Need Help draining system

[Proteus_3k]

Hi,

I recently built a new water cooled system, but I placed my 2nd gfx card in the wrong slot (see picture, the lower card is in a 16x PCIe which only runs at 8x, which I think is affecting the SLI performance).

I chose to do it that way becaue of lack of room when placing the 2nd card in the lowest PCIe slot (further down than the existing one). When in the lower slot, I couldn't get the tubing to go into the water block without the tube bending. I've since been told to look into getting some 90 degree connectors.

My question is, how would I go about draining the system? This is the first water cooled system I've bought, and I didn't fit the water blocks onto the cards, they came pre-fitted in a special edition of the card. I don't want to take all the tubes off and have the coolant leak all over the electronics (although I think the liquid is non-corrosive, so it would just need a few days to dry out if that happened I guess). Is there a best way of doing it?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also, I don't suppose anyone knows of any UK stores which sell 90 degree connectors. The one's I seem to find are all US

Cheers

 

[FarFarAway]

I'd take the pump out of the case, get a bowl (washing up one or something) and carefully unscrew the barb going into it to drain off the fluid. This should clear a lot of liquid in there. Then just generally unscrew the rest bit by bit being very careful and keeping a LOT of tissue nearby to catch the fluid if it does leak near a component.

SpecialTech do 90° barbs - that's Alphacool stuff right?

 

[Proteus_3k]

The case came with the water cooling kit, so not too sure what the make of the blocks/pumps are.

http://www.thermaltake.com/product/Chassis/fulltower/armor_lcs/ve2000bws.asp

All I know is I need 3/8 90 degree barbs, and danger den do a high flow 90 degree barb, with the option of 3/8 connections, it's just finding a UK seller that's the hard part

http://www.dangerden.com/store/product.php?productid=259&cat=89&page=1

 

[llwyd]

Dont the backs of the inlets come off on those blocks, allowing you to connect from the bottom of one, directly into the other?

 

[Proteus_3k]

Yeah, they plugs on the one end, and connectors on the other, which can be interchanged. My intention is to link directly from the lower card straight up into the top card, but the only problem is getting an input into the lower card. There's no space just using normal tubing, as the tube kinks because of the sharp angle.

I can't even input the tubing into the top of the lower card when it's in the lowest slot, as there still isn't enough room between the two cards to prevent kinks. I must have spent hours trying different setups before arriving at the current one, not realising they did 90 degree barbs. D'Oh.

 

[llwyd]

I meant like this

 

[Proteus_3k]

Yeah, that's what I meant. Maybe I didn't explain it very well. The only thing I was missing was that 90 degree connector on the lower card.

 

[Hiks]

coolercases do the Delrin/Acetal 90 Degree Fitting and they are a uk supplier if you can't find them in uk.

 

[heman]

Nice pics BTW

 

[Proteus_3k]

Got it sorted in the end, after making a pretty stupid mistake

Anyone notice it?

Quickly noticed the mistake when I turned it on and checked on the card temperatures. Oops

It's performing better now. 13,184 in 3D Mark 06. I can live with that

Thanks for your help.