what was the basic purpose of the helium?
On 8/18/2010 4:37 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
   Helium
filled?!?!?  Must have leaked like crazy.
       
 The Helium was really just a small player in the whole technology of
 the TCM. By far, most of the heat was conducted away through the
 ceramic substrate and the metal pistons to the water cooled cold
 plate.
 Also, I do not know if the Helium was pressurized at all, so leakage
 may have been pretty slow.
 It is too bad so few of these IBM water machines are still around. I
 know of only maybe a half dozen. I would still like to get one.
 --
 Will