CPU overheating & pc switching off

moorebwb · 28 Oct 2009 at 20:00

I have the H²OC Trident 280 Intel Core 2 Quad Xeon X3350 2.66GHz Quad Core WaterCooled DDR2 System, i turn it on for a day or so, and everything is fine, then suddenly the cpu will start overheating the seems to continuously do this, where its works and then it over heats now and again, i feel the liquid system isnt circulating the way it should do, theres seems to be bubbles are turn up now and again when i look at the tubes, please can someone help me out? :confused:

cheers Dave

JonJ678 · 28 Oct 2009 at 20:02

Is the pump running? Touch it with the machine on and see if you can feel it vibrating.

Welcome to the forums

moorebwb · 28 Oct 2009 at 20:05

JonJ678 said:
Is the pump running? Touch it with the machine on and see if you can feel it vibrating.

Welcome to the forums

Hi thanks, where about is the pump?

moorebwb · 28 Oct 2009 at 20:18

JonJ678 said:
Is the pump running? Touch it with the machine on and see if you can feel it vibrating.

Welcome to the forums

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14710241

its pretty much same as this system, using antec 1200 case

JonJ678 · 28 Oct 2009 at 20:20

If so then its in the reservoir, the box with all the water in. Otherwise look along the tubes until you find something which doesn't have fans attached and isn't bolted to a piece of circuitry. It'll have a single wire coming off it going to the power supply, and is probably next to the reservoir (if not combined with it).

moorebwb · 28 Oct 2009 at 20:38

JonJ678 said:
If so then its in the reservoir, the box with all the water in. Otherwise look along the tubes until you find something which doesn't have fans attached and isn't bolted to a piece of circuitry. It'll have a single wire coming off it going to the power supply, and is probably next to the reservoir (if not combined with it).

All there is a in & out tubing from res, and a black lead thats attaches to a 3 pin input on the M/B...

JonJ678 · 28 Oct 2009 at 21:18

Then the pump is almost certainly in the res, which is a bit unfortunate as far as looking for vibrations go, as the res weighs quite a lot. If you hold the tubes coming out of the res, can you feel either of them vibrating? Does the machine sound any different if you pinch one of the tubes shut for a few seconds?

moorebwb · 28 Oct 2009 at 22:01

JonJ678 said:
Then the pump is almost certainly in the res, which is a bit unfortunate as far as looking for vibrations go, as the res weighs quite a lot. If you hold the tubes coming out of the res, can you feel either of them vibrating? Does the machine sound any different if you pinch one of the tubes shut for a few seconds?

ever so slightly i can feel something...

PermaBanned · 28 Oct 2009 at 22:07

How about a drop of dye (or something similar) in the res? That would easily tell you if it was working.