Bubble hell

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Ham

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Well after finding out my chipset was running at 70-80* yest i set about swapping out my stock Asus NB sink with the Eddie EK waterblock i had lying around. Sacrificing my GPU blocks place in the loop.

While according to my thermometer the temps are much, much better ive still got bubbles going round my loop. Ive left it to run overnight and to no avail.

It almost seems like the loop isnt restrictive enough with the EK block in place of the Alphacool GPU block, and the water is churing up the water and air in my rez too much to allow it to bleed properly.

Any one got any ideas of what to do to get it bubble free again? :(
 
name='Ham' said:
Well after finding out my chipset was running at 70-80* yest i set about swapping out my stock Asus NB sink with the Eddie EK waterblock i had lying around. Sacrificing my GPU blocks place in the loop.

While according to my thermometer the temps are much, much better ive still got bubbles going round my loop. Ive left it to run overnight and to no avail.

It almost seems like the loop isnt restrictive enough with the EK block in place of the Alphacool GPU block, and the water is churing up the water and air in my rez too much to allow it to bleed properly.

Any one got any ideas of what to do to get it bubble free again? :(
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What I often do to remove the bubbles from my loop is gently bang the pc on the floor a bit (remove your hard disks first)
 
Ive tuned it as far as my power cable will allow and beaten it up. Got shouted at for making too much nosie at 12pm yest...

Would nearly emptying the rez help? I tried FIlling it all the way but that didn't help much.
 
I found that having the res cap open but pretty full of liquid, take the pump and turn it so its vertical, then tap the pump, give it a shake... It makes a funny noise and a sudden whoosh and chug and bubbles fly round the loop, up and out to the res.

Unseat the nb block and tap that sucker too if the above doesn't work

Always works for me!
 
What do you recommend doing?

I guess turn down the pump speed.. :)

Any other suggestions? (sorry ham, Hijacking your thread) :wavey:
 
Well I rest the cap on the top of the res. But mine doesn't generall bubble over and I don't fill the res RIGHT to the top, just close enough to the top that it'll never let air into the loop (after stop-starting the pump obviously)
 
name='Toxcity' said:
(sorry ham, Hijacking your thread) :wavey:
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:ar:

Theres no bubles in the NB block (plexi-top) and judging by the noises the blocks/rad the only place there may be a bubble is the rad. Desipte me turning the thing over to every possible angle. Why has no-one invented a rad with a sight-glass!

My loop is normaly bubble free in less than 5 mins with this settup. Im reconing the EK block is much lower restriction than the AC GPU block.
 
Yeah I found that my dual pass rad seemed to keep the bubbles 'air locked' too. I managed to eliminate the problem by using my bleeder I installed on the top tank, and by still using a 'T' in front of my pumps. System now bleeds free of air in under 5 mins...no residual air at all.
 
name='Ham' said:
Cos i only have a 240mm rad, on 2 7v fans.
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Would the heat/restriction (obviously it doesn't have a lot of restriction because of the bubbles) make that much of a difference?

I don't know very much about wc :rolleyes:
 
My poor little rad couldnt cool all 3 effectively. The last block in the loop the water going in is about 40*. So the chip dosn't stay at all cool.
 
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