is there any quick way to test if my pump is still up?
Hook a long section of tubing to the inlet port of the pump. Connect a short section of tubing to the outlet port of the pump. Fill the inlet tube completely with water. Some water will just flow through the pump out the outlet port, so try to prevent that. Start up the PSU and that will start up the pump.
Three scenarios: (1) pump doesn't start, which means the pump motor is completely dead, (2) pump starts but it is not pumping water rapidly, which means that there can be some bubble in the pump, or something may be defective, (3) pumpstarts up and water squirts out the outlet port rapidly with high pressure.
If it is scenario number 3, then celebrate because your pump is alive and well.
Fill your lavatory with water, take your PSU and turn it on with the pin trick
That's pretty much what I'd say. Just connect some tubing to both inlet and outlet, give the inlet a source of water.....even a pitcher full or something like that would do.
Hook the pump up to the power supply (removed from your computer!) and short it on...jumping the green wire to any black wire in the 24-pin ATX motherboard power connector....paper clip works great for this.
If your pump is good, it'll start to work and pump out the water from your container. Turn off before container runs dry.....and be thankful.
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run the pump from psu power with the paper clip trick. with the inlet tube in some water aim for a friend then fire. on i side note next fill up with non-conductive fluid. it costs about the same but more peace of mind.
you can short your psu with the pump hooked up. Just get a large tub and have a tube stuck in the water in the tub hooked up to the inlet of the pump so it can suck water through and have it shoot back into the tub.
A 9v battery will be enough to make the pump rotate the impeller for a short period of time.
If the impeller rotates its probably fine, dont do it for more than about 1 second though. Dont need any water this way (though you can pour some into the inlet if you want).
Remember, a compression fitting probably shouldn't be used with normal clamps like a zip tie or a worm drive clamp. You are going to want to buy a normal barb fitting to replace one of the ones on the block that cant fit 2 compression fittings side by side when they have their retainer rings on.
So don't just go hooking everything back up with a zip tie or 2 on one of the compression fittings, it may not hold long.
Dissasamble your pump and let all the parts lay on your desk to dry. I had dozens of leaks before, even so bad my x850xtpe was all covered with rust and still worked for about 4 months then I sold it for like 100$ and the guy was so happy with it and still is.
So to give you some faith. It probably will work again if you let it all dry and clean it much as you can My 8800gts has a blue rusty spot too already, but it doesn't matter at all. If electronics get wet it doesn't mean a thing, only when the transistors on the top (where the cooler is) get wet (soaking wet I mean) then it can cause damage. Or if your pci slot has some water in it.
Give your XFI the same job as the pump / mobo. Just dissasamble all things and let it dry on your desk with a towel
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Three scenarios: (1) pump doesn't start, which means the pump motor is completely dead, (2) pump starts but it is not pumping water rapidly, which means that there can be some bubble in the pump, or something may be defective, (3) pumpstarts up and water squirts out the outlet port rapidly with high pressure.
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Guys, what would i do, i got the scenario 2? i think it is working but cannot suck water in high pressure...
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Is it possible to get pump apart and try it then? Because it's moving a littlebit right? I think you should dissasamble the pump one time, make it proper and retry it. Can you do that or have you done that already?
Read this thread with oohs and ahhs.... glad it all went well. Just off the kiss my worm clips. The Smoke thing made me laugh.... reminds me of my former engineering colleagues
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run the pump from psu power with the paper clip trick. with the inlet tube in some water aim for a friend then fire. on i side note next fill up with non-conductive fluid. it costs about the same but more peace of mind.
Don't know about you but distilled water only costs me about $1/gal @ Walgreens, compared to ~$12+/Qt for special fluids. Also, "non-conductives" are actually conductive resistant....not proof, they also don't stay "resistant" for any great period of time.
and the guy was so happy with it and still is. 
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