Loop filling time. Help please?

ChrisLandin

ChrisLandin

ChrisLandin

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Hiya all. Just assembled my first ever watercooling loop today and ive come stuck. As the pump needs to be switched onto circulate the empty system surely this will fry my cpu and gpu when im first filling the loop up!! How do I do it please without damaging components? A friend of mine said something about shorting the psu to get the pump working without the rest of the pc, is this right? I thought we was winding me up?


Also can someone comment if I have all the parts in the right place as well

Pump/res combo > Cpu > Dual rad > Gpu > Dual Rad > Pump/res combo

Cheers all
 
unplug everything from the psu apart from the pump, then hotwire it (connect the green line on the 24-pin connector to any black line [black = ground, green = psu_on])

make sure you have water constantly running to the pump or it'll either make it squeak or worse damage it.

the only real rule with water loops is have the res before the pump. after that it doesn't really matter in terms of order as the temps balance out across the loop.

one thing to make sure you adhere to is keeping loop length as short as possible.
 
Cheers mate thanks for that. The res and pump is a combo dual drive bay jobbie so that should be good with what your saying. I have tried to keep the tube lengths as short as possible but have made sure they arnt short enough to kink and impare my flowrate.
 
i forgot to mention, for linking the 2 points on the 24-pin connector, i found bending a paper clip and sticking it in worked fine. make sure the psu is off before you do this, then when you want to initiate the pump, turn the psu on on the back of the psu :)
 
Why are people still messing about with paper clips?

Next time you make an order get one of these
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-021-OK

Plug it on the 24 pin connector, I also put a couple of fans on there, then plug the pump in as i need it, when filling you'll only need it running for a second or two before it empties the res. Dont run the pump dry.

I find that the psu trips itself if you keep turning it on and off at the switch, then you have to disconnect the power and wait for it to reset itself, bit of a pain.

Once you're full then leak test for 12 hours minimum, keep the psu bridge on and you only need the pump running for this.
 
Danm54 said:
Why are people still messing about with paper clips?

Next time you make an order get one of these
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=WC-021-OK

Plug it on the 24 pin connector, I also put a couple of fans on there, then plug the pump in as i need it, when filling you'll only need it running for a second or two before it empties the res. Dont run the pump dry.

I find that the psu trips itself if you keep turning it on and off at the switch, then you have to disconnect the power and wait for it to reset itself, bit of a pain.

Once you're full then leak test for 12 hours minimum, keep the psu bridge on and you only need the pump running for this.
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hahahaha

way to make someone spend money on something that's just been explained!

fool
 
you could spent £1.70 on a connector, or you could ransack the house for something like a paperclip which does exactly the same job at the cost of pennies ... if that.


y'know - credit crunch, recession, whatever they're calling it these days
 
either way, that product is pointless as you could simply look at the product picture to realise what it does, and do it yourself. sorry, but if you can't do that yourself, you shouldn't be putting water inside a computer...
 
Well i personally use them, as they are harder to lose then paper clips, and fits nicely into my tool kit. And dos'nt cost a lot at all.

That and saves a lot of fiddling about aswell, simple plug and go, the OP was told the paper clip way, and about that plug and decided to go the plug route. Its called informing people of options, and letting them choose, not judging every last thing *sigh*
 
Guys chill out. I understand both ways but for not even 2 quid it for me was a no brainer. Simple to fit it will last pretty much forever and when finished with just goes away with my pc parts.
 
Wouldn't it make more sense to spend £1.70 then link the 2 wrong pins and blow the psu and the WC pump.. it's all good and well saying link X to Y but they is still 24 pins to pick 2 correct connections and besides if you test a loop for 24 hour and you're pet knocks a paper clip out your delayed for another 24 hours.
 
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