Patent ID: 7333334

Claim:
A liquid cooling system for cooling of a heat generating element included in an electronic equipment, comprising: a heat receiving jacket, which is mounted to the heat generating element and to which piping extended outside the electronic equipment is connected; and a cooling module mounted externally to a housing of the electronic equipment and comprising a radiator, a cooling-liquid tank, a pump, and piping joined to them for circulation therethrough of cooling liquid; wherein the cooling-liquid tank is rotatably connected to the cooling module so as to be held in one of a horizontal position and a vertical position; wherein the pump circulates the cooling liquid through the heat receiving jacket, the radiator, and the cooling-liquid tank to cause the radiator to cool that cooling liquid, which has absorbed heat in the heat receiving jacket and wherein the cooling module is mounted externally to a back portion of the electronic equipment so as to be detachably mounted to the housing of the electronic equipment.