ir_cow Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 So, no easy way to say it but my tubing melted because of potentially a failed pump and caused water to go everywhere... lucky it's distilled AND i started to see the drips running down the tube so i pulled the power cord. who knows what has been saved...this literally just happened ten minutes ago. I cleaned up everything i could so no point in staring at it any longer. I think may be selling off everything that is still working and go back to a basic setup maybe just using a Corsair H100..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedway Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Damn, that sux! Sounds like you got the power shut off quickly, hopefully nothing got damaged! But, if the comp was still running, then you should be good! The only thing I would prob be worried about is that CPU and the heat it took to melt the tubing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 yeah i had it at 4ghz with thermal throttling off. thats like 200watts. i doubt it will ever go that high again but i do have a spare board to test it on. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Wait, water in your WC loop can get hot enough to melt the tubing? Had to be 100C+ right? Wouldn't your CPU have gotten to hot already and turned it self off? They should really make a water temp sensor for WCing that warns you before it gets hot enough to melt tubing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishop245 Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Bummer hope every thing is ok Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 (edited) i took apart the water block. the rubber seals are oddly not melted. the fittings however both have melted plastic. I am thinking the pump failed or didn't go on because the CPU was the first in the loop and burning hot when i touched it. everything else was cold so it couldn't have been a flow issue or a blocked tube. Edited February 7, 2012 by hornybluecow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedway Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Wait, water in your WC loop can get hot enough to melt the tubing? Had to be 100C+ right? Wouldn't your CPU have gotten to hot already and turned it self off? They should really make a water temp sensor for WCing that warns you before it gets hot enough to melt tubing Black, it isn't really that the water gets hot enough to melt the tubing, but rather the water wasn't moving in the loop to dissipate the heat on the block being generated by the cpu. So the block got hot enough to melt the tubing! But, like he said, he turned off the thermal throttling in BIOS, which is why the system didn't shut itself down. As long as you have that set in BIOS to shut down if a certain temp is reached then it will. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoDG Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 Why would you turn off thermal throttling? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJCRO Posted February 7, 2012 Posted February 7, 2012 I got hope, everything should be fine.. lucky you turned it off in time. Good eye. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_cow Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 (edited) Why would you turn off thermal throttling? can't really overclock with it on. well you can but i usually run into the problem of it down clocking within the safe range. once you got the rig 100% stable you can turn on those features, i usually forget. on a side note. this may be a quick fix. i found extra tubing, now i just need 2 fittings...which i sure i don't have laying around...oh and i need to test the pump. That would be stupid of me to assemble it all to find it was the pump not a faulting power connection. Edited February 8, 2012 by hornybluecow Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black64 Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Black, it isn't really that the water gets hot enough to melt the tubing, but rather the water wasn't moving in the loop to dissipate the heat on the block being generated by the cpu. So the block got hot enough to melt the tubing! But, like he said, he turned off the thermal throttling in BIOS, which is why the system didn't shut itself down. As long as you have that set in BIOS to shut down if a certain temp is reached then it will. Got it, would seem like a good idea to keep thermal throttling on then. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedCrazy Posted February 8, 2012 Posted February 8, 2012 Man that sucks. Glad you caught it so soon. I just found a reason to have a case window...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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