View Full Version : WC nightmare. Check this out
seaborn
08-24-04, 07:14 PM
Well I am seriously thinking of going back to are if nothing but to gain my sanity back. I kept getting real bad foamup(even after 12 hours running). So on my last system drain which was about 5 minutes ago, I made a booboo.
Is there a classified section on the fourms.
http://img7.exs.cx/img7/3285/MVC-349S.jpg
jamesavery22
08-24-04, 07:17 PM
Well I am seriously thinking of going back to are if nothing but to gain my sanity back. I kept getting real bad foamup(even after 12 hours running). So on my last system drain which was about 5 minutes ago, I made a booboo.
Is there a classified section on the fourms.
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Well did anything break or do you just have an empty wet case? :confused:
Icebl@ster
08-24-04, 07:18 PM
yes there is and u have jsut enough posts just pm SSS what are u selling?
That sucks =/
Yes, there is a Classifieds section. It's at the bottom of the Forums listing.
seaborn
08-24-04, 07:27 PM
Well did anything break or do you just have an empty wet case? :confused:
I dont think it fried anything because i was during the test phase and had another computer supplying power to the pump. But I am going to let it all dry off for a while. The setup was the following:
DD BlackIce Dual 80 rad and 120Pro Rad of same brand
RBX, Maze4 on NB, DD G6800 Block
D4 Pump
Seems Like not that much stuff when I think of all the money I spent. :) Oh Well
You're just going to sell all your watercooling stuff?
seaborn
08-24-04, 07:38 PM
You're just going to sell all your watercooling stuff?
I am seriously thinking about it. Which stinks because I already modded the case for the whole project. Plus my Maze 4 is permanantly stuck to the NB because the epox board had no other way to mount it.
Icedfire
08-24-04, 08:13 PM
what where you using... did you try just distled water... i use HydrX Coolant if you get it from the swiftech site it only cost a 1.35 and you mix it with 1 liter of distiled water... have yet to have a problem with it...
GL on the parts still working
sterVin
08-24-04, 08:18 PM
That really stinks. So what exactly happened? Anything dead? I would like to know so I can try and not make the same mistake when my D4 and RBX are delivered.
i wouldnt give up just yet. this is what leak tests are for! as long as nothing has power everything should be fine, jsut dont let it get corroded.
i'm almost done my first WC...i'll mount it in the case and leak test it sometime. i gotta get to HD first.
dont give up, itll all be worth it in the end...
Icedfire
08-24-04, 08:35 PM
like como said you really need to dry those parts off, get some cue tips and make sure you get the small areas too
seaborn
08-24-04, 11:02 PM
I think the main problem was that i was frustrated. If you look at the "foaming" post then you will see why. That was the third time I had to take it apart in one day and the way I had it set up it was tuff to tear down. Anyway I talk to a friend who said that my foaming was because the return was coming in fromn the top of the res and the pump was sucking it out of the bottom. I was going for a waterfall look but i am starting to think that it is mot possible without running straight water. Here is the foam pic.
http://img14.exs.cx/img14/4392/MVC-347S.jpg
Icedfire
08-24-04, 11:08 PM
i say go down to the hardware store and buy T or for $2 and be done with it...
Damn that sucks, but you shouldn't give up so quickly, you got some good stuff and I'm sure it's gonna work great!
seaborn
08-24-04, 11:22 PM
i say go down to the hardware store and buy T or for $2 and be done with it...
Already got one :attn:
situman
08-24-04, 11:50 PM
well use straight water and add in additives slowly like a few teaspoons an hour and hopefully it will settle that way.
johan851
08-24-04, 11:55 PM
I was going for a waterfall look but i am starting to think that it is mot possible without running straight water. Here is the foam pic.
I doubt the waterfall look is going to fly. Aside from the foaming it obviously caused, it's also going to introduce bubbles into your system, reducing the water's heat capacity and increasing your temps.
Dragonprince
08-25-04, 08:44 AM
Im not to sure you'd need water cooling on a A64 rig anyway but just out of curiosity what kind of temps would that rig give if you had the water working properly? I will be building a new rig after the first of the year and it looks like I will be going to an A64 rig also so Im curious to see if water is even worth it on the A64.
greenman100
08-25-04, 09:15 AM
Im not to sure you'd need water cooling on a A64 rig anyway but just out of curiosity what kind of temps would that rig give if you had the water working properly? I will be building a new rig after the first of the year and it looks like I will be going to an A64 rig also so Im curious to see if water is even worth it on the A64.
take a look at AMD's datasheets, mmmkay?
same or greater heat output on an A64 as AXP
another example of posting without knowledge of subject at hand
Sorry to hear about your misfortune, stick to water cooling, and I don't know if you did or not but run a 24hr leak test and use worm drive clamps and tighten the ****net out of the, so the tubing doesn't fall..
About the Maze4 which you used epoxy on, you should have mixed in a little thermal compound so you could take it off.. never know when you have to remove your whole watercooling setup..
You spent the money, give it another shot!!
good luck :)
SillyBob
08-25-04, 11:08 AM
another example of posting without knowledge of subject at hand
You seem to be posting that sentence at every given opportunity. Ok, if its going to cause someone big problems with their setup then fine. but for something as harmless as that, a simple post to correct them would suffice, theres no need to cut people down in the process.
Dragonprince
08-25-04, 12:01 PM
take a look at AMD's datasheets, mmmkay?
same or greater heat output on an A64 as AXP
another example of posting without knowledge of subject at hand
Sarcastic little f&*^ aint you? AXP's dont need water either genious. Im at 2.6 Ghz on an XP with air cooling and never see 50c, so is there any useful point to your sarcastic comment?
nikhsub1
08-25-04, 12:24 PM
OK let's all chill for a moment. We could say that nothing NEEDS to be water cooled. I mean, not every Prescott is watercooled and they get by just fine. But, this is the water cooling section is it not?
Dragonprince
08-25-04, 12:28 PM
And all I did was ask what the water would give for temp's did I not ? Is that not a reasonable question? No reason for some self rightous ass to be making cracks.
travanx
08-25-04, 02:58 PM
I have my danger den setup and my amd64 3000+ oc'd to 2300mhz was 16c cooler on F@H load. I now am on a 3200+ oc'd to 2500mhz and getting the same temp I was as the previous chip. No clue what this one does on stock cooling though. BTW get rid of the resevoir and just do a T. I have pics of my setup if you search for the thread I made.
I have a Criticool Waterplant (kinda what your res looks like) and a DD12V-D4 pump also. That little pump pushes some water and causes a lot of turbulence in mine also. My mix is VW/Audi blue antifreeze (10%) and distilled water (90%). Anyhow, I've got the reservoir verticle and the hose coming out the bottom, but also have a ton of bubbles. I started tilting the computer back and forth and running the pump from another computer's PSU also trying to clear as much of the bubbles out that I can. Hopefully I'll be able to get that to work and stay bubble-free. I may have to pull the input barb and try to superglue (or something) an extension of hose on it to raise the opening of the input barb up a few inches to try to cut some of the turbulence down.
I'd rather not drop voltage to the pump to slow it down at all, but we'll see.
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