Im running an Alphacool GPU AIO 240mm and an Eisbear CPU AIO 360 in a shared loop.
So today disconnected the GPU from the loop to clean it up and repaste and add new thermal pads(VEGA 56card.. hot spot hell), and before attaching it back... I had the CPU block(pump is integrated to the cpu block) attached to both radiators.. I topped it up with distilled water. Had to refill quite much tbh lots of air was trapped in the rads, had the pump running too.. And then when i attached thr GPU to the loop again.. I had insanely high temps. CPU 95c instant, gpu was burning hot, the tubes were burning hot.. half way of the entire loop, rest was ice cold.. the 360rad is connected to the IN port of the CPU block.. 360ras was ice cold.. While CPU and GPU thermal shut down the system all the time..
So i tried to read in on this a bit.. after surging around 50 different threads, all seem to suggest that the pump is dead.. So i disconnected all and had only the CPU block/pump and 360rad in a loop.
And sure as hell.. Its not running through any water at all. But bios say its running.. at 2700rpm.. as it shud be.. and its making that classic pump buzz sound and slight vibration..
Aww hell.. need a new pump! For the sake of it.. i dissasembled the CPU block/pump to make shure i would select the right pump at the shop..
However i noticed that.. When the coldplate was off, there is a cover like thing ontop of the microfins, which has a thin line opening, thats the only way water can flow from the pump thru the coldplate and into the rad and loop..
this thin line opening.. It was totaly gunked up! some slightly bright green gou..
So i cleaned it all up.
So my question now!
It seems that the pump is working fine. And that it could not flow water due to obstructed path into the cold plate..
I could clean the microfins just fine. But.. That small reservoir that is in the CPU block. Had green buildup inside where the window into the reservoir is. I could not get this fully cleaned..
Any suggestions?
am i shaking hands with the devil?
So today disconnected the GPU from the loop to clean it up and repaste and add new thermal pads(VEGA 56card.. hot spot hell), and before attaching it back... I had the CPU block(pump is integrated to the cpu block) attached to both radiators.. I topped it up with distilled water. Had to refill quite much tbh lots of air was trapped in the rads, had the pump running too.. And then when i attached thr GPU to the loop again.. I had insanely high temps. CPU 95c instant, gpu was burning hot, the tubes were burning hot.. half way of the entire loop, rest was ice cold.. the 360rad is connected to the IN port of the CPU block.. 360ras was ice cold.. While CPU and GPU thermal shut down the system all the time..
So i tried to read in on this a bit.. after surging around 50 different threads, all seem to suggest that the pump is dead.. So i disconnected all and had only the CPU block/pump and 360rad in a loop.
And sure as hell.. Its not running through any water at all. But bios say its running.. at 2700rpm.. as it shud be.. and its making that classic pump buzz sound and slight vibration..
Aww hell.. need a new pump! For the sake of it.. i dissasembled the CPU block/pump to make shure i would select the right pump at the shop..
However i noticed that.. When the coldplate was off, there is a cover like thing ontop of the microfins, which has a thin line opening, thats the only way water can flow from the pump thru the coldplate and into the rad and loop..
this thin line opening.. It was totaly gunked up! some slightly bright green gou..
So i cleaned it all up.
So my question now!
It seems that the pump is working fine. And that it could not flow water due to obstructed path into the cold plate..
I could clean the microfins just fine. But.. That small reservoir that is in the CPU block. Had green buildup inside where the window into the reservoir is. I could not get this fully cleaned..
Any suggestions?
am i shaking hands with the devil?