DIY oil computer

Wanted to try this out for a long time, to see the effects of the oil. It was pretty clear to me from the start, that if oil got inside the HDD, it would fail. but i wanted to see how long it would run.
on this old 1.7 Gb disk, it ran atleast the whole evening... and then during the night it died.

[@UMpt835]

Outrageous! I would have thought the oil would have disolved certain important plastics.

[@Authoratah]

Tom's hardware that originally published the idea of the oil PC stated that all the fans should be removed instead to add a pump to circulate the oil. Also the socket based CPUs need to be sealed along the edges. They didn't do that in this demo.

[@NaaaPal]

Infected Mushroom - Deeply Disturbed

[@Rhodeni]

the music was probably produced with that ISA Soundcard!

[@MrAber28]

@Raffix394 you gotta get the generic stuff, and as alwase make sure its it does not conduct electricity.

[@stonedfenix]

nice use of infected mushroom =), cool pc cooling method, I'll refine this method and release my own mod

[@leetupload]

No, distilled water would not work as well, and I would be quite hesitant with anything water based. Mineral oil is the best since it does not require air to dissipate the heat, does not evaporate since it is a byproduct of crude oil, does not go "bad," and has a very low viscosity level. And the reason for the fans would to help keep the liquid less viscous, (even if it is fairly low to begin with, always good to keep up the circulation.

[@Raffix394]

@MrAber28 Hmm are you shure baby oil is the same? I mean the basic oil proably yes but I guess they add a lot of stuff in baby oil like perfume and other substances that might not be good for your hardware.

[@Raffix394]

@reap62 motoroil wont burn... at least not with those tempertures in a pc not even with the 'hardcoriest' hardware, you can even extinguish a cigarette in it, it's designed to withstand the heat of a gasoline/diesel engine without burning.

[@leetupload]

I've been told that, seems like a pretty good idea, except I don't know of a pump that can move it around as smoothly as water. If there is a pump like that, that would dominate. :)

[@kennyash1]

my friend got some coolen of somebody that worked for southern eletric that they use in 11000 volt transformers to cool them proper oil 100 % non conductive hes had it for a year and still works

[@mrchecker7752]

i once did the same thing, put i was afraid to put the psu in there.. so i didn't do it.. so there is only the motherboard in there.. that is more than a half year ago and it still runs fine.. that the hd would die in the oil should have been clear.. it has a breathing hole for air

[@jmoyet]

did the motor oil eat away at the mother board?

[@wootness3000]

I tryed this with a Intel Pentuim (the first of the pentuims) with 256MB ram, 64MB video card, 320W PS,120GB 3,400RPM IBM HDD (but kept it out of the oil) and its still running after 48 hours! very slowly though and the screen is fizzing out a bit.

[@438426x1]

so if i put the harddrive out it will work

[@AlbertInSanAntonio]

why put the speker in oil just question

[@harley2570]

yer the hd has screwed up because the oil got it and has seized the disk so it cant spin fast enough and cant read the disk cause there is oil in teh way

[@Authoratah]

You don't need those fans in there, they're not serving any purpose. Technically you should be able to do the same with distilled water, because the minerals in the water are actually what conducts the electricity.

[@pierwszywolnynick]

lol, what was that o 2:44 on power supply :>

[@Authoratah]

I wouldn't do this entire PC in liquid in any case whether with oil or water. I was talking theoretically that you could use distilled water, but your correct water will dissipate over time. It's also foolish to fill the case with oil then continue to run all the fans in the case, they really don't serve any purpose, the oil slow them down quite a bit.

[@leetupload]

Erm, that was vegetable oil, and that was (i'm sorry) the worst idea ever. It gets moldy fairly quickly, quite viscous, and for obvious reasons needs to be replaced often. The reason why they removed was the fans was only so that they would not burn out since vegetable oil is so heavy.

[@snguyen95]

your not suposed to put the drives /hard drives/psu in thats why it failed you have to put the mobo in and componets and strip out all the fans

[@leetupload]

In terms of protecting the cpu, almost all CPU's from 99 to present are socket based, and that is completely wrong about sealing them... It makes absolutely no difference. I mean, if you actually have to seal the CPU, then you already have problems with the chip, the gold shouldn't be exposed so much that it needs to be protected again. Either way, I know for a fact that it does not effect the CPU at all if it is not sealed, (first hand, multiple times, experience, albeit AMD or Intel).

[@leetupload]

Not foolish at all, I am currently running a mineral oil server, as seen on leetupload dot com under tutorials (the 1337 fleet). It runs cooler than with simply air and exhaust fans. Much more efficient, and is completely silent.

[@JP2135]

lol, i don't think u were suppose to submerge everything. Just the mobo, power supply, and things attached but not the speakers. lol, good vid.

[@thelemur]

:) this was just a weekend project :P

[@wootness3000]

lol, i didn't but the graphics card is screwing up.

[@dlouis95]

i am goin to do the same thing except with vetable oil. I know its bad but it would be a experment nothing perment

[@3dhomejoe]

nice video

[@Authoratah]

I've got an idea, why not just use a water cooling system, but instead of water use mineral oil.

[@Noel127]

running like a dream at 350 Mhz>? Must Be A Really Slow Dream :P

[@mageac]

oil will burn at a really high temp... much more then a pc could make..

[@kinstar]

maybe you should of cleaned your cam from all the oil before you used it

[@alanstarkie2001]

Problem is - your house will end up smelling like Joe's garage.

[@Superdude688]

AHAHAHA of course no sound, why'd u put the speaker in there? and there are vent holes on harddrives, and yes the oil eventually leaked in through them, and the second it touched the read head it crashed down and scraped the platter ruining the disk. it doesnt take much, one time i opend a hard drive, breathed on it, and the condnsation from my breath was enough to make it crash and never turn on again.

[@neyway]

that looks nasty and why would you put your speakers in there

[@thelemur]

are you sure???? gee, i never thought of that. thank you for your insightfull comment. i will go slice my wrists now....

[@MrAber28]

heh mineral oil, aka baby oil, is much better for this. though you do get strange looks at the drugstore when you buy that much baby oil.

[@pierwszywolnynick]

sure it cannot find the hdd, its in oil :D but seriously: "you don't need to spend a lot of money" but what is the destination of doing sth like that :| computer in a bucket with a stinky dark oil ? it's not "cool" for sure you have to be a genius to put the speakers and hdd drive there :D

[@thelemur]

vegetable oil will decompose, and rot! :D stinky stinky

[@alektheboy]

oil doesint conduckt electricity have fun ckeaning everything.

[@mostfbia]

Where do I even begin, you should of NEVER used car oil. That's one of many settings you used for disaster. NEVER submerge the HDD, nobody else has for a reason. I don't understand the speaker idea, WTF?!? You need more then one fan to cirulate, the oil to the entire system.

[@thelemur]

it is. Its a joke- experiment. Why ya think we used that kind of a shitty computer? :D

[@ratsheeet]

lmfao