paintb4707
Limp Gawd
- Joined
- Jul 10, 2005
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Well, this is the first WC setup I ever dealt with and I must say... for a kit the instructions sucked incredibley. They really werent descriptive enough so most of the time I was using my gut to figure things out. Anyways after hours of tinkering, I finally get the kit installed.
Pump > Radiator > CPU > Res > Pump is my loop order.
Anyways, I cleaned off my cpu with some dish detergent since I had no rubbing alcohol or acetone. Not sure how reliable it really is, but I cleaned it up pretty good for the most part. I put a dab of the ceramique in the middle and installed the block. I then jumped my psu with the classic paperclip, and ran it for about 10 mins to fill the loop.
Problems:
1) Im getting drips from my reservoir
2) Im getting drips from my cpu block
3) At one point, I was getting extremely rapid drips from my radiator. Also spilled out tons of coolant when I tilted my case over
4) I couldnt get past post because my temp for some reason was at 70c
So I pondered to myself and figured I hadnt applied the thermal paste good enough. I then once again uninstalled the block, cleaned both it and my cpu off and re-applied the thermal paste using the same dab-in-the-middle technique. Installed the block again, jumped my psu and re-filled the loop. After about ten mins, I plugged the psu back into my mobo, hit the power button only to find it power on for about 1 secodn then shut off. No matter how many times I tried it did the same thing. However, if I held the power button it would stay powered on but I would recieve no picture on my monitor.
As for the leaks, all I can say is I AM INCREDIBLEY happy I spent the extra few dollars to buy some non-conductive PC ICE as drips from my waterblock landed directly on my video card with no problems. I am also 100% positive all clamps are as tight as can be, so I have no fucking clue tbh why anything is leaking.
Oh and... frozencpu's water dye sucks. Dont use it
Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is very urgent.
edit: Whoops, feel free to move this to the WC section if needed.
Pump > Radiator > CPU > Res > Pump is my loop order.
Anyways, I cleaned off my cpu with some dish detergent since I had no rubbing alcohol or acetone. Not sure how reliable it really is, but I cleaned it up pretty good for the most part. I put a dab of the ceramique in the middle and installed the block. I then jumped my psu with the classic paperclip, and ran it for about 10 mins to fill the loop.
Problems:
1) Im getting drips from my reservoir
2) Im getting drips from my cpu block
3) At one point, I was getting extremely rapid drips from my radiator. Also spilled out tons of coolant when I tilted my case over
4) I couldnt get past post because my temp for some reason was at 70c
So I pondered to myself and figured I hadnt applied the thermal paste good enough. I then once again uninstalled the block, cleaned both it and my cpu off and re-applied the thermal paste using the same dab-in-the-middle technique. Installed the block again, jumped my psu and re-filled the loop. After about ten mins, I plugged the psu back into my mobo, hit the power button only to find it power on for about 1 secodn then shut off. No matter how many times I tried it did the same thing. However, if I held the power button it would stay powered on but I would recieve no picture on my monitor.
As for the leaks, all I can say is I AM INCREDIBLEY happy I spent the extra few dollars to buy some non-conductive PC ICE as drips from my waterblock landed directly on my video card with no problems. I am also 100% positive all clamps are as tight as can be, so I have no fucking clue tbh why anything is leaking.
Oh and... frozencpu's water dye sucks. Dont use it
Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is very urgent.
edit: Whoops, feel free to move this to the WC section if needed.