My waterblock has a hole in it!!!
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How the hell does this happen? I was cleaning out my system and I noticed something wierd on the block. I scraped what I thought was fungus off the block only to realize that it was a hole through the block!!
Check the attachment for the picture.... What is the warranty like on these swiftech blocks? Is there one? Besides....why would this happen to begin with? Any ideas? |
Corrosion? Why you should always use some corrosion inhibitor.
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For sure it's corrosion. Open your block if you can, you'll get surprises...
MCW462 is an old discontinued product so not sure that warranty should be available :shrug: BillA is your last chance. |
Yeah post pics of the inside, I bet it is nasty in there.
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Was this block in constant use or left sittin on a shelf with water sitting in it. If in use good thing you caught it. Could have been mess if in the system. I wonder what the rad looks like on the inside...
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PICS PICS PICS!!!
This is gonna be good. *gets popcorn* |
Lucky you caught that before it became a geyser
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LOL!!!
Well...the setup has been running pretty much 24/7 for the last 3 years....(on tap water none-the-less). It has served me well! I'll open it up when I get home tommorrow night...post some juicy pics :) I'll take a pic of the tubing too....a nice yellow-brown :) Question...i'm sure the rad is in bad shape too....i don't wanna buy a new one so what can I do to clean it out? (no structural damage on it visible...LOL) |
If thats the case I would'nt be surprised if your whole system falls apart when you take it of your case. My guess would be your rad will be in equally bad shape but you won't know til it springs a leak becuase there is no way to look into it.
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at least you have the 'good grace' to admit you were on tap water
even were it within the warranty period it would not be covered, see "misuse" in the warranty and instructions you were indeed very fortunate, if the rad is aluminum discard it |
Hmm, what kind of pump do you have? Lets see the pump's parts as well to see if it suffered any damage:)
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Hurry up with the pics bud, my popcorn is getting stale :D
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lol @ tap water :D
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Please show us pics comparing the rotten aluminum with the copper/brass parts. I'm guessing that after a rinse the latter will look better than same-aged parts from an all copper system.
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Ill bet the radiator is fine (if it is copper/brass), but the inside of the waterblock will probably be all black and icky.
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Eh, just tape it back up! LOL! (joke)
Corrosion: need to see inside pics!!! This one's gonna make the "don't do this" hall of shame. |
WHY DID YOU USE TAP WATER! in that 3 years did your ever clean out the system or anything. if you are going to use tape water at least put some kind of anti corrosions additive in it or something
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we could all run tap water if we just upgraded our systems every 3 years... it has been proven! :D
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Swiftech anodizing to the rescue... Excellent engineering! :D
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in warm circulating tap water there can be visible corrosion in 24 hrs,
anodizing is a coating and is never 'perfect' -> use a gd inhibitor |
How about some pics already...
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one would think they would figure it out by now... but i guess not... always someone new trying watercooling |
pics pics pic pics pics... I need to laugh....
Well now you know to use distilled water and some zerex so that you dont get corrosion. Has anyone else seen corrosion this bad before? I sure know i havnt. |
that is the most wicked thing I have ever seen. and I was in nam.
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there were some truly fantastic photos on OCAU
they even added brass barbs to the mix |
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Anyway....sorry for no response... The pics of the waterblock will have to wait for a bit until I can find some kind of small wrench to open the blocks with....would have been nice if Swiftech made them so I could open them with a flat head screwdriver.... So...the setup is the following: Two swiftech waterblocks(just the one has a hole in it....although the other looks like it was gonna be there soon...paint was a little messed up like I took a lighter to it)... The rad was/is a blackice extreme....with a 120mm fan on it.... The pump is the Eheim 1250.... When I first installed it the temps on the CPUs were 30 and 31 C(no load)....I initially started looking into it because my temps started being around 40C (no load)....and I wanted to try a new pump... Anyhow....i bought a new pump...DC this time...(the aquaextreme one)...wanna see if it can provide enough flow for 2 chips.... I got the new swiftech blocks...the new ones that use the original retainer clips on the mobo instead of the screw system that shipped with the previous blocks.... ok...i'll try to post some pics once I get home...i'll poke around and try to find something that can open those blocks.... :) Do you guys think the blackice is still usable? |
no corrosion, but it may be full of crap
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Open it with some pliars, you wont be re-using the block anymore :D
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chew up a stick of gum and stick that over the hole....it should be good to go after that...(yes, that was a joke).
tap water and nuthin' else and it lasted three years?? that is fairly amazing. |
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