Wezly's Latest Money-sink

[Bolas]

it's actually finished, but it doesn't count til it's overclocked.

Stuck at 144 :c

so no moar pictures

(yet)

144 bclk?

[Wezly]

144 bclk?

Yes. I got to ~150 after tooling around in the BIOS for a sec but then 2/3 of my memory was unusable (but registered).

I frankly have little time to work on it so I leave it crunching until I have a good 4 hours to "break" it

[Wezly]

So, I facilitated the great mystery suicide of this machine.

I came home today to find my computer turned off. The inch of water that normally occupies the reservoir was depleted, but the motherboard light was still blinking in the CPU block...

Against my better judgment, but to ultimately satisfy my curiosity, I tried to turn the computer on. The power button did not work, which should have been a sign not to try, but I'm a jackass

Flip the switch on my power supply, press the power button, SPARK, FLAME, amazement and wonderment, power off.

The first video card has burned out at the bottom of the board, near a screw.

The first indicator that there was a problem was the mouse being wet; there was a substantial puddle, but only underneath the mouse (which, I had been using unaware of the issue for about 10 minutes). It was isolated, so I was confused. Then, I saw the res, and the above chain of events occurred.

Who can tell me how I got water outside of the case with the side panel on and the computer running, and the mouse a foot away? I figured out the answer but want to leave it to the rest of you. I also believe I have found the leak; I am unsure of its involvement in the video card. The short could have been caused by the water directly or any other number of indirect factors.

I will figure out what to test and fix in the coming weeks. For now, I have to work every day until Tuesday; I have been since this past Thursday.

Thank you for taking the time on this sad and stupid bump.

[shazza]

Oh, Wezly - sorry to hear about this. Best of luck finding a fix.

[dreamaxx]

Aww bummer

Did... The res spray its fluid out through the back fan, curve it around using the force and land it UNDERNEATH your mouse?

[y0gi]

SPARK, FLAME, amazement and wonderment,

= ouch!!!

Did the water run along the length of the mouse cord? If you have wireless... scratch that.

[Wezly]

I wish there were spoiler tags I could use, because it is actually quite interesting. Simple, but interesting.

[JoeChuo]

Sorry to hear that .. Wezly. Hope everything is fine except the GPU.

[Wezly]

Ok, what I thought had happened was the koolance splitter on the bottom leaked, which it did not.

The card leaked somewhere, haven't taken it apart yet, only recently found water on it. So that's on me; I'm an idiot Let's hope evga has 275's left over :/

Also, I just looked at the mangled remains and noticed that one of those goddamn primochill ghost compression fittings has broken, as I was warned.

Sigh...

Oh well, give's me a good reason to buy some BP or koolance comps!

We'll see what happens with the cards... I wanted tri-sli but it's really just that I don't want to have wasted a unisink...

Wish me luck next week when I actually have time. I might order stuff for two-day so it shows up on wednesday when I'm free.

Please, any suggestions people, I'm ready for 'em. RMA hints and tips, fitting preference, whatever you have, lemme know. I'm gonna try not to bump this thread with any more sad-sack comments; I'm in it to win it now! Let's go! RAHHHH!!!!

[Wezly]

I'm out of my rut.
Trying to RMA that card but EVGA doesn't cover fire damage so we'll see what happens.

I'm stripping it down to dual sli :< but it could be a blessing in disguise based on the intermittent complaints I've seen regarding it and some of the games I play (mainly BF:BC2).

No more compression fittings. Going with the tried and true zip-tie technique; it's a look that I enjoy.

[shazza]

Hey Wezly -glad you're coming out of your funk, hope things work out for you. So, exactly which parts are you missing now?

[Philwong]

No more compression fittings. Going with the tried and true zip-tie technique; it's a look that I enjoy.

Compression fittings are fine as long as you stick to metal instead of plastic.

Phil

[Alexandr0s]

No more compression fittings. Going with the tried and true zip-tie technique; it's a look that I enjoy.

zip-ties huh? NaeKuh will appreciate that .

[MrBean]

That is the only issue I have with Swiftech rads... the mounting holes are like, crooked or not tapped properly, or don't line up in a square....

Heya Wez, Sadly, this issue has carried over to the new Swiftech Apogee XT blocks too - I have very lightly tightened down on the bloak to test for proper seating, undoing, and then tightening up proper - two of the four threads in the backplate and associated screws stripped. very low quality fasterners.

Such a pity this once great product is going backwards in the name of cost-cutting/savings. A time Gabe has a look at these issues and resolve.

Luv your build though, and will keep an eye on this one

[Wezly]

Hey Wezly -glad you're coming out of your funk, hope things work out for you. So, exactly which parts are you missing now?

I just got 4 sticks of g.skill because one had burn marks. I'll take pics when I'm not busy/lazy... gotta check the board for more water residue on the ram slots as well :/

Compression fittings are fine as long as you stick to metal instead of plastic.

Phil

True, I like the comps on the Koolance QDC's I didn't use... I should clarify; cheaper haha!

zip-ties huh? NaeKuh will appreciate that .

Heya Wez, Sadly, this issue has carried over to the new Swiftech Apogee XT blocks too - I have very lightly tightened down on the bloak to test for proper seating, undoing, and then tightening up proper - two of the four threads in the backplate and associated screws stripped. very low quality fasterners.

Such a pity this once great product is going backwards in the name of cost-cutting/savings. A time Gabe has a look at these issues and resolve.

Luv your build though, and will keep an eye on this one

Thanks

I still love swiftech, no matter what! The rads haven't fallen off yet

[voigts]

Well this really stinks.

unfortunately the moral of the story is that if you see water where it shouldn't be, turn it off or don't turn it on! Its so easy however to let curiosity get the best of you. fortunately I've only lost one GPU due to a stupid leak on my part that was my fault.

[CptDreadFlint]

Sorry to read about your leaking troubles, Paul. Glad to see you've found solace and nirvana in zip ties. heh.

I'm hopeful you'll discover less water damage to other parts so you can continue toward the horizon.

[Wezly]

Le sigh...

board has a bad ram slot.
pump died last night, replaced it, figured I had lucked-out of my bad luck streak (self-induced).
I wouldn't take total responsibility for the ram, but that's bad because it leaked, which was my fault.
If I feel like taking it out, it will be a pain.

I'm pretty much done with this now...

Well, maybe I'll just swap the processor, but, that wouldn't fix this. I know the problem is the board.

EDIT: I threw in 4 more sticks of ram, because one of the original three had burn marks, and only 8GB of 12 is usable...

Definitely need to RMA this...

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Sorry for the bad bumps.

[Alexandr0s]

Sorry to hear of those failures Wezly. I guess this will set you back a couple of months progress .

[Wezly]

Sorry to hear of those failures Wezly. I guess this will set you back a couple of months progress .

Yeah, but it saves me from buying other things.

Oh wait...

[y0gi]

Geez, dude. I thought i was having issues with my build, but you definitely take the reigns of RMA King. Keep at it, mate. Hope all ends well.

[Wezly]

Geez, dude. I thought i was having issues with my build, but you definitely take the reigns of RMA King. Keep at it, mate. Hope all ends well.

I'm hoping that I'll never break anything again. Most people do something wrong once or twice, maybe a little leak, a couple RMA's...

I'm trying to pack it all into one build. :P

[Kibbler]

In my brutally-honest opinion I think you're better off starting anew with new, known-working parts instead of swapping things in and out piecemeal. You may wind up killing more components if something in there is not 100% working. I mean...if you know the motherboard is bad, don't you think it can potentially kill whatever you install on it?

My sympathies friend, hang in there.

I'll leave the RMA discussion for another time...

[Wezly]

In my brutally-honest opinion I think you're better off starting anew with new, known-working parts instead of swapping things in and out piecemeal. You may wind up killing more components if something in there is not 100% working. I mean...if you know the motherboard is bad, don't you think it can potentially kill whatever you install on it?

My sympathies friend, hang in there.

I'll leave the RMA discussion for another time...

HA!

I just noticed that I was off in my part number comparison!

Those two sticks that aren't recognized are most likely the original RAM from the 6GB kit, whereas the 8GB of usable RAM are the four dual-channel kits!

The tRFC's are different, as well as a couple other settings.

I will swap it down to three sticks of the new ram, and see what happens.


Oh, wait... maybe not... I feel like I tried it dual-channel with the "good" sticks from the last set and they didn't work... well, I'll see what happens.

But yeah, I feel your way is best Kibbs...

[Johnny87au]

Dam this sucks mate, hope it works out for ya!