Testing WC for leaks

memize · 02-24-2004, 02:46 PM

I'm about ready to set up my WC system and prepare it for leak test. I have an MCP600. It DC so it has to be plugged into the motherboard. I DO NOT want to do the wire tricks because i don't want it getting messed up. So do i attach the psu to the mobo with the chip and heatsink on it or can i have the power plugged in to the mobo with no chip in it?

starbuck3733t · 02-24-2004, 02:49 PM

You'd be better off going to your local electronics store and getting a 12V wall wart rated at better than 750mA (which is what the MCP600 nominally draws at 12V). Then hack it or use connectors. Don't go futzing with your motherboard just to get 12V.

killernoodle · 02-24-2004, 02:58 PM

You can get a 4 pin molex to 3 pin fan plug at compussr, then do the motherboard plug short trick to get the PS to run without the motherboard.

WAJ_UK · 02-24-2004, 03:16 PM

http://www.gideontech.com/guides/psu_powerup/ might be useful

02-24-2004, 02:46 PM	#1
memize Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: IN, USA Posts: 21	Testing WC for leaks I'm about ready to set up my WC system and prepare it for leak test. I have an MCP600. It DC so it has to be plugged into the motherboard. I DO NOT want to do the wire tricks because i don't want it getting messed up. So do i attach the psu to the mobo with the chip and heatsink on it or can i have the power plugged in to the mobo with no chip in it?

02-24-2004, 02:49 PM	#2
starbuck3733t Cooling Savant Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: State College, PA Posts: 338	You'd be better off going to your local electronics store and getting a 12V wall wart rated at better than 750mA (which is what the MCP600 nominally draws at 12V). Then hack it or use connectors. Don't go futzing with your motherboard just to get 12V. __________________ Goliath: 3.4E@3.91/Abit IC7, Maze4 (temporarily) + custom splitter to crazy 4-way watercooling parallel loop: X800XT @ 520/1280 + AC Twinplex, AC Twinplex Northbridge, Silenstar Dual HDD Cooler, Eheim1250, '85 econoline van HC + 2x120, 1x120 exhaust - polished aluminum frame panaflo L1As, 2x18GB 10K RPM U160 SCSI, 4GB PC4000. I wanna be BladeRunner when I grow up! Project Goliath - nearing completion.

02-24-2004, 02:58 PM	#3
killernoodle Thermophile Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Charlotte, NC Posts: 1,014	You can get a 4 pin molex to 3 pin fan plug at compussr, then do the motherboard plug short trick to get the PS to run without the motherboard. __________________ I have a nice computer.

02-24-2004, 03:16 PM	#4
WAJ_UK Cooling Savant Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Sussex Posts: 109	http://www.gideontech.com/guides/psu_powerup/ might be useful

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