Urgent Issue : Radiator Comprimised

necrontyr · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:48

Hey guys, i just got an antec Kuhler and upon installing it I did something stupid without even noticing.

Using a SG05 i was planning to screw the rad onto the front and then using the push pins of my separately bought fan tack it on the back.

So i thus used the 30mm screws or so provided and screwed through the unit, low and behold i notice i've punched a hole through the radiator lattice from front to back.... meaning they left active folds behind a non shielded screw hole, i.e. nothing stopping you from going right thru...

So have i forced a leak in my radiator ? (as of yet no water has even seeped out nvm gushed out (using it in a plastic wrap [not near cpu] ) ...

d_brennen · 14 Jul 2011 at 19:58

There's no water in the fins, they just provide surface area to the heatpipes. Maybe you got lucky? Pics?

necrontyr · 14 Jul 2011 at 20:04

i just noticed what you mean , downgraded from a major ***kup to stupid rush of blood to the head mistake .... the heat pipes on the kuhler are obvious, and i already suspected the flow would be stupidly low if it passed through the fins

Just grabbing dinner but i'll throw up a pic of the rad after, thank god, felt like such a nab destroying my rad no more than 2 hours after setting down to get it installed (sugos are small)...

JeffyB · 15 Jul 2011 at 03:05

Your not the first and you definitely wont be the last to do that and by the sounds of things you got away with it

minicle · 15 Jul 2011 at 08:36

This is a common enough occurance that a note on this sort of thing should perhaps be in the w/c'ing sticky? Something along the lines of

"Do not drive screws through your radiator"