Anyone help, willing to pay lol

Thanks for all the advice, i got the loop full and running for about 15 mins last night with no issues, woke uo this morning checked it all over and seemed fine no leaks anywhere done a quick 5 min test and all good. I moved the case literally from one side of table to the other being careful, turned it back on and heard like a clicking noise sounded exactly like a cable just hitting a fan, was from bottom radiator I thought so looked closer and nothing was in the way then I heard 2 louder sparks then PC turned off :/

No idea what it was but something sounded like it blew or shorted out, now Im really not wanting to turn in back on :/ starting to think It maybe an idea if someone with any experience would be willing to pay me a visit a paid visut at that grrr do wish I stuck with air. Any help or offers would be great .
 
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Thanks for all the advice, i got the loop full and running for about 15 mins last night with no issues, woke uo this morning checked it all over and seemed fine no leaks anywhere done a quick 5 min test and all good. I moved the case literally from one side of table to the other being careful, turned it back on and heard like a clicking noise sounded exactly like a cable just hitting a fan, was from bottom radiator I thought so looked closer and nothing was in the way then I heard 2 louder sparks then PC turned off :/

No idea what it was but something sounded like it blew or shorted out, now Im really not wanting to turn in back on :/ starting to think It maybe an idea if someone with any experience would be willing to pay me a visit a paid visut at that grrr do wish I stuck with air. Any help or offers would be great .
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Don't be disheartened its worth it when you get it all set up!

That said I wouldn't have suggested moving it with fluid inside it. Tilting is as far as I will go with fluid in the loop! Last thing you want is something to come loose whilst the case is in your hands!

Whats done is done however and so you need to figure out what happened.

Firstly check all the fittings are on tightly and there is definately no leakage. Secondly check all the cables on everything in your PC are firmly in place, this could simply be something coming lose. I would guess its possibly the PSU but it could be anything really. Double check all the power cables and whatever else you plug in to your PC fron the back are also tight and in properly.

If you smelt burnin thats a bad sign of course and you may well have killed something. Im hoping however its not and its a cable coming loose.

If you say it sounded like a cable hitting on a fan it may well be a cable was touching a fan and the fan simply pulled it out resulting in power loss.

Ive never heard of clicking coming from a radiator and theres only fluid going into it. It wouldnt make sense for any issues with the radiator to cause a power cut.

Thinking of it now you should also make sure all the blocks are working correctly.

When you start up your machine the very first thing you need to do is look on temp monitoring programs. I use MSI afterburner for my graphics cards and there are various programs for CPU. If you havn't secured the blocks to the chips properly they will simply overheat in a short space of time and result in either frying or emergency shut down occuring. Both would result in power down but the latter would have a chance of saving the item.
 
Don't turn it on until you check everything.

By any chance has any of the tim leaked out? :(

That's really worst case scenario just metal droplets could have make the clicking noise and certainly could cause a short.
 
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Hmmm I have just checked the TIM and all seems good, random question this but I found it odd to leave the blue tab on with the Tim as currently have a blue tab part sticking out from CPU block even though instructions said that was how its meant to be, I have powered it up and seems to be working at least its staying on and not shorting but just annoyed and slightly worried that I have no idea what it was or what caused it :\ not sure if to leave it running for a length of time or to turn it off till I can find what it was.
 
Isn't the blue tab to act as a boundary sort of thing to stop the stuff flowing out?

Glad it's on :)

The fact its on and staying on is a good sign that its ok.

Only things that could short are leakages (you said there wernt any) or maybe some metallic debris from installation in which case the short may of burnt it off (not the ideal way to do it :D).
 
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Hey thanks for help and yep sorry pics arnt great:

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As said the instructions seems to say it stays on :/ just odd to me.

Also getting this problem: seems never ending this.

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It constantly seems to slightly leak from the top of the compression fitting, i have tried a new gromet new spacer new compression fitting and still does it :/ i am using the 1.8mm spacer than the ekwb said to use if using non ekwb compressions fittings but should I just not bother with spacer?
 
Pretty sure the monsoon and ek fittings use the same thread depth you shouldn't need to use the spacer. Edit there's 0.5mm difference. But shouldn't be enough to cause issues.

Just checked out 4 videos of indigo reflow procedure and they all leave the blue tab on. None actually say why though.
 
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Hmm well that's the spacer problem sorted then, I'll remove the spacers on the graphics card then and see how that part goes and leave the blue tab on, once I've done the above how long should or is recommended to leave the loop running for before I plug hard drives back in and hook monitor up etc to stress test it? Cheers for help by the way
 
They say 24 hours I think. However if there's no leaks and you're confident everything is tight then I'd be happy with a couple of hours myself. (My 4th build was leak tested for an hour before booting).
 
Cheers my night gonna try again now and hope for no leaks and no sparks ;\ one last one what setting is best to out pump on when pressure testing its currently on 2 of 5 or is it best to put on 5 for Max pressure?
 
Gonna smash this soon :/ still got seeping fluid coming from the bottom gpu block even without the washer in place :/

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Dont really know what else to try, tried with and without spacer, new fitting everything :/ tight as it can go by hand for most part as well :(
 
yeah when leak testing, put it on full blast. When the pump is at full force, it can reveal pinhole leaks in the radiator which previously were blocked by dried coolant. I found when adding a second pump to my loop for the first time, my original EK radiator had a pinhole leak at the center of its core. A swab with a cotton bud revealed my old blue coolant on the outside dried out. The increase flow was enough to dissolve the dried coolant intot he new coolant and open the leak up again!
 
The GPU leak looks like the O-ring isnt sealing it. Could be broken O-ring or not compressed enough. Give it a few good turns until it is squashed against the GPU and see if it still leaks. Rarely you can come across bad threads on fittings/blocks and they don't screw in enough to compress the o-ring, you shouldnt force these as it will cut the its own way into the block and eventually would wear the block thread out.
 
What a pain in the backside it is somtimes.

Can only reccomend checking the oring is seated properly then getting a good grip on it for another twist. (Pliers and somthing rubber to stop scratching the monsoon) you can strip the thread so careful as you'll want to keep warrenty.

If it still doesn't work try swapping the top and bottom fittings. See if its an issue with the block or fitting.

Looking at the pics the top one sits right against the block the bottom one is a way off the block.
 
Thanks for the replys and that's what I have noticed that the bottom one sots further out :/ even after only 2 turns it becomes quite hard to turn, I've tried it multiple times now and seems to not go in as far as the top on, I am only doing it by hand at the moment so a good few turns with grips and should I hope be OK.
 
Unlikely but the thread might not be cut properly so you're bottoming out long before its actually tight seal.

If its still an issue week Tuesday I'm in Cambridge for a few meetings so could pop round and poke it and sigh. Might even fix it :D
 
Yeah if those dont work, double up using any spare 1/4" o-rings and some PTFE, it will feel sketchy when you screw it in but worry not, i have never had that method fail me in terms of leaks (Although now i dont unscrew that fitting now).
 
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