Pump gone?

[spook050]

Hihi, I think my pump has just packed in . I built the loop last Christmas so 14 months ago. It is filled with distilled water with a bit of UV green dye from mayhem. Today while I was using it it a very loud knocking noise started from the pump, loud enough for me to jump towards it and get my hand on the psu power switch incase I started seeing water in my case. I left it on for a few minutes whilst tilting my case to try to unblock any blockages but no luck so I turned it off to be safe.

I tried turning it on shortly after and nothing from the pump, pretty sure its not pumping and a CPU temp warning error on bios on startup, which is worrying me a little as I would have thought even if the pump wasnt going, the still water alone would be enough to cool the cpu while not under load, but maybe I am wrong.

Its an alphacool pump - VPP655-OT12, which seem to have a relatively good reputation.

What do you guys think, do I need a new pump? Is there anything else I should try? Any recommendations or go for another alphacool?

This was the build - http://imgur.com/a/UI3R7

Cheers,
Glenn

 

[spook050]

Ok thanks. Do you guys know if I can reuse the top from my alphacool VPP655-OT12(Came as one unit) on another D5 vario pump like the one you linked or if I will need to buy a different pump top?

Thanks,
Glenn

 

[spook050]

Awesome, that should save me a little money. I'll order the D5 now and some more distilled water. I plan to drain the system and clean it out over the weekend