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Unread 06-17-2002, 04:08 AM   #11
Volenti
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Do you (or anyone else) know of a way to make sure the PC isn't running without the water flowing? ie: pump dies and pc turns off. I tried looking at my Abit KR7A (not 133 or raid) BIOS and couldn't find a temp shut-off feature. BTW, i'm just talking about normal inline watercooling, not TEC/Pelts. So far, the only thing i can think of is to use MBM shut-off, but i'm scared that if i come home with a smoking pc to find out that my pc got a BSOD; being reason MBM didn't turn the pc off.

One thing that I've looked at (but havn't implemented so far) is implanting a (normally closed, 50-60 degree(c)) thermal switch into the water block, wire the green psu wire through it (green wire when grounded turns on psu), if the pump fails the water block heats up, hits the switch trigger temp, switch goes open, psu turns off.

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