Accidentally took off bottom of a corsair h115i cooler

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Devastadus

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Hello just bought a corsair h115i cooler for a 3900X. Never using a water cooler before i had to switch the intel bracket with the AMD and though Oh i just take off the bottom screws. Those screws were behind the copper heatsink where water was behind. So i lost some water.

So question it was just a little bit of water. can i fill it up? not worry about it? it was a drop or 2. Or do they use a special coolant? Thanks for the help
 
I have an H110iGT and once I just straight up used a shower hose to blast water through it, and then I refilled it (slowly and painfully) with some car radiator fluid mixed with water. Works great.
 
Devastadus said:
Never using a water cooler before i had to switch the intel bracket with the AMD and though Oh i just take off the bottom screws
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Don't the instructions just show the brackets sliding off? Just confused as to why you thought you had to unscrew the screws on the underside of the waterblock.

I think I recall reading on the Corsair forums a few years ago about how the coolant in their AIO closed-loop units are a mixture of distilled water, Propylene Glycol, and perhaps some anti-corrosives and biocides and such. Don't quote me on that though. I also heard it was a 50/50 mixture of water and some kind of alcohol. I never saw a definitive answer.

Can't hurt to try filling it back up a bit. I would use distilled water mixed with another liquid meant to keep the water free of biological agents and mineral deposits and corrosive elements and whatever the fuck else. Like Master_shake_ said, be vigilant about leaks.
 
yeas just top i back up with distilled water. ive refilled several corsair aios and just us a 90/10 mix of distilled and car antifreeze. thats all the oem stuff is, its even got the pale greeny yellow color.
 
Most car antifreeze you buy today is pre-mixed with water, so keep that in mind.
 
Devastadus said:
Hello just bought a corsair h115i cooler for a 3900X. Never using a water cooler before i had to switch the intel bracket with the AMD and though Oh i just take off the bottom screws. Those screws were behind the copper heatsink where water was behind. So i lost some water.

So question it was just a little bit of water. can i fill it up? not worry about it? it was a drop or 2. Or do they use a special coolant? Thanks for the help
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Fill the lost water with distilled and call it a day. Run the AIO for 15 minutes outside of the case without it attached to the computer to make sure there are no leaks. Install and enjoy. Make sure you apply even pressure in a cross pattern when you reinstall the screws so the gasket seals properly.
 
If you really want to amp it up, find some kind of T connector that will fit the tubing. Cut one of the tubes and add the T connector. Make that the highest point, fill it to the brim, and cap it. Roll your own coolant or just throw some Koolance LIQ-702 in there. Koolance basically has their recipe on the MSDS sheet. Koolance LIQ-702 MSDS 70-75% distilled, 25-30% propylene glycol, and 0.2-2% other which is probably biocide.
 
Am4 bracket can be a little stiff.
I loosen the outer set of screws, not the one holding the cold plate, to get the bracket on.

Follow the above and it'll be fine.
Buy some biocide if you wanna be paranoid about it.
 
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