Cleaning Gigabyte 1080TI Waterforce WB extreme

Strikeforce90

Strikeforce90

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Hi everyone
I have one gigabyte gtx 1080ti waterforce WB extrme for 3 years
I should clean it up but everywhere I searched and read no one recommand to open the block and who did it got into serious problems.
I have overheating problem with the card
Inside the block is awful
What do you recommand me to do and is there anyone that succesfully opend the block?
 
I've read about this in several places and haven't seen an answer. It is genuinely appalling that Gigabyte have designed this in such a way that it can't be opened.

My only suggestion is to take the block off the card (very important!!) and then hook up barbs to the block. Run mains pressure via a hose through the block in reverse then normal, then reverse, etc. you could also try filling the block (after removing it from the card!!) with something caustic like vinegar or bleach but try the water first to shift the worst of it.

I'd give this a try for you if you want to send it to me.
 
FWIW, I recently took out of a loop a DDC with an XSPC reservoir which was badly soiled from very long running. I put some thick bleach into it, topped up with water, connected a loop of tubing to in and out and ran it for an hour and it's back to pristine.

So a mix of about 1:10 bleach and water run through your card might do wonders for it
 
MikeTimbers said:
FWIW, I recently took out of a loop a DDC with an XSPC reservoir which was badly soiled from very long running. I put some thick bleach into it, topped up with water, connected a loop of tubing to in and out and ran it for an hour and it's back to pristine.

So a mix of about 1:10 bleach and water run through your card might do wonders for it
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Are you sure that bleach doesnt hurt the materials inside the block or radiator or pump!?
Is it safe using that?!
 
didn't hurt mine. I used Domestos Black which is very thick but diluted 1:10. It doesn't hurt your skin so modern bleach is not dangerous.

You wouldn't want it in there for more than an hour or so but use it and then flush with lots of water.

I say this on many posts but I cannot stress enough how useful a pond pump is, It means you can use your bath as a reservoir and run very large amounts of water through components.

I use an Eheim 1250 submerged in a bath to flush radiators and blocks. If you can't do that get an adaptor for a hose that would allow you to connect the mains to G1/4 fittings. You need to remove the block from a gpu for this to be super safe but radiators and blocks are just metal and acrylic. Hard to damage really.
 
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MikeTimbers said:
didn't hurt mine. I used Domestos Black which is very thick but diluted 1:10. It doesn't hurt your skin so modern bleach is not dangerous.

You wouldn't want it in there for more than an hour or so but use it and then flush with lots of water.

I say this on many posts but I cannot stress enough how useful a pond pump is, It means you can use your bath as a reservoir and run very large amounts of water through components.

I use an Eheim 1250 submerged in a bath to flush radiators and blocks. If you can't do that get an adaptor for a hose that would allow you to connect the mains to G1/4 fittings. You need to remove the block from a gpu for this to be super safe but radiators and blocks are just metal and acrylic. Hard to damage really.
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Do you mean that I shouldnt use my pump for this?
I just eant add some bleach in my loop and see what happens after 30mins
Is it ok ?
I opened the pump for 3 times and cleaned it
 
Definitely don't do it while your loop is still assembled in your pc...

Bleach of that kind of concentration won't do any short term harm to the major components of your loop, although I wouldn't personally want to use the tubing long term after exposure to bleach, the plastics can go brittle.

When you took apart your pump did you have the impeller out to check there wasn't anything stuck between it and the ball joint it sits on etc?
 
SirConfused said:
Definitely don't do it while your loop is still assembled in your pc...

Bleach of that kind of concentration won't do any short term harm to the major components of your loop, although I wouldn't personally want to use the tubing long term after exposure to bleach, the plastics can go brittle.

When you took apart your pump did you have the impeller out to check there wasn't anything stuck between it and the ball joint it sits on etc?
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So you mean I shouldnt use bleach for all the loop?
Is it ok to use it in gpu block?
I used eater and soap in it for about 5 minutes an it got a little better
I check the pump and it is ok,but every time I start the loop agian,it stops working,until I open it again and just detach the magnet part and put it back,it will be ok !
Now what is wrong with my pump?
It works fine untill I turn off system,so I keep it on
 
Strikeforce90 said:
So you mean I shouldnt use bleach for all the loop?
Is it ok to use it in gpu block?
I used eater and soap in it for about 5 minutes an it got a little better
I check the pump and it is ok,but every time I start the loop agian,it stops working,until I open it again and just detach the magnet part and put it back,it will be ok !
Now what is wrong with my pump?
It works fine untill I turn off system,so I keep it on
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You should have disassembled your loop entirely before now if it's causing you this much of a problem tbh. I said don't do it with your loop fully assembled in the case just in case there's something in there which reacts when you throw bleach in and you can't do anything about it quickly enough (throw it all down the sink and flush with water).

It sounds like there's something weird going on with the pump if you're having to re-place the impeller just to get it to spin, are you sure there isn't something clogged/damaged in there? Either way there was another thread recently where someone (I think Mike?) suggested just taking the gpu block off and running some mains water through it in forward, then reverse, then forward etc for a couple of mins a time. That's also another option for trying to clear the block without having to take it apartt.
 
SirConfused said:
You should have disassembled your loop entirely before now if it's causing you this much of a problem tbh. I said don't do it with your loop fully assembled in the case just in case there's something in there which reacts when you throw bleach in and you can't do anything about it quickly enough (throw it all down the sink and flush with water).

It sounds like there's something weird going on with the pump if you're having to re-place the impeller just to get it to spin, are you sure there isn't something clogged/damaged in there? Either way there was another thread recently where someone (I think Mike?) suggested just taking the gpu block off and running some mains water through it in forward, then reverse, then forward etc for a couple of mins a time. That's also another option for trying to clear the block without having to take it apartt.
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For the pump there is nothing in it,I checked it many times!
I cleaned the block with soap and water and main water
It didnt do anything
I am looking for somthing stronger ...
I didnt try bleach or any chemical materials ...
Is there anybody else recommand somthing or aprove bleach in block?
 
soap and water alone will do nothing. have you removed the block from the card?

all the advice you are getting is to disassemble the card and block and then blast the block with pressure and strong chemicals. how many more people must tell you the same thing?
 
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