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Old November 3rd, 2007   #1
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how do we maintain the H2O Cooling...
how many times a year you change h2o?
how to spot leakage? what is the most efficient and quite fans for a 320mm radiator?
my loop is in the sig below...

just few question i got right now...

my ambient room temp is 65F-70F with the loop CPU temp is drop to 35C-43C GPU temp drop to 36C-38C compared to my previous aircooling at CPU temp 39C-50C GPU temp at 45C-60C
with ambient room temp of 65F-75F...



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I would change the coolant and maybe overhaul the whole loop (clean components and such) every six months.



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how do we drain the loop?
how do we spot wreaked tubings?



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how do we drain the loop?
how do we spot wreaked tubings?
The easiest way to drain the loop is to take the CPU water block or the GPU water block off the motherboard or card with the water still in it. Then disconnect the tubing from CPU or GPU water block and have it drain into a bucket of some sort. This video explains it better:




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wow hes really handling things in a bad way... touching front and back of cards... I suspect that video card could be fried due to no grounding


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Nate that video is not a very safe way to drain the loop...

i was thinking of disconnecting the blocks first from the motherboard then having the PUMP OUTLET cut to a basin and run the pump, its faster and safer...



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Nate that video is not a very safe way to drain the loop...

i was thinking of disconnecting the blocks first from the motherboard then having the PUMP OUTLET cut to a basin and run the pump, its faster and safer...
I'd be pretty hesitant to run the pump without the closed loop. There are too many ways the pump can suck air, which is EXTREMELY bad for the pump and can kill the pump if run without fluid for more than 30 seconds(ish).

I've drained my loop twice using by taking the CPU block off the motherboard while it's still in the case then draining the loop by cutting the CPU block's inlet and outlet. And it's fine.



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