The failure of de feet


Well I told you I'd let you in on a couple failures I had that kinda killed my enthusiasm for a while:



Here you see the EK Southbridge block splayed open for your enjoyment. This is a very nice part. Notice the Koolance compression fittings (sigh).



Here it is installed. The arrow is where I had a problem. The hose I used was too thin-walled and over time, it ended up coming loose from the fitting. Apparently the weight of it pulling down was enough to release it from the fitting entirely. Fortunately I noticed right away (I was just showing off the system and had just turned it off!) so I was able to get the machine into the bathtub quickly. Coolant went everywhere, all over the mobo and gfx cards, so I pulled it all apart, fired up the air compressor, rinsed the affected parts under tap water and blew everything off thoroughly.



After I had it all apart I noticed something rather disturbing ...



Yep, they're both cracked.



Gotta be careful with Acrylic!



Crack is fun in a pipe, but not in your res.



That beatch has a deep crack!

This failure was due strictly to my own stupidity. The mounting bolts for the res were not perfectly flush with the bayres mount and I cranked the acrylic down too hard. I've fixed this in the new version that you will see soon