Big bubbles in water loop.

Serial45

Serial45

Serial45

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Hey guys. I bought a pre configured water cooled case from ocuk. Anyways my pump failed and I had to rma it.
I had a painstaking time emptying the system. Now I've filled it up there is two huge visible water bubbles that don't seem to be moving out of the system
. Had it running for approx 48 hours non stop.I can see there is some flow as the small bubbles are moving.

How can I get rid of these?

http://s8.postimg.org/er7axw55h/image.jpg

Thanks
Adam
 
In the past I have had to lift the PC in various degrees of angles almost upside down to get rid of the air bubbles with the res tide in similar angles.
 
Just give it a bit of a shake, whilst moving it in all directions. They'll eventually budge.
 
Slightly pinching the tubing with your fingers around the area where the bubbles are can sometimes help shift them too
 
Thanks guys, I've cleared it now. Although I have the odd bubble, the huge ones have gone :).

Can I increase the pump speed on my pump at all :
X2O 750 Bayres/Pump (Black) V4 ?

Also how full should I fill my system I'd say my pump has about a 2cm gap for more fluid?

I seem to be getting really disappointing temperatures at present.
I'm running my 5930k @ 4.2 1.19 vcore and it's idling around 70c?
 
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Serial45 said:
Thanks guys, I've cleared it now. Although I have the odd bubble, the huge ones have gone :).

Can I increase the pump speed on my pump at all :
X2O 750 Bayres/Pump (Black) V4 ?

Also how full should I fill my system I'd say my pump has about a 2cm gap for more fluid?

I seem to be getting really disappointing temperatures at present.
I'm running my 5930k @ 4.2 1.19 vcore and it's idling around 60c?
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I guess you cant adjust that pump then. The fluid gap is fine. What radiator(s) do you have?
 
Leon Axel said:
I guess you cant adjust that pump then. The fluid gap is fine. What radiator(s) do you have?
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Heres my full kit :
360 Watercooling Kit Includes
- A Choice of High Performance Mayhems Coolant
- RayStorm CPU Waterblock
- X2O 750 Bayres/Pump (Black) V4
- EX360 Triple Radiator
- G1/4" to 1/2" Barb (Black Chrome) x6
- Plastic Hose Clip x6
- XSPC 1650rpm 120mm Fan x3
- 120mm Fan Grill (Black) x3
- Intel and AMD RayStorm Brackets
- Socket 1366 and 1150/1155/1156 Backplates
- Socket AM2 and AM3 mounting kit
- 80mm to 120mm Radiator brackets
- 3mm Twin Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
- 5mm Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
- 2 Meters of Clear 7/16? Hose
- 24pin ATX Bridge Tool
- K2 Thermal Paste

I'm down to stock speeds now and still around 60c idle. I'd get better than this air cooling. My pump just doesn't seem to be pumping all that well, already had to RMA one :(.
 
Serial45 said:
Heres my full kit :
360 Watercooling Kit Includes
- A Choice of High Performance Mayhems Coolant
- RayStorm CPU Waterblock
- X2O 750 Bayres/Pump (Black) V4
- EX360 Triple Radiator
- G1/4" to 1/2" Barb (Black Chrome) x6
- Plastic Hose Clip x6
- XSPC 1650rpm 120mm Fan x3
- 120mm Fan Grill (Black) x3
- Intel and AMD RayStorm Brackets
- Socket 1366 and 1150/1155/1156 Backplates
- Socket AM2 and AM3 mounting kit
- 80mm to 120mm Radiator brackets
- 3mm Twin Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
- 5mm Blue LED with 4Pin Molex
- 2 Meters of Clear 7/16? Hose
- 24pin ATX Bridge Tool
- K2 Thermal Paste

I'm down to stock speeds now and still around 60c idle. I'd get better than this air cooling. My pump just doesn't seem to be pumping all that well, already had to RMA one :(.
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Have you made sure to plug it directly into a molex and not just a fan header?
 
Um..

Make sure the waterblock is correctly seated on the CPU, as well as the thermal paste.

Could you post a picture of your full system with the side panel off so we can get a clear look at what is where. :)
 
MrMD said:
Have you made sure to plug it directly into a molex and not just a fan header?
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Tried plugging it into a different molex and the temps have gone down, i'm guessing the molex I had it in wasn't powering right!
Phew back down to the 40s!


edit slowly creeping up to the 60s again now, intermittent pump issue maybe? Sigh,
had more hassle since I moved to water than ever before.

I RMA'd my pump, when I got my new one back, I ended up dislodging a part off the cpu block and spilled water all over my motherboard, killed the board. Still waiting for the RMA back almost 2 months later, hence why I updated to the new Rig,
 
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GOd damnit it's ridiculous. I'm underclocking everything on the asus software. Down to stock speeds.
and the cpu cache ratio is only 24 and i'm idling around 70 :( :(
 
Leon Axel said:
Um..

Make sure the waterblock is correctly seated on the CPU, as well as the thermal paste.

Could you post a picture of your full system with the side panel off so we can get a clear look at what is where. :)
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Got the screws equally screwed on CPU block and put a rice sizes amount of as5 on the CPU.

Anothe air bubble has appeared. Shouldn't a pump system be able to move a bubble of that size?

Here's a pic of the system


http://s24.postimg.org/i04whw205/image.jpg
 
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There is a point where an air bubble stop being a bubble. That picture is past that point and then some.

Your pump is definitely knobbered, unless you have run out of fluid in your res.

The only option is to get a new pump/res or insist on a different model. Also tell the guys who you RMA'd your board with to get a move on. 2 months is unacceptable.
 
To TOP IT OFF ******************* MY PUMP HAS A LEAK! you know that thing you put an LED in? WELL it has a slow leak! FML :(. I've now got pink dye on my carpet to boot!. Luckily it was all well away from the parts, just a thumb sized leak by the look of it.

I bought this as a pre setup system from ocuk in November. i'm rmaing the whole thing tomorrow. Either it comes back working in one piece or I want my money back. This water setup has caused me a lifetimes worth of stress in 5 months!
 
The whole system was pre-built? That's really poor. The cooling loop hasn't been bled properly at all.

I would definitely get on to customer service about this.
 
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