[rescue] Cray liquid (was: SS10/20 death)

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 10:34:09AM -0500, Andrew Weiss wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, Dave McGuire wrote:
> 
> >   Not that I'm aware of, at least not one of the PVP machines, which are
> > the ones I'm familiar with.  If one did, I don't think it could have
> > been the Cray-2.
> >
> 
> I'd love a Cray 1 just for the look.  They have one in the Air and Space
> Museum with a cutaway showing all the interconnects.  It also functions as
> a kick ass bench.  I think a tree would look great in the center, only
> problem is the humidity and watering said tree :-).
> 
> Andrew

One of the Crays was completely quiet, since they used a nontoxic,
nonconductive liquid as the liquid coolant.  The system boards were
then immersed in the solution and a pump attached to circulate the
liquid.

Anyone know what that liquid was, and whether it can still be purchased?  

Here's what I would do:

1.  get one of those clear-sided PC cases

2.  disable the fan in the power supply

3.  seal the case except for some holes for the piping for the pump
out and return lines

4.  add the lava-lamp stuff to the inside of the case along with a
waterproof light source

5.  overclock the beast

Heh.  The amazing lava-lamp linux loader!

./patrick