Well looks like I'm out a block. I haven't put mine under water yet so I can't really say it's defective, but I'm sure as hell not gonna find out. FrozenCPU wouldn't take mine back for exchange (not that I blame them, it's been forever) so me I guess lol.

I haven't hardcore inspected mine, but I'm not gonna open up a brand new block being as inexperienced as I am just to make sure it's not gonna destroy my loop. Mine does have incredibly bad milling marks on the outside though. Looks like the thing is under an ocean.

A lil off topic, but which of the Kryos blocks was the best? XT or HF? Probably looking at that or a Koolance 370 now to keep all my blocks with the nickel look.