At the compressor end of the capillary tube of my Mach I (the bit where it links to the compressor itself) i have a buildup of ice.......no way on earth is this right...What's going on and how do I fix it? And i've noticed my compressor making an unusually large amount of plinking sounds.....help! Really worried about this. The ice is clearly gonna melt as soon as I turn the thing off.
What. The. Hell.
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Phil Stanbridge
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I take it the compressor has been on for a significant amount of time?
Check that there are no leaks in the tubing - also, is the cpu under load whilst the compressor is on and it isnt idle?
Check that there are no leaks in the tubing - also, is the cpu under load whilst the compressor is on and it isnt idle?
tc_overclocker
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This is the usual signs of an overcharged prommie...... that is what the plinking sound is. When there is too much refridgerant in the prommie, it runs back down the hose back into the compressor... the reason you get a plinking sound is because the oil in the compressor is VERY warm, and the refridgerant is VERY Cold.... like when you drop a drop of water into a pan of boiling oil (not recommended 
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This is why you get the build up of ice also... as this is where the refridgerant is flowing back to.... so like it would in the head... as soon as it reaches somewhere insulated... you get ice.
Now unfortunately quiet a lot of units left Chip-Con (nVentiv) like this, but there is a way around to keep the problem at bay, not solve it.
If your whack your CPU volts up as high as you can and keep the CPU at reasonably high load all the time, the refridgerant is evaporated a lot quicker in the head, therefore not giving it the change to run back into the compressor.
The only way to solve it completely, is to hand the unit to someone such as Marci (he's registered here somewhere) and he can extract the refridgerant for you completely and regas it, or let out just enough refridgerant to keep the problem at bay.
Hope this helps
)This is why you get the build up of ice also... as this is where the refridgerant is flowing back to.... so like it would in the head... as soon as it reaches somewhere insulated... you get ice.
Now unfortunately quiet a lot of units left Chip-Con (nVentiv) like this, but there is a way around to keep the problem at bay, not solve it.
If your whack your CPU volts up as high as you can and keep the CPU at reasonably high load all the time, the refridgerant is evaporated a lot quicker in the head, therefore not giving it the change to run back into the compressor.
The only way to solve it completely, is to hand the unit to someone such as Marci (he's registered here somewhere
) and he can extract the refridgerant for you completely and regas it, or let out just enough refridgerant to keep the problem at bay.Hope this helps
tc_overclocker
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That could very much solve the problem yes... as Phil will verify.... the A64's are HOT
Phil Stanbridge
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boardy said:
The Northwoods run significantly cooler than A64's, but Precotts and EE's run hotter it would appear.
