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Originally Posted by Gulp35
Great.... now I may need to get a new motherboard... When going to uninstall the Cascade for cleaning (which even after being cleaned has a brown discoloring) I saw that a few of my capacitors have puffed up tops and some light brown corrosision like stuff on the peak of said puffyness.
On top of this, the new tubing I got is very stiff (at least compared to my old Clearflex60). What type of tubing would you recommend to use besides CF60, and where dud you buy yours... Right now my options are CF60 for .68/ft. ; Tygon R3603 for 3.91$/ft. or R1000 for 4.54$/ft.
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first, what tubing did you get? tygon 3603 is good stuff, but is expensive at 2.90 a foot. i have no experience with clearflex. the tygon 1000 formula is softer, but as i recall has a lower melting temperature than 3603. so if you have a meltdown, 3603 might keep you alive a little longer befor melting and spewing coolant all over your hardware lol. if clearflex is as flexible, kink-resistant and chemical-resistant as tygon, by all means go with that.
you need to RMA your motherboard. i just RMA'd mine for that same reason, but have to get a new system because they (Abit) are out of stock of my board (KT7a-RAID). not exactly a bad thing. also my antex 430w has defective caps; its not even a year old. dammit all heh...
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*** NOT ***, for whatever reason, use CLR in your system to try to clean it. it explicitly states on the bottle to NOT use for copper or brass. i made that mistake, and wound up with a leaky rad. to clean the block i'd get some stuff called "copper-glo". it comes in a powder and paste, and works fast and easy without fuss.
danner housings; gotta love 'em. they leak if the o-ring seal isn't just right (which is why most people seal it with silicone sealant), and as you found out, are somewhat brittle and prone to craking over time. i just replaced mine not too long ago; make sure your tubing loops are big enough so as to not stress the housing. i think that's what got mine in the end; inlet tube was just a little too short.