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quite willing to pay for your time.
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Not local but what are your issues?
Maybe a bit of over the net problem solving and active thinking could help, if not fix your PC, might give you a moral boost to have another go.
Maybe a bit of over the net problem solving and active thinking could help, if not fix your PC, might give you a moral boost to have another go.
Basically i have all the pipes connected and filled the res as it said to and the pump struggles to push any water round at all, I assume I need to keep on filling the res until all the air is out the system aka unscrew lid then fill it put lid back on turn pc on and let it pump around and continue till full? As at the moment it looks like this:
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Probably inlet outlet of CPU or pump is wrong way round. The thread closes to the center of the block is the inlet.
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I would take the rad out and turn the loop on with everything else, if it runs fine, test the rad on its own and you will have your answer if its the rad or not.
Sounds like a lot of work but if you do it outside the case, not mounted, you dont have to worry about keeping things dry or shorting our electrics, it wont take too long.
Sounds like a lot of work but if you do it outside the case, not mounted, you dont have to worry about keeping things dry or shorting our electrics, it wont take too long.
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Is the res full of fluid? If you don't have enough fluid it won't push it round the loop fully/
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Like MilanoChris said...you keep topping it up. Once the res is full-ish it will keep the flow going.
Also when topping up, tilt the case back and forth with back end of case to the floor, should see fluid moving around, keep topping when res go down, repeat until tubes holding more fluid and you cant repeat any more then switch on the pump.
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Exactly... Use gravitation to do work and let pump work when loop is fully bleed .
fill res and then tithe everything and just take pc to your hand and rotate up-down-right-left like dice . best way to rid of air from rads and hose.
Leave the fill port cover off while you're trying to prime the loop (but don't fill up the res too far so it can splash out the top!). The idea is you fill the res and run the pump for a bit until the coolant level drops, fill a bit more and run again, etc.
As you repeat the top ups/running the air will work its way around the loop to your reservoir and escape out the top.
As you repeat the top ups/running the air will work its way around the loop to your reservoir and escape out the top.
My method isn't exactly recommended but ive been doing it for 3 years now without any trouble (touch wood!).
Basically you put as much fluid as you can in the res until it fills up with the pump off. Then with your fluid ready at hand, turn on the pump and keep filling the res until all the tubing is full of the fluid and the res is sufficiently full, depending on your res that can vary as to what is 'acceptable' but you should always have quite a bit in there. Try and top it up to about half a centimetre from the lid/fill port.
Once that is done the 'questionable' part of my method kicks in. Keeping the pump on you need to start tilting your machine side to side. You can do back and fro too but side to side is sufficient. This will take you a while to do, typically anywhere up to half an hour. Upon each tilt you may want to keep it tilted for about 30 seconds or even more depending on whether or not much air is passing through the system as it is tilted. Basically all you are doing is moving the air bubbles around which should eventually make their way down to your res. Depending on how much air comes out you may yet again need to top your res up.
Whilst doing this it is important to make sure that you have no leaks within the system and are prepared to deal with one if it arises. A lot of people suggest 24 hours testing and some suggest even more. I have never done any testing and have been incredibly fortunate but I do not recommend you follow my example!
So yea by the looks of the image you have too little fluid in your system (it wont push fluid if it hasn't any to push). Once filled enough it will push it around nicely.
Its worth noting that running a pump 'dry' (without fluid in it) can be detrimental so its not advised to let it run for long or at all if possible.
Good luck!
Basically you put as much fluid as you can in the res until it fills up with the pump off. Then with your fluid ready at hand, turn on the pump and keep filling the res until all the tubing is full of the fluid and the res is sufficiently full, depending on your res that can vary as to what is 'acceptable' but you should always have quite a bit in there. Try and top it up to about half a centimetre from the lid/fill port.
Once that is done the 'questionable' part of my method kicks in. Keeping the pump on you need to start tilting your machine side to side. You can do back and fro too but side to side is sufficient. This will take you a while to do, typically anywhere up to half an hour. Upon each tilt you may want to keep it tilted for about 30 seconds or even more depending on whether or not much air is passing through the system as it is tilted. Basically all you are doing is moving the air bubbles around which should eventually make their way down to your res. Depending on how much air comes out you may yet again need to top your res up.
Whilst doing this it is important to make sure that you have no leaks within the system and are prepared to deal with one if it arises. A lot of people suggest 24 hours testing and some suggest even more. I have never done any testing and have been incredibly fortunate but I do not recommend you follow my example!
So yea by the looks of the image you have too little fluid in your system (it wont push fluid if it hasn't any to push). Once filled enough it will push it around nicely.
Its worth noting that running a pump 'dry' (without fluid in it) can be detrimental so its not advised to let it run for long or at all if possible.
Good luck!
Cant see the pump.... But ill take a wild guess its an 18w DDC pump?
If so this is basically the same way my brothers is built cpu > rad on roof of case.... I have the same trouble when filling and the pump will struggle to push the water up into the top rad so what i do is half fill the res and turn the pump on, then lean the case over on a 45 degree angle (maybe more)and the pump will then start pumping around. Once the loop is filled the pump is fine
If so this is basically the same way my brothers is built cpu > rad on roof of case.... I have the same trouble when filling and the pump will struggle to push the water up into the top rad so what i do is half fill the res and turn the pump on, then lean the case over on a 45 degree angle (maybe more)and the pump will then start pumping around. Once the loop is filled the pump is fine