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Breach · 04-22-2005, 01:15 PM

Well, i am one of those awesome people who lost a system for good in his very first attempt at WC. The real problem is that I was new to it and I was rushing to complete the system. Before I put it all togeather, I stupidly didnt use any hoseclamps (sysfx said you didnt have to on thier block, but damnit, just use hoseclaps no matter what) on the waterblock. Naturally while installing the mobo one of the tubes came off and spilled water all over my mobo and processor. So **** I say, and let it dry overnight. Well, after getting it all togeather, I turned it on after a leaktest. The system came on, but there was some wierdness in the display, then after a while it happened - system shut off. No matter what amount of drying it never worked again. later on i confirmed the cpu was toast in another board, and the mobo was fried as well from using known good components to test it. Needless to say, that wasnt a very good week. A good lesson in not getting too much over your head in these things.

The next thing is a near disaster. I basically scrounged a system togeather a few months after my first disaster, and eventually I got the itch to try liquid again. Amazingly i got it running without a problem, using most of my origional gear. But one fateful day, I had my bay res slid a little ways out because I was filling it a little more earlier, but didnt bolt it back down yet. I went out with my friends thinking "that will be fine for now". Well, I stepped into the room and what do I see - the bayres was hanging out of the bay with the inlet and outlet completly cut off, and a BSOD on the screen. First thing that comes to my mind is OH ****, I shut it down without a moment to spare. I notice that the tubes surrounding the processor (just a cheap duron 1.3) were hot. So i put the res back in its position and fire it up, everything cools down immediatly and begins to boot. Whew. Unfortunatly the biggest penalty was the pump, as it was sitting there pumping nothing for an hour the impeller shaft was somewhat damaged and had a rattle ever since, looking at it you can see where it is scuffed up.

Lessons learned, this stuff is deffinatly not for the faint of heart.

04-22-2005, 01:15 PM	#75
Breach Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Washington Posts: 93	Well, i am one of those awesome people who lost a system for good in his very first attempt at WC. The real problem is that I was new to it and I was rushing to complete the system. Before I put it all togeather, I stupidly didnt use any hoseclamps (sysfx said you didnt have to on thier block, but damnit, just use hoseclaps no matter what) on the waterblock. Naturally while installing the mobo one of the tubes came off and spilled water all over my mobo and processor. So ** I say, and let it dry overnight. Well, after getting it all togeather, I turned it on after a leaktest. The system came on, but there was some wierdness in the display, then after a while it happened - system shut off. No matter what amount of drying it never worked again. later on i confirmed the cpu was toast in another board, and the mobo was fried as well from using known good components to test it. Needless to say, that wasnt a very good week. A good lesson in not getting too much over your head in these things. The next thing is a near disaster. I basically scrounged a system togeather a few months after my first disaster, and eventually I got the itch to try liquid again. Amazingly i got it running without a problem, using most of my origional gear. But one fateful day, I had my bay res slid a little ways out because I was filling it a little more earlier, but didnt bolt it back down yet. I went out with my friends thinking "that will be fine for now". Well, I stepped into the room and what do I see - the bayres was hanging out of the bay with the inlet and outlet completly cut off, and a BSOD on the screen. First thing that comes to my mind is OH **, I shut it down without a moment to spare. I notice that the tubes surrounding the processor (just a cheap duron 1.3) were hot. So i put the res back in its position and fire it up, everything cools down immediatly and begins to boot. Whew. Unfortunatly the biggest penalty was the pump, as it was sitting there pumping nothing for an hour the impeller shaft was somewhat damaged and had a rattle ever since, looking at it you can see where it is scuffed up. Lessons learned, this stuff is deffinatly not for the faint of heart.