n00b questions

Cheekykid · 10 Sep 2006 at 19:03

Which of the two is the inlet on the radiator,gpu,cpu or it doesnt matter?

How do i fill up the loop? Do i need to fill up the loop and at the same time make sure that the res is full too?

Cob · 10 Sep 2006 at 19:10

If the rads connectors are beside each other then it doesn't matter. If they're at either end, then have the water going in the top and out the bottom. The blocks don't matter.

As for filling it, just fill the res, switch everything on, and keep pouring in the coolant until it's full. Then bleed it.

Cheekykid · 10 Sep 2006 at 19:25

Cob said:
If the rads connectors are beside each other then it doesn't matter. If they're at either end, then have the water going in the top and out the bottom. The blocks don't matter.

I take it that the same applies for cpu,gpu

Cob said:
As for filling it, just fill the res, switch everything on, and keep pouring in the coolant until it's full. Then bleed it.

When the res gets emptied and the loop is full do i fill up the res again? How do i bleed? thanks

Cob · 10 Sep 2006 at 19:59

Yea the same applies for the cpu and gpu blocks.

And keep filling it up until everything is full. Then tap/slap/shake the rad until all the air is out of it, topping up the collant as you go. When no more air is in the system, you're pretty much finished. Spend the next 24 hours checking for leaks.

Cheekykid · 10 Sep 2006 at 20:29

Cob said:
topping up the collant as you go

Could you explain that a bit more? not sure what you mean and why does shaking the rad will make the air go out?

Cob · 10 Sep 2006 at 20:48

Well firstly are you going to use a t-line to fill up the system or will you have easy enough access to your res to be able to top up the coolant level?

As you shake the rad, the trapped air will escape from it and the coolant level in your res will drop. You need to top up the coolant when the level starts to drop.

Cheekykid · 10 Sep 2006 at 20:52

Cob said:
Well firstly are you going to use a t-line to fill up the system or will you have easy enough access to your res to be able to top up the coolant level?

I have easy access to be able to top up the coolant level.

Cob · 10 Sep 2006 at 20:59

In that case everything will be pretty simple. Fill your res and turn on your machine. The pump will suck out the coolant out of the res, thus the need to keep filling it up until you can get no more into it. Then, while it's still running, shake the radiator and let the trapped air escape from the open res, topping up again as the coolant level falls.

Cheekykid · 10 Sep 2006 at 21:04

Cob said:
In that case everything will be pretty simple. Fill your res and turn on your machine. The pump will suck out the coolant out of the res, thus the need to keep filling it up until you can get no more into it. Then, while it's still running, shake the radiator and let the trapped air escape from the open res, topping up again as the coolant level falls.

Ok, thanks mate.

dual2max · 10 Sep 2006 at 22:23

Sorry to bust in on good thread, but i notice you are using what looks like a swiftech system, where any of your mounting screws like this.....

Cheekykid · 10 Sep 2006 at 23:11

dual2max said:
Sorry to bust in on good thread, but i notice you are using what looks like a swiftech system, where any of your mounting screws like this.....

The ones that i used for the gpu block were like the one in the picture but smaller. The rest are different