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I think I may have figured it out. I reassembled the CPU block incorrectly. I had the flow across the micro channels instead of through them. And they're a bit clogged. Maybe time for a new cpu...

I ran the self-test on the power supply and got a green light on it.

I think clogged micro-channels on the CPU water block from the previous red-dye coolant degrading. I'm going to take apart the...

I have a strange situation with my build.

Worklog is here:

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?288598-Red-Dragon-SFF-build

My computer runs fine for about 10 minutes and shows...

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Pump gave out. Time to go shopping again.

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Here's the damage. Looks like the board itself might be damaged, so replacing the chips might not solve the problem.
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Wasn't the fan. Was the motherboard. Guess I need to find an old Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD7 motherboard to buy.

Looks like it MIGHT just be a fan motor burning up.. which would be great news because that would cost me exactly $0 to fix, because I already have a spare fan. Guess I'll see the next time I get...

Well... working on my old "blue on black" computer to try to re-do the lighting and water cooling loop and wiring... I made a classic mistake.

I plugged in the power supply to test out the...

Done.

It's working! Not done yet, but operational.

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I got the motherboard back. Different serial number, guess it couldn't be fixed easily. Starting to work on it again today.

Question... can I just cut off the extra cable length on the front...

My red sleeve and heat shrink arrived today, along with some new SATA cables and the fan power distribution board.
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Now to install the CPU into the motherboard, install the motherboard into the case, and install the gpu into the motherboard, and connect all the cables and tubes....

Except....

DISASTER!
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Adding in one more 8-pin power connector, now ready to plug the 24-pin back in.

One 6-pin for SATA power, one 6-pin for fan, pump, and lighting power, one 8-pin for PCIe power, one 8-pin for CPU...

Opening up the motherboard box. Note the "do not disturb" doorknob hanger. Too funny! I love it.

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So here's the...

Now to figure out the routing of the cables.

How big is the big motherboard cable? Will it fit?

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Looks like it...

Fittings mounted to reservoir.

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And to the other blocks.
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Installed red o-rings that came with the fittings.

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Now to plan out the cooling loop.

Looks like I got the wrong...

Now for the radiator and push/pull fans.

Unboxing the radiator gives a radiator and some screws.

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Checking...

Now for the HDD's.

Unboxing an OEM HDD gives you... well... just the HDD. They're cheap like that.

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I like the...

Next the SSD.

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Inside the box:

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Now to add the power supply to the case.

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Opening up the power supply box yields this.
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Here's the stack of parts.

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Opening the reservoir box.
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This is my second build ever. First build was here.

I learned from this build, and I learned that no matter what components I picked, there was always something else I should have chosen instead....