Help with water cooling

[Yellowhello]

OK, I just built the water cooling system that's in my sig. I powered on and everything was fine, BUT...........

.........The water has tiny, small little bubbles in the lines and res, and thery too small to bleed out.......... is it OK to run it? The bubbles are so tiny that it makes the water look all cloudy........... Anybody else had this prob?

[Quakindude]

You want to run that system all by itself for 12 hours or so to leak check it. Those bubbles will eventually bleed out.

After you install it on your system, you'll have the same thing. Just let it run for 12 hours, without power to the mobo/cpu, to leak check and bleed it out.

Are you using a reservoir, t-fitting or what to add fluid?

[Yellowhello]

Originally Posted by Quakindude

Are you using a reservoir, t-fitting or what to add fluid?

Swiftech Micro-res, just like what is says in my sig.

I'll try running it for 12 hours and see if it goes away. Thanks, Quakin'!!

[Quakindude]

Having a reservoir, it should bleed those bubbles out, no problem. If it doesn't, then you've got a leak somewhere. This isn't always manifested by water leaking out. I've had at least one system that sucked minute amounts of air in immediately after the pump, but wouldn't leak until you turned it off. A fitting was overtightened and cracked.

Just do good leak checks and you'll be fine. That's why I'm a firm believer in 12 hours on, then turn it off and start looking for leaks. Before you install in the system.

[Mithosphere]

Here's a pretty good guide on watercooling