... nothing really bad happened to u,

imagine all the possibilites that could have happened..

KEEP ON MODDING !!

you're right, i did that on my SI-97, and it lowered temperature.
maybe i was careless this time

I guess permanently bonding the non-joining sections with solder really does work. And it should actually. I am glad you did the experiment and not me man. LOL

actually, the fins and heatpipes are bonded using tin
except for the tip of the heatpipe.

re you gonna sell it to me for cheap now?

as the ols saying goes...kalau tak rosak jangan baiki...haha, finally a proof to support that statement.

betcha never tweaked ur rig

Dude.. thank GOD u r still ok. was wondering why on earth u put it on stove. After this u need to wear the protective glasses and some glove already lah.. Too extreme.

woww ... u super dangerous man la
really lucky u wearing the spec

actually i do o/c and do some modding but they are somethings that people aren't supposed to mess with...human must learn how to see the limitation when doing something. i did my mistake before where i killed my AI7 and sent it for rma, lucky forr me i got a new one and now i still mod but within a safe region.

and what does his question have to do with you?
it wasnt directed to you

unless you're having multi accounts

lol....explode..oh man..ure da man..ahaha...why did it explode anywya..is it somekind of material in the heatpipe or what...i thought heatpipe was usually just pure copper or alum?

what's inside the heatpipe?
liquid?

thts wrong la weh..u cant just heat up metal like tht.. it'll explode coz theres probably air in it.. try turning on ur water kettle with no water in it sure after awhile meletup

sorry my mistake..didnt read throughly

pergh super moders lar!!!!
how u going to join those fin use DAPUR masak laa..!???

but anyway good try from u n example to others....salute

wonder the temperture on the stoove enough to melt or not in da 1st place.

a suggestion,wear helmet b4 do this stuff again.

No guts no glory

it's hollow pipe with some wick structure inside

i wish i had more samples for me to blow up

supposedly, a small amount of liquid. but u wont hear it coming out like steam

i knew it might explode, but i was too careless

yep...it's like a pipe bomb

not H20, but chemicals which has got low boiling temperature


i know

just need to melt the solder only bro....just need the correct temperature to do it

melt what ?

thx god that u didnt die...
i still have 2 send the led mod for service....

inside (some / all) heatpipes got H20 (water), is this true?

Please do refrain from spamming one liners. It's not productive. And as for the heatpipe's fluid contents, I think this article is a very good guide

http://www.heatsink-guide.com/content.php?...heatpipes.shtml