Newbie_Doo
04-30-01, 02:51 PM
I had a close shave today. My wife called me as I was arriving at work and said that there was water on the desk...and that she wasn't sure what it meant so she shut the computer off.
After walking her through the process of disconnecting the cables, and taking the cover off of the computer, we discovered that my reservoir had begun leaking and the pump was draining the cooling system of fluid.
Luckily she noticed this early on, because the reservoir was only half empty (half full?) when she opened it up. It appears that the system is just fine and all of the electronic components stayed dry. Now it looks like I am in the market for a new reservoir. Funny thing, I was thinking of doing a re-design of if anyway, but needed an excuse to change it since it was working just fine. I had gotten to the point where "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" was the watchword of the day.
The moral? Never get complacent with a water-cooled system.
After walking her through the process of disconnecting the cables, and taking the cover off of the computer, we discovered that my reservoir had begun leaking and the pump was draining the cooling system of fluid.
Luckily she noticed this early on, because the reservoir was only half empty (half full?) when she opened it up. It appears that the system is just fine and all of the electronic components stayed dry. Now it looks like I am in the market for a new reservoir. Funny thing, I was thinking of doing a re-design of if anyway, but needed an excuse to change it since it was working just fine. I had gotten to the point where "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" was the watchword of the day.
The moral? Never get complacent with a water-cooled system.