Hey so a few month back I decided to purchase a Hyper 212 EVO to cool my CPU. Unfortunately it did not fit inside of my case with the side panel closed and needed about 15mm to be shaved off in order for the heatsink to fit. Not knowing at the time how a Heatpipe actually works, I had gone ahead and cut off the heat pipes then proceeded to seal them with solder. Then installed it on my motherboard and it had overheated within a minute.
So my question in mind is, would I be able to repair the heatpipe by replicating what this man has done?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LU4eynU6R-8
Anyone have any experience in repairing copper heatpipes? Would it be worth the time and effort?
I would say you can try, but it will be REALLY hard to get it right. You need to take a fairly precise amount of fluid (don*t know if acetone is the best) to get the correct pressure inside the sealed tube. To little and the fluid will be in gas form at just above room temperature. To much and the heatpipe will need to get to warm to vaporize and cool the CPU.
If you know a little about physics/thermodynamics, you can probably calculate the correct amount, or alternativly, heat the entire thing to X degrees (like the guy in the video, but more controlled), pour in the fluid, wait for it to boil and the seal it.
