Lian-Li G1 Distro - Dead pump?

TnBDelta · 25 Feb 2024 at 11:46

Had a gaming session the night before, powered the PC down and this morning when I booted up my system the performance felt a bit choppy... So rebooted and found a CPU overheating message from upon boot cycle.

Checked HWINFO and found my CPU at 85c and climbing so I shut it down again, took the side panels off and noticed that sound in the below video.. coupled with no movement on the water-level inside the distro plate. I tried changing the SATA power to a different connector but made no difference. Pump is about 2 years old and I believe its the 3.1 variant. I've gone ahead and ordered a 4.2 from OcUK but what do you guys think? It sounds like the pump tries to start-up but conks out?

pre · 25 Feb 2024 at 13:45

You should be able to feel vibrations clearly so any change in pump behaviour is a red flag - RMA it if in any doubt.

TnBDelta · 25 Feb 2024 at 16:29

pre said:
You should be able to feel vibrations clearly so any change in pump behaviour is a red flag - RMA it if in any doubt.

Unfortunately, its 2+ years old so I doubt they'll accept it. Heck, I can't even find where I ordered it from!

Edit: The current likely dead pump was 4.2. /facepalm

TnBDelta · 25 Feb 2024 at 17:05

Whilst I'm waiting for the new pump - Would it be worth while to get a DDC heatsink? Like this one:

EK Water Blocks EK-DDC Heatsink Housing - Black

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pre · 25 Feb 2024 at 18:26

So I've only used a previous version and both of the DDCs I had definitely ran warm and died - without heatsinks. So it might improve lifetime if you can't replace it currently. Not sure how much that applies today but by comparison all the D5s (4) I've purchased are still fully working.

cjgardens · 25 Feb 2024 at 21:44

pre said:
So I've only used a previous version and both of the DDCs I had definitely ran warm and died - without heatsinks. So it might improve lifetime if you can't replace it currently. Not sure how much that applies today but by comparison all the D5s (4) I've purchased are still fully working.

Seem to run forever them d5's