Quote Originally Posted by Waterlogged View Post
Nearly 85-90% of all current DDC deaths can be informally linked to a XSPC res top. The rest of the loop does play a part but, the res top is the one commonality of the dead pump loops. I tried to do further research into the matter but met resistance from the community. Lots of ppl were willing to fill out the poll but, very few were willing to give further loop info which was the most important part of the survey. I had the topic deleted so it couldn't be taken out of context (in case you go looking for it).
This discussion was popular a few weeks back on OCN. The original poster was blaming that ALL versions of the DDC pumps were victims to this problem without much proof beyond the 3.2 PCB versions. There have been no reported problems of PCB failures of the MCP350 (DDC-1) black impeller types using the Phillips IC. The pre-3.2 PCB pumps running at 12VDC@10W has a totally different PCB.