More watercooling siliness.

[Ranzear]

I think I'll swear by FluidXP, despite what some may say about my beloved aircraft de-icing fluid.

CPU block leaked, 'inverted' M2N32 with ram under it slowly got soaked, progressively worse errors and no booting. Removed ram and cleaned the red stains with some iso-hol. Put everything back together and did something about leak (I hope) and my system is back up.

Had I been running water I'd be buying yet another mobo and likely RAM too. Sure the FluidXP isn't expressly non-conductive, you can't run your system submerged in it, but it sure as hell won't destroy anything. Anyone who says it corrodes anything hasn't noted that the same stuff is used on aluminum aircraft. Expensive? You only have to buy it once. I've drained and reused it at least five times now, and sure its a little darker in color, compared to a second bottle that I've kept uncontaminated, but still perfectly clear and if anyone can raise a point against the practice I'm all ears.

I wonder if Mushkin minds the pretty red stained labels.

[neonlazer]

thats why you leak test for 24hrs :D...to make it dont leak..i nearly had the same problem but with just mb in case while testing pump...and i use plain distilled water so no mess lol

[Ranzear]

Well, long story short when I changed blocks it ended up a lot taller so I had a little over-length on the relatively short run to the bottom video card, making the 90 degree bend into about a 110 degree bend and a 20 degree bend, and with a little horizontal offset that made everything twist when I put it back together. Heat and pressures just twisted loose the fitting in the swiftech block on my peltier, the two-claw clamps that were on it just made it easier for the hose to torque on the fitting instead of slipping. Long story short I loosend the clamp a click and progressively tightened the fitting and slipped the clamp and hose the other way. The slight pinch in that outlet hose from the twisting and extra length may have been causing a small impingement as well, which my dual pumps could then easily make some good pressure at the block and leak it. Also I've now run up the operating temperature of the fluid and bled the extra pressure out of my T-Line reservoir, which may have contributed to any leaking since I don't have more than a few cubic inches of expansion space. I swear you can feel the hoses expand when I turn the pumps on.