Koolance Exos-Al: does it need cleaning?

Ice_abx · 12-26-2004, 09:30 PM

For those that have had this for quite a while, just wondering if it's necessary to take off the cover and perhaps use an can of compressed air to blow and clean out the dust from the radiator since there's no filter on the sides of the unit, which I'm sure will accumulate a lot of dust over the long run. Also, by unscrewing the cover, will that void my warranty?

starchild · 12-26-2004, 09:33 PM

I'm no koolance owner/user but I think it would make alot of sense to keep the rad free of dust to allow for optimum air flow.

DCR · 12-29-2004, 07:25 PM

I removed my cover and replaced the tubing when I bought mine...but that was covered in my install post. There is no seal or way Koolance would know you opened it for cleaning, unless you beat up the screws....

On that note, mine appears to still be rather clean, so I wouldn't bother cleaning it for quite awhile...if at all. There is nothing really to draw air into the case, so dust should be a minimum.

TbirdX · 01-28-2005, 07:52 PM

I took mine apart just recently, it's a fairly simple operation. My temps had gone up a few degrees so I figured it needed a clean....and I was right, the rad had clogged with dust. A simple good blow over, re-assemble and it was back to 'normal' temps

mr. Charles · 01-30-2005, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by TbirdX

I took mine apart just recently, it's a fairly simple operation. My temps had gone up a few degrees so I figured it needed a clean....and I was right, the rad had clogged with dust. A simple good blow over, re-assemble and it was back to 'normal' temps

. . . . . since i read this thread a bit ago; and i have this one disconnected and sitting on the side from being used all summer till this fall; just decided to digg-in and check this out. . . . .

. . . .

. . . . .man. i am glad i did....... :eek: [as showing by the pic's].......along of showing: to take closer look of your own when you take apart to NOT mix-up and put the wrong "length" of the screw's for where they are NOT suppose to be at.....

just noted some pic's here for other's to keep in mind of. . . . .

mr. Charles · 01-30-2005, 03:22 PM

. . . . . . .for here, the last pic show's=[ the one screw in the very back-middle is the "short" of the 5 small one's and the one "big-side-screw" need's to be shorter by way of a spacer of some kind; OR someday you MAY spring a leak from well......you can see from the pic's.... :eek: I just used a clip off a nylon-wire-hanger clip and used some double-sticky on the side to keep it with the case.....

]...............Hopefully other's will take note of this and be cautious of their own..............

........

.........

Ice_abx · 01-30-2005, 06:23 PM

Whoa, mr. Charles, that's a lot of dust/pet hair in your radiator there. It's time to vacuum that all up. Did you notice a rise in temps?

TbirdX · 02-05-2005, 04:11 AM

I'd say mine was worse than that when I cleaned it!!

mr. Charles · 02-05-2005, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Ice

Whoa, mr. Charles, that's a lot of dust/pet hair in your radiator there. It's time to vacuum that all up. Did you notice a rise in temps?

. . . . sorry Ice; thought i'd already replied back to ya on this,

:o guess i forgot to ......but, . . . . .Yeah there was a bit higher for temp's when this was running. if i recall, i think it went up like 3 to 5 degree's and i thought it was cuz of the ambient being a bit warmer, but, Now i know better when the temp's of the Koolance itself tend to rise a bit too much;... what to look into.....

[ normally i was running like 30 to 33 at idle, but then started to stay in the 34 to 37 area for idle........still gaming/under load, never got beyond the 45 to 48 area.....but, before > gaming was like around the 42 to 44....

]

mr. Charles · 02-05-2005, 10:23 AM

. . . . hope those pic's helped you out there Ice, ( and other's out there ), for getting an "inside > insight" of the Koolance box...opened up and all.....

.........

kcstock · 02-08-2005, 10:12 PM

I just wanted to post real quick and remind all those Exos owners out there to dust their radiators. I re-configured my desk yesterday and in the prcess i cleaned up my case and exos unit.

There was a ton of dust inside the exos and when I powered up my system again the Exos front panel indicator was 4 degrees celsius cooler than before I dusted!

So take some compressed air and spray the iside of that sucker!

--ken

Goldenfarmb · 02-09-2005, 12:46 PM

Thanks for the reminder KC.

kcstock · 02-09-2005, 12:56 PM

You know what...

I just noticed there is a thread about this not 5 spots down from this one.

Sorry for the double post.

**pointreyes** · 02-09-2005, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kcstock

You know what...

I just noticed there is a thread about this not 5 spots down from this one.

Sorry for the double post.

No problem-threads have been merged.

12-26-2004, 09:30 PM	#1
Ice_abx Chillin' Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New York Posts: 3,038	Koolance Exos-Al: does it need cleaning? For those that have had this for quite a while, just wondering if it's necessary to take off the cover and perhaps use an can of compressed air to blow and clean out the dust from the radiator since there's no filter on the sides of the unit, which I'm sure will accumulate a lot of dust over the long run. Also, by unscrewing the cover, will that void my warranty? __________________ Mobo » DFI LANPARTY PRO875B rev. B1 (BIOS 0913) CPU » Intel 3.0c @ 3.95 GHz (263 FSB) RAM » 1GB OCZ EL PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2 @ 2.5-3-3-6 (DDR526) Video » BFG 6800 Ultra OC @ 470/1260 MHz Storage » Hard Drives » 2x SATA Western Digital SE 80GB in RAID 0 & Western Digital SE 250GB Storage » Optical » NEC ND-3500AG DL 16x DVD±RW & Pioneer DVD-105S 16x Sound » Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Power » OCZ PowerStream 520W Cooling » H2O » Koolance Exos-Al (CPU-300-H06 & VID-NV1-L06) Cooling » Air » Swiftech MCX159-P Chassis » Lian-Li PC-6085A Speakers » Logitech Z-680 Displays » Dell 2001FP & ViewSonic VP171b OS » Windows XP Pro SP2
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12-26-2004, 09:33 PM	#2
starchild Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: 3rd floor-#21 Posts: 380	I'm no koolance owner/user but I think it would make alot of sense to keep the rad free of dust to allow for optimum air flow. __________________
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12-29-2004, 07:25 PM	#3
DCR Working For The Weekend Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 1,091	I removed my cover and replaced the tubing when I bought mine...but that was covered in my install post. There is no seal or way Koolance would know you opened it for cleaning, unless you beat up the screws.... On that note, mine appears to still be rather clean, so I wouldn't bother cleaning it for quite awhile...if at all. There is nothing really to draw air into the case, so dust should be a minimum. __________________ *the above post possibly contains severe sarcasm, humor or stupidity....rarely will it contain helpful information or material. A64 3500+ Koolance Exos CPU and GPU Cooling MSI Neo Platinum 512 x 2 OCZ Performance Series RAM ATI X800XT PE WC Antec Lanboy w/OCZ 520 W PSU 200g and 120g Seagate 7200 HD's
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01-28-2005, 07:52 PM	#4
TbirdX Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15	I took mine apart just recently, it's a fairly simple operation. My temps had gone up a few degrees so I figured it needed a clean....and I was right, the rad had clogged with dust. A simple good blow over, re-assemble and it was back to 'normal' temps __________________
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01-30-2005, 06:23 PM	#7
Ice_abx Chillin' Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: New York Posts: 3,038	Whoa, mr. Charles, that's a lot of dust/pet hair in your radiator there. It's time to vacuum that all up. Did you notice a rise in temps? __________________ Mobo » DFI LANPARTY PRO875B rev. B1 (BIOS 0913) CPU » Intel 3.0c @ 3.95 GHz (263 FSB) RAM » 1GB OCZ EL PC3200 Platinum Rev. 2 @ 2.5-3-3-6 (DDR526) Video » BFG 6800 Ultra OC @ 470/1260 MHz Storage » Hard Drives » 2x SATA Western Digital SE 80GB in RAID 0 & Western Digital SE 250GB Storage » Optical » NEC ND-3500AG DL 16x DVD±RW & Pioneer DVD-105S 16x Sound » Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Power » OCZ PowerStream 520W Cooling » H2O » Koolance Exos-Al (CPU-300-H06 & VID-NV1-L06) Cooling » Air » Swiftech MCX159-P Chassis » Lian-Li PC-6085A Speakers » Logitech Z-680 Displays » Dell 2001FP & ViewSonic VP171b OS » Windows XP Pro SP2
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02-05-2005, 04:11 AM	#8
TbirdX Registered User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15	I'd say mine was worse than that when I cleaned it!! __________________
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02-05-2005, 10:23 AM	#10
mr. Charles Lost > but still at it Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: P.N.W. Posts: 1,402	also, Ice..... . . . . hope those pic's helped you out there Ice, ( and other's out there ), for getting an "inside > insight" of the Koolance box...opened up and all..... ......... __________________ .....Gaming_rigg#1 ..... _AMD Opty 170 {CCBWE 0530 TPMW} dual core@2.8 * [now] ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe mthrbrd * 2GB G.Skill {HZ} * 2(ea)=Nvidia Geforce 7800 GTX 512MB=>>SLI<< * HHD's = WD 74GB Raptor & Maxtor 250GB/16mb/7200 rpm * PSU=OCZ-600w_Adj SLi PwrStream * SB X-Fi XtremeMusic * Swiftech H2O "Xtreme Duty"_cooling(w/*Storm_wb* ) * . ..."Gaming"_rigg#2... AMDFX-55 MSI K8N Neo2 Plat. nVidia nForce3 mthrbrd2GB Mushkin's XP4000ATi (R) X800* XT Plat.Ed.(cat's 5.20)* OCZ-520w_Adj PwrStream PSU*H2O-cooling = CPUAC_Silencer4-cooling = GPUAudigy2 ZS_Gamer* >>>Ground Poundin<<< Logitech's Z680 spkr.systm. * Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard & Logitech MX518 Gaming Mouse * Samsung 940b LCD * yeah >>> yeah ..... i-No * . _ the "other" rigg: P4 2.4C@3.4 {SL6Z3}Asus P4C800-E Dlx_rev2.0 {Bios=1016}OCZ PC4000(2x512) dl ch GOLD's* H2O-cooled = Koolance/EXOS-AL { rad, CPU, GPU, res/pump }NB = Swiftech's MCX159-P ATi (R) X800 Pro {cat's 5.20}Aerogate-2 {mntr-temp's/fan rpm's}Enermax-550w psu* 2(ea)=Maxtor hhd's 160gb w/8mb buffer_7200Lian-Li PC60usb (mid_Alum.cs) Audigy 2 ZSViewSonic PF790 (19" mntr.) ..... ..... .
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02-08-2005, 10:12 PM	#11
kcstock www.kenstock.com Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 505	Koolance Exos Owners - Remember To Dust!! I just wanted to post real quick and remind all those Exos owners out there to dust their radiators. I re-configured my desk yesterday and in the prcess i cleaned up my case and exos unit. There was a ton of dust inside the exos and when I powered up my system again the Exos front panel indicator was 4 degrees celsius cooler than before I dusted! So take some compressed air and spray the iside of that sucker! --ken __________________ TESTING \| DFI NF4 SLI-DR (704-2BT) \| X2 4200+ @ 2.65 (250x11) 1.50v \| Koolance Exos (300G - 180 L06) 2x1024 BALLISTIX PC4000 1:1 3-3-3-8 2.8v 2x eVGA NVidia 7800GTX 256mb in SLi 1 74Gig WD Raptor \| 1 120Gig WD SATA \| 1 40Gig WD 7200 on PCI-SATA Audigy 2 Platinum \| Klipsch Promedia 4.1 \| LianLi V2000 3D Mark 01: 29172 \| 3D Mark 03: 13614\| 3D Mark 05: 8469 RIP: Romeo365 9/75 - 4/05
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02-09-2005, 12:46 PM	#12
Goldenfarmb B is for Bucket Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Central CA Posts: 600	Thanks for the reminder KC.
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02-09-2005, 12:56 PM	#13
kcstock www.kenstock.com Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Detroit, Michigan Posts: 505	You know what... I just noticed there is a thread about this not 5 spots down from this one. Sorry for the double post. __________________ TESTING \| DFI NF4 SLI-DR (704-2BT) \| X2 4200+ @ 2.65 (250x11) 1.50v \| Koolance Exos (300G - 180 L06) 2x1024 BALLISTIX PC4000 1:1 3-3-3-8 2.8v 2x eVGA NVidia 7800GTX 256mb in SLi 1 74Gig WD Raptor \| 1 120Gig WD SATA \| 1 40Gig WD 7200 on PCI-SATA Audigy 2 Platinum \| Klipsch Promedia 4.1 \| LianLi V2000 3D Mark 01: 29172 \| 3D Mark 03: 13614\| 3D Mark 05: 8469 RIP: Romeo365 9/75 - 4/05
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