Cooling pump failure (well, brain failure)

Moved my rig today and unplugged the pump, but forgot to plug it back in, started using my rig and completly forgot, and only just remembered..... 6 hours after first switching on
So my rig has been running at full load for 6 hours with nothing but the natural heat transfer properties of the water cooling it and the fans on the rad outside my case, and it only hit a max of 49^oC

 

nice dude, mine hits 54C with air cooling (need water cooling!!!).

what WB are you using, do you have any pics of your rig.

 

The force was with you.

water

 

Maze 3

A few pics, got to sand down and respray the radiator (fell off the washing line whilst the paint was drying so has grass imprinted in the paint ) cut a new sheet of acrylic for the window so I can get rid of the fan side panel, and a few other cosmetic things then add a NB block

 

/.................mine shut down in 2 minutes with a Maze3 block!

I now always splice the pump into the PSU so it wont happen again

You been lucky there Supercool because more times than not without a pump the water boils in no time at all...............which usually blows your hose!

No jokes about expensive BJs either

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Fantastic work there SC BTW

 

i got payed yesterday im wondering wether to get new mobo/ram or watercooling hmmmm??

49oC with no pump thats quite amazing

 

I was pretty amazed too, I'd been sat here doing some coding, then went to get a drink, and noticed a plug dangling down the side of my desk and thought `what the hell is tha.... shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!` so I quickly plugged it in and checked the temp. logs for the max temp.

it's been running all night now and I havent noticed anyt side effects, no leaks, no blown hose and system is still stable

Anyway, I'm wiring it into the psu this afternoon

hang on a second, in order for the water to start boiling, then the processor would have to get above 100^oC wouldn't it? but the processor would die and shutdown the system before it got that hot

 

Wow!

Damn fine setup you got there then

 

You pretty much got a pressure cooker going on in those hoses so the boiling point will be less........take a look at this

Let that be a lesson to us all

 

i am going to be using a 120V pump.

would this mod work with that set up??

http://bit-tech.net/article/100/

if not, how would i modify it to work with a 120v pump.

 

nice looking rig supercool, altho i gotta ask wtf rad is that, i mean c'mon 3 fans or are they jsut for posing value Looks good tho, altho i thought the aqua res only came with 3/8" fittings?

As far as the temps go both althon XP's and P4's have the built in temp probe's these days which would shut off the chip when it gets too hot as long as you didnt set the value too high in your bios. So in theory anyway the cpu can turn itself on and off loads of times to regulate the temp and stop it from cooking. Just as well you werent having a serious gaming session or you would of been

 

Thermochill 120.3, the 3 120mm fans run at 5v each so it *is* silent, and if i really want they can individually be turned off or cranked up to 12v

I've had 1/2" fitting put in it (thanks pug )

 

in reply to coolmeisters post: http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?postid=441014#post441014

Holy crap man, that's a pretty lucky escape

 

I've had air running around in my (albiet ickle ) system before now...didn't blow up...but I did wonder why the CPU temp was @ 54+

 

Nice mmm aqua res with 1/2" fittings, might just temp me to go for one, are they easy to change? also what kind of temps do you run super? how much of a diff in temp is there between running silent and with all three fans going hell for leather. cheers.

 

I'm currently using thread adapters (supplied by pug with the aquatube, but I drilled them out a tiny bit more to make the smallest part of the adapter a bit wider) it must restrict the flow slightly, but it dosent seem worth worrying about, although I am in the process of finding somewhere that will re-anodise (sp?) the threads on the res when I drill them out to full 1/2"

About 30^oC idle and 35^oC full load for 8hours with 3 fans at 5v, sometimes they're slightly higher, sometimes lower, depends how warm it is in here (and it's pretty hot in here most of the time), never bothered running them any faster because I don't see any point. (athlon xp 2800+ at stock)

 

You don't need to get the thread re-anodised if you have the AC tapped to the right size (1/4" BSPT) as the barb will cover the whole re-tapped thread and water wouldn't come into conntact with bare alu

 

with no pump your temps got up to 49 deg, at full load. With my heatsink, the temp goes up to 50 deg on full load, kind of funny if you ask me.

 

Gotta disagree with you there bud, part-drunk as I am (being Friday night). Just 'cos the bulk of it's not in direct contact to start with, you can't guarantee that the anodising won't strip from there outwards with time.

I could point you at several examples of this happening to anodised blocks over time, just from taper thread barbs being changed multiple times.
This is just from the fact that they virtually cut into the thread when they're tightened and removed multiple times, let alone being completely drilled out and tapped.

Seriously dude, it's not a course of action I'd recommend to anyone without making sure they understand the risks involved (but then I have to warranty these things... )
Ahh, I dunno, maybe I'm just over-cautious when other people's kit's at stake. :shrug:

[Edit] Oh and more fans/rad easily makes up for less pump in my eyes anyway, so it's nice to see the theory come into effect now and again.

 

/........ surely Pug that is contradictory..............if it will strip the anodising regardless then why have the thread anodised in the first place.

And i'd assume given that factor that the anodising could strip from there outwards in time anyway!

To see and test the results of galvanic corrosion while running a corrosion inhibitor i decided to sacrifice my "Three Mazeketeers" (i feel it my duty) and see first hand how they get on over time and obviously what effect it has on the overall system........i'll pass the results on to hopefully benefit all.

/........lets see how long it takes for it to go tits up remembering that my system is showing no visible ill effects at present using a Maze4 GPU (copper & alu)!

I should get all blocks added early next week!