OH OH... Did I ruin my Motherboard

BrianH · 07-04-2002, 08:06 AM

While the system was off, I developed a leak around the CPU water block. Water with Purple Ice ran down my motherboard onto my video card. I cleaned it up and let it dry overnight unplugged.

Now, the temp on my my video card (Ti4600) it always very high.. quickly builds to ~40C measured with a compunurse on the back and raises slowly until it crashes.

I remounted my video card with no success.

I examined my motherboard closer and noticed lots of tiny lime green circles all over where the water ran down but none on my video card. These circles are so small, they are only a couple of trace lines in diameter.

Could these green circles be shorts or corrosion(?) on the motherbard? Has any one every seen this before? The motherboard is an Epox 8K3A+

tHANKS

gmat · 07-04-2002, 09:31 AM

Can you post pictures ?

iceheart · 07-04-2002, 09:43 AM

I suggest waiting a few days and checking it again...

BrianH · 07-04-2002, 10:46 AM

It has be 2 days already

webmedic · 07-04-2002, 11:23 AM

I had the top on my ehiem unscrew on me once. You think a little leaking was bad you should have seen it. Water was everywere. I freaked to say the least. Hence also my preference for pumps in a resevore. Anyway after I shut it off I took out a rag and dried everything off, waited a few days I think and then fired it back up. Everything ran fine and I never experianced the problems that you are haveing. I think that ws the most fun I ever had water cooling but I whouldn't want to do it again.

FRAGN'STIEN · 07-04-2002, 12:24 PM

Try cleaning the MOBO and vid card with some isopropyl alcohol and remove the HSF off the vid card and clean the GPU with the alcohol, then apply some new thermal paste to the GPU and reseat the HSF on the vid card. Hopefully this will help.

FRAGN'STIEN · 07-04-2002, 12:32 PM

Also look in the AGP slot itself. If the purple ice got in there theres a good chance that could be the culprit. Purple ice, water wetter, hyperlube supercoolant... will dry into a waxy goo and could cause a short in that slot, maybe the source of your heat problem.

webmedic · 07-04-2002, 12:34 PM

Frag you going to be in cda for the forth?

FRAGN'STIEN · 07-04-2002, 12:46 PM

No way. To many drunkin' idiots on the road, lol,

I'm keepn' myself home.

BrianH · 07-04-2002, 12:47 PM

Thanks FRAGN'STIEN. I will try that tonight. That is the best suggestion so far.

By the way, I am watercooling my GF4 Ti4600 also. I hope it is not the video card. That would be very expense to replace

07-04-2002, 08:06 AM	#1
BrianH Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ont, Canada Posts: 115	OH OH... Did I ruin my Motherboard While the system was off, I developed a leak around the CPU water block. Water with Purple Ice ran down my motherboard onto my video card. I cleaned it up and let it dry overnight unplugged. Now, the temp on my my video card (Ti4600) it always very high.. quickly builds to ~40C measured with a compunurse on the back and raises slowly until it crashes. I remounted my video card with no success. I examined my motherboard closer and noticed lots of tiny lime green circles all over where the water ran down but none on my video card. These circles are so small, they are only a couple of trace lines in diameter. Could these green circles be shorts or corrosion(?) on the motherbard? Has any one every seen this before? The motherboard is an Epox 8K3A+ tHANKS

07-04-2002, 09:43 AM	#3
iceheart Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Yonder Posts: 318	I suggest waiting a few days and checking it again... __________________ "If the majority is smarter than you, does that make everyone else a geek, or does it make you retarded?" - pHaestus

07-04-2002, 11:23 AM	#5
webmedic Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cheney, Wa Posts: 367	I had the top on my ehiem unscrew on me once. You think a little leaking was bad you should have seen it. Water was everywere. I freaked to say the least. Hence also my preference for pumps in a resevore. Anyway after I shut it off I took out a rag and dried everything off, waited a few days I think and then fired it back up. Everything ran fine and I never experianced the problems that you are haveing. I think that ws the most fun I ever had water cooling but I whouldn't want to do it again. __________________ www.water-cool.com

07-04-2002, 12:24 PM	#6
FRAGN'STIEN Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rathdrum, ID Posts: 380	Try cleaning the MOBO and vid card with some isopropyl alcohol and remove the HSF off the vid card and clean the GPU with the alcohol, then apply some new thermal paste to the GPU and reseat the HSF on the vid card. Hopefully this will help. __________________ This space for rent

07-04-2002, 12:32 PM	#7
FRAGN'STIEN Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rathdrum, ID Posts: 380	Also look in the AGP slot itself. If the purple ice got in there theres a good chance that could be the culprit. Purple ice, water wetter, hyperlube supercoolant... will dry into a waxy goo and could cause a short in that slot, maybe the source of your heat problem. __________________ This space for rent

07-04-2002, 09:31 AM	#2
gmat Thermophile Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: France Posts: 1,221	Can you post pictures ?

07-04-2002, 10:46 AM	#4
BrianH Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ont, Canada Posts: 115	It has be 2 days already

07-04-2002, 12:34 PM	#8
webmedic Cooling Savant Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Cheney, Wa Posts: 367	Frag you going to be in cda for the forth? __________________ www.water-cool.com

07-04-2002, 12:46 PM	#9
FRAGN'STIEN Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Rathdrum, ID Posts: 380	No way. To many drunkin' idiots on the road, lol, I'm keepn' myself home. __________________ This space for rent

07-04-2002, 12:47 PM	#10
BrianH Cooling Savant Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ottawa, Ont, Canada Posts: 115	Thanks FRAGN'STIEN. I will try that tonight. That is the best suggestion so far. By the way, I am watercooling my GF4 Ti4600 also. I hope it is not the video card. That would be very expense to replace

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