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Watercooling getting hot?

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Just curious what could make a water cooling system hot? water levels were full. I was thinking a clog? haven't had a spare moment to go out and tear it down again. Basically I was given a cooler master aqua gate s1. Ive never owned a liquid cooler before so i'm just kinda tinkering with it. tore it apart cleaned it slightly and then refilled it and made a little tester with an old mobo and psu, Had it in the garage testing and came back and it was super hot after my 24h test.
 
Yep, check for a clock and make sure that the fan is ok and the block is still sitting ok. Also might be worth investing in a flow meter in future.
 
mmk :D thanks for the reply. Still haven't taken it apart again, works been hell this week. whats the ideal cleaning solution for water cooling parts? I think I read somewhere to use a certain vinegar?
 
regular white vinegar takes off some types of tarnish or scale buildup in hard to get to places. rubbing alcohol is good for removing anything else. 'they' sell overpriced cleaning solutions for water cooling components, however i dont think they work any better then regular soap, vinegar or alcohol would.

where are you getting your "hot" temperature reading from? measuring the water temp? or the processor die temp?

it should either be insufficient flow (due to clog or whatever) or an insufficient radiator unable to dump enough heat out of the loop. or possibly poor contact between cpu and water block.
 
Pump is dead .

Does not appear you can easily remove the hoses due to the crimped fittings. If you want to mess with it go to the hardware sore and get a couple of small radiator hose clamps and remove the tubing from the rads (use the hose clamps to replace those crimped fittings). Catch the fluid in a clean bowl. Stick the ends of the tubing in the bowl and with the unit powered see if it pumps. It will take 3 hands but do your best to ensure the pump, if it works at all, does not run dry by making sure both tubes are in the fluid in the bowl. If the pump is working the rad is plugged, see above and try flushing it out with water. A gallon of distilled water from grocery store can be use to make up for any fluid loss.

Doh reading comprension fail. Check the pump pumps, I just about bet it is not.
 
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