Circulation problem

extrememachine · 8 Oct 2014 at 19:22

Managed to find 2 extenders for reservoir and fixed the leak issue thnk you BUT upon switching on the pc the water only goes to the first rad and doesnt circulate upwards to the rest of the components.
The reservoir has ample amount of liquid, whats causing this?

kaku · 8 Oct 2014 at 19:59

Is the top of your reservoir open?

Don't run your PC, make sure only the pump is connected to the PSU and the ATX connector is jumped.

extrememachine · 8 Oct 2014 at 20:10

kaku said:
Is the top of your reservoir open?

Don't run your PC, make sure only the pump is connected to the PSU and the ATX connector is jumped.

No res sealed the pump came with a atx connector with the jumper may try it.
So far the res is feeding the pump and the pump goes to the 1fan rad but doesnt go any further? Barely 1/4 of the loop cycle.?

kaku · 8 Oct 2014 at 20:33

If the top of your reservoir is closed it will be an air-tight system, so the air that is already in the system will never be able to escape.

As you run the pump with the reservoir lid off it will circulate the coolant, pushing the air in the loop back through to the reservoir where it can escape out the open top.

Just don't fill the reservoir too full so that there's no risk of it splashing out the top.

extrememachine · 8 Oct 2014 at 20:47

of course makes sense will try

extrememachine · 8 Oct 2014 at 20:53

extrememachine said:
of course makes sense will try

Opened res didnt change a thing.
One thing I noticed is when turning power of water travels back higher, if that makes sense?Likes it sucking water instead of pushing it.

The orientation should be right:

Res on top going down to roof of pump then front/face of pump going to rad and rest of loop?

extrememachine · 8 Oct 2014 at 21:38

One last look to see if loop/pump gpus all ok?

http://imgur.com/Kva7nFm

malcolm · 8 Oct 2014 at 22:41

You have the pump outlet connected to the reservoir, it should go to the small rad.

ubersonic · 8 Oct 2014 at 23:08

malcolm said:
You have the pump outlet connected to the reservoir, it should go to the small rad.

This is correct, the inlet on those pumps is at the front and the outlet at the top, so its basically pumping into the reservoir.

extrememachine · 9 Oct 2014 at 10:13

So I just need to swap the pump inlet/outlet??

topgun06 · 9 Oct 2014 at 10:24

I had a look at your pic and I thought to myself "The only thing which could be wrong is if the outlet of the pump was going into the reservoir.

So yes, you just need to swap the pump around.

ubersonic · 9 Oct 2014 at 10:24

extrememachine said:
So I just need to swap the pump inlet/outlet??

yes

extrememachine · 9 Oct 2014 at 11:56

Ok so swapped the in/out of pump and water is flowing through its cycle BUT after 1-2mins it shutsdown.
Water on components? Losse cabling?am checking but doesnt seem to be that?

NoNameNoNumber · 9 Oct 2014 at 12:05

Whats the setup with those GPU's? Looks like a parallel/series mashup...
Got a close up pic?

topgun06 · 9 Oct 2014 at 12:20

The computer shuts down? Or the pump?

Have you checked for leaks around the connectors?

Are you able to view the CPU temps before it shuts down?

extrememachine · 9 Oct 2014 at 14:27

topgun06 said:
The computer shuts down? Or the pump?

Have you checked for leaks around the connectors?

Are you able to view the CPU temps before it shuts down?

Now the pc turns on and the pump doesnt push water but is vibrating a bit, then the pc shutsdown and sometimes turns back on??

stuie · 9 Oct 2014 at 14:47

OK i will repeat what others have said

DO NOT RUN THE PC TILL EVERYTHING IS FULLY LEAK TESTED.

As the system is not full you havnt fully leak tested the pc should not be on. The only thing that should be powered is the pump, nothing else. Sounds like youve got water where it shouldnt be

EDIT: Extreme where abouts in the country are you? It seams like your struggling a bit with this setup and it might help if someone experienced took a look a tit to take some of the stress off

Uncle Petey · 9 Oct 2014 at 14:49

Tbh mate, that's a right mess in there and it's hard to tell what's going on

Aside from your issues, the bottom 120 rad is virtually useless sitting there and I'd be surprised if that 360 (or 420) rad is going to properly deal with all that no matter how efficient 980s are supposed to be.

Have you been filling the loop with everything plugged in or just the pump?

extrememachine · 9 Oct 2014 at 14:51

2 360s at top and a 120mm rad bottom, imo the pump was the only component that took some heavy water contact, already ordered a new pump.
Like I said presentation is far from done.See how it goes.

Uncle Petey · 9 Oct 2014 at 14:53

Ok two 360's, cool

So you spilled water over the pump? And what about the filling and pump cycling procedure? Was just the pump plugged in, or did you have power going to everything else too?