Well, i know everyone told me that i should build my own water cooling setup but whatever, i bought a kit for my first time off a friend..
Anyways, its a swiftech h208500A, i installed it all correctly, the relay switch, and the AC adapter and everything..
So i filled it up, put everything back in my case, and then i realize that the tubing is a bit too long to get to the cpu. So, i didnt want to take the mobo out and do the fill and bleed again, so i just kept everything in, emptied it out, and filled it again. except when i took the tubing out of the CPU cooler, some of the coolant was still in the cpu cooler..and it dripped onto my mobo =(
I thought i got it all cleaned up with a cloth, then when i was putting the floppy in i noticed there was a little bit sitting in the floppies IDE slot on the mobo. so after i cleaned that out, i powered everything up, and it started up fine, and just as i breathed my sigh of relief, it shuts off.
When i plug it in, the front power LED comes on, and the pump starts going, but it just shuts off after 5 seconds or so.
I first thought it was because there was no fan, so i put a fan on and held the fan and powered it up. Fan comes on, comp and pump both shut off after 5 seconds again.
Now, im running a pretty crappy ATX power supply(350W i think maybe 300) i think its pretty old. So then i thought maybe i didnt have enough power, however when i unplugged my cd rom, cd RW and HD it still did the same thing. Although, i just realized that the pump isn't even plugged into the PS - its using its own AC adapter directly into the wall.
I'm pretty clueless as to whats wrong with it, and any help is appreciated.
also more info on teh WC kit i got can be found here:
http://www.swiftnets.com/products/H20-8500-0.asp
thx in advance guys
edit; The water was distilled water, and the amount that i dripped was probably the size of your thumbnail
I dont know if it was fried though, because the LED's still come on and the fan came on as well.
Anyways, its a swiftech h208500A, i installed it all correctly, the relay switch, and the AC adapter and everything..
So i filled it up, put everything back in my case, and then i realize that the tubing is a bit too long to get to the cpu. So, i didnt want to take the mobo out and do the fill and bleed again, so i just kept everything in, emptied it out, and filled it again. except when i took the tubing out of the CPU cooler, some of the coolant was still in the cpu cooler..and it dripped onto my mobo =(
I thought i got it all cleaned up with a cloth, then when i was putting the floppy in i noticed there was a little bit sitting in the floppies IDE slot on the mobo. so after i cleaned that out, i powered everything up, and it started up fine, and just as i breathed my sigh of relief, it shuts off.
When i plug it in, the front power LED comes on, and the pump starts going, but it just shuts off after 5 seconds or so.
I first thought it was because there was no fan, so i put a fan on and held the fan and powered it up. Fan comes on, comp and pump both shut off after 5 seconds again.
Now, im running a pretty crappy ATX power supply(350W i think maybe 300) i think its pretty old. So then i thought maybe i didnt have enough power, however when i unplugged my cd rom, cd RW and HD it still did the same thing. Although, i just realized that the pump isn't even plugged into the PS - its using its own AC adapter directly into the wall.
I'm pretty clueless as to whats wrong with it, and any help is appreciated.
also more info on teh WC kit i got can be found here:
http://www.swiftnets.com/products/H20-8500-0.asp
thx in advance guys
edit; The water was distilled water, and the amount that i dripped was probably the size of your thumbnail
I dont know if it was fried though, because the LED's still come on and the fan came on as well.
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