How to fill up water cooling system – first time

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Hi every one, one question for first time setting up water cooling setup, because I never done that before - My radiator and almost every water cooling component are higher then water reservoir, - haw to fill up the system ? Is all water will be draining to reservoir automatically after I switch of system.. or water will stay where are – because loop is sealed ?
Many thanks in advance.
Sorry for my English.
 
Connect the pump up to the power supply on its own, fill the resevoir up as much as possible and then turn the pump on for a short burst to get the water round the system. Do this until your resevoir empties out and make sure the pump always have water in it. Repeat this process untill the resevoir stays full constantly and then loop is completly full and ready for bleeding.

This is assuming your res is placed just before your pump.
 
Yes – Loop is in setup like that – pump>CPU Block>Radiator>reservoir> Pump
I just afraid that when I will open filings port on reservoir to fill up with coolant, when is empty while I filling system, will happens drainage, and reservoir will be filled from system. Sorry for stupid questions – just try avoid problem
Maybe you can give more explanation about bleeding the system ?
 
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Best way is as TheKnat says, fill it up with the pump off, then switch the pump on. This will suck the water ouf the res at which point switch the pump off again. Fill the res up again and switch the pump back on and repeat this till you reach the point where when you switch the pump on there's enough water in the rest of the loop to get water flowing all the way round. Once this happens keep the pump on and continue to top up the res as the any remaining air is bled from the loop - this may take an hour or two.

When you switch the pump off, water shouldn't run back into the res in sufficient quantity to come out the open top.
 
Thanks – I will try in couple days – just awaiting Laing pump to come – Another question, I was reading some were that is possible to make some short circuit in Motherboard 24 pin connection on PSU and its will start working – is that true, because I wondering - haw to get power supply for pump…
Pump is - Laing DDC-Pumpe 12V DDC-1RT Plus mit 2xG1/4-Auter thread.
 
You can link the green wire to any black wire in the ATX connector on the PSU with a paperclip or similar to jump start it. Orangey has linked to something you can buy to that does the same thing.
 
Orangey said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXMT114Lras
http://www.overclock.net/water-cooling/60145-assembling-your-custom-watercooling-setup.html

Couple of links I came across when doing my own research, I'm a watercooling first-timer too. :)


Might want to get one of these:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-000-BP&groupid=962&catid=1529&subcat=

so you can use a spare PSU and not risk any gfx cards etc while testing.
Click to expand...

Well looks that I can get any where one of this - 24 Pin ATX Always ON connector - Any proper instruction haw to make his connector?
 
What I did was lay my PC on its side and lift the res out of the case so its higher than everything, then fill as best as possibleas it will be the highest component.
When you start your pump you should then be able to keep topping it up.

Problem with it being the lowest point and trying to fill it as your loop is filling is that when you turn the pump off, as its an open system water could run back to the lowest point and overflowing the res, so be careful and have the cap to hand!
 
Another tip of the res gets drained quickly is if you got some spare tubing and a barb.
I was a switech micro-res and screwed the barb into the fill hole and then a then of tubing and filled the res and 1/2 the tubing, then as the res drained it could take the water from the tubing before it emptied, and with a funnel on the top I just kept topping it up!
 
Sorry, I did not understand the question to start.

As long as your input and output ports on your loop are under water, and you have no leaks, the water will not drain out of the system.

Your problem will be filling as until there is enough water to cover input/output ports it will want to drin back to the res and out of it!

It is recommended to go res->pump->loop->res
Most pumps if they are run dry will die very quickly (specially the DDC's), and unless you can properly fill it before starting it could kill the pump.
 
First rule - always test a water system outside the case for any potential leakage.

If you have problems due to reservoir being lower than rest of system - fit a T line filling tube at the top of your system.
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It's just a closed end tube pointing up that is easy to open to fill and let gravity drop the water to the rest of the loop.
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Thanks every one for help – I just filled system with liquid, have some small leaks, but all sorted : D
Now awaiting for another PC components .
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Any comments for setup and modding will be very helpful.

Thanks.
 
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