On: Cooling computer servers with oil

[nathanb]

Works great until you have to pull the server and swap out a PCI card....

[jjcm → nathanb]

Keep latex gloves around. It's easier than you'd think to deal with oil comps.

[freehunter → jjcm]

Seems like pulling out an oil-drenched card would let oil into the PCI slot, which would then cause issues when a new card is inserted. Do you have experience with that?

[angersock → freehunter]

I'd imagine just having a compressed air line run over to the workbench would be sufficient.

Yank chassis, pull card, blow out oil, replace card, replace chassis.

[pavelkaroukin → freehunter]

why this should cause any issues?

[freehunter → pavelkaroukin]

Well oil is non-conductive, so if there's a layer of oil covering the connectors, there might be a performance impact.