Go easy on the thermal paste lol, keeps jizzing over the edge
lol. I made the mistake of lifting the syringe to 'break' the thermal paste from it. It ended up going over the edge lol.
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lol. I made the mistake of lifting the syringe to 'break' the thermal paste from it. It ended up going over the edge lol.
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Very very nice ben!! Good job on the backplate... and the 'mod' at the top of the case!
O.k. so I mounted the radiator on the top of the case.
There was barely enough room for the 8 pin power cable
With all the blocks installed and all together
I mounted my pump with some soft rubber stickpadded to the bottom of the case
With all the tubes
Ready for a leak test
Leak testing
I thought the GPU block looked great
Crappy news now though, the machine won't boot. I am going to have to drain the whole thing and test all of my components because I have tried all of the obvious stuff
There was barely enough room for the 8 pin power cable
With all the blocks installed and all together
I mounted my pump with some soft rubber stickpadded to the bottom of the case
With all the tubes
Ready for a leak test
Leak testing
I thought the GPU block looked great
Crappy news now though, the machine won't boot. I am going to have to drain the whole thing and test all of my components because I have tried all of the obvious stuff
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Do you get any beeps from your case speaker? Does it turn on at all?
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What symptoms do you have? Any BIOS beeps? Does it POST? Any fans spin up?
Yep, I had everything air cooled before so I know it works. There were no beeps but I got a engstrom0304 round and we interchanged my stuff with his (etc tested ram, board, CPU etc). Motherboard was the problem. RMA time.
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Well at least you have a way forward now, could be that the mounting plate for the cooler somehow managed to short on the back of the mobo??
Thats what I thought to start with but I have checked it and there is no metal on metal
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That's good u have found the problem but what a kick in the nuts at the same time.
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Gutted for you mate, genuinely! Hope the turnaround on the RMA is quick!!
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Look cool, shame about the mobo.
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any more news on the mobo yet?.
Well, I have opened an RMA request for the mobo and the GPU because after more testing I think the GPU is also faulty (or is faulty instead of the motherboard). My warranties run out early Jan so I am running around seeing if I can pick up a GPU for a tenner to test the mobo. If not I will send both GPU and mobo off and risk paying the fee to get one of them back if it is not broken.
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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-243-SP&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=938
not quite a tenner, but hey
not quite a tenner, but hey
Thanks for the link mate, but I am looking for something in my local shops as I dont really have time to wait for the deliveries. Also, the watercooling gear has cleared me out so I am really short on money.
Thanks anyway
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dam, everything was going so well now this!. do you know what could have done this?.
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What a shame!
Build looked epic
Build looked epic
Not a clue
Possibly removing the vram adhesive heatsinks from my 5850 but otherwise not sure. I have got a friend coming round tomorrow (hopefully) and I will test his 5850 in my mobo so I can see if the mobo is broken.