Well met everyone,
Problem: I built a water cooling loop for my GPU’s. While trying to fill reservoir of this loop, I couldn’t get the pump to power. Then the whole computer wouldn’t boot. I get a brief red light on the Mobo to turn on, and a brief blue light on the CPU watercooling block (Silverstone closed loop, worked fine). Otherwise, one fan that’s directly plugged into the mobo starts to spin for a split second. Startup fails in <2 seconds.
But the only thing that I changed (electrically) was the pump, which I tried to cycle using a paper-clip and the Mobo ATX connector with minimum power only going to the pump. Could the paper clip have messed up my PSU in some way? Could electrostatic discharge have fried my mobo? I’ve narrowed it down to either the PSU or Mobo.
**CPU Silverstone cooler is a closed loop that worked great prior, and the back plate has plastic spacers to ensure no metal touches the mobo. So I kind of doubt it’s a CPU problem.
My Rig:
PSU: LEPA B1000M Maxbron (1000w)
Mobo: MSI 970 Gaming AM3+
CPU: AMD 6300 Vischera 6-core 3.5 gHz
RAM: G.skill Sniper DDR3 2133
SSD: 120 GB Kingston SSD
HDD: 750 GB WD Sata III
GPU’s: MSI HD6970 2gb DDR5
MSI HD6950 2gb DDR5
CPU WC: Silverstone TD01-E 120mm push-pull CPU cooler
Case Fans: Gellid Speedtouch 30w 6-channel Fan Controller
3x Noctua PWM 3000 fans (exhaust)
200mm Phanteks PH-F200SP fan (stock intake)
^^Everything worked up until this point^^
Then added:
- EK-XRES DCP 4.0 PWM Pump Reservoir combo
- Alphacool 420mm full copper radiator
- Universal GPU water blocks
- Enzotech copper mosfet heatsinks
- Primochill tubing 3/8” x ½”
- XSPC compression fittings
Details:
PC was running just fine on a triple monitor display. I was getting high GPU temps and after much research attempted my first WC build. First I watercooled the CPU using the Silverstone closed loop. Everything worked just fine. Then I installed my GPU watercooling components. Everything looks to be wired the same, with the exception of the new pump.
Using the Tom’s watercooling sticky, I tried to do the paperclip trick to fill the res and cycle the pump. My 1000w PSU is not completely modular, it’s also not a name brand. So perhaps that’s why the paperclip bridge between the green and black connectors didn’t have any affect on powering the pump.
Afterwards, I attempted to simply power all the internal components and try to boot the computer normally to cycle the pump. I figured I would just turn the PC power on and off until the reservior was full. Without plugging in any keyboard, mouse, sound, or monitors, I tried to turn the PC on. So with all the “normal” internal components that worked before plugged in, and the pump plugged in, it wouldn’t boot. A red light on the mobo comes on for ~1 second, and a fan on my CPU cooler starts to turn but that’s it.
I want to believe its not the PSU because I’m still getting at least a few lights and a fan spinning. I’ve tried resetting the CMOS bios, taking out the GPU’s, and tried it with only the bare necessities. My only hypothesis is that the Mobo is fried? But then how come the red light comes on (its normally red while operating). This is my first attempt at water cooling.
Any help is appreciated,
-J
Problem: I built a water cooling loop for my GPU’s. While trying to fill reservoir of this loop, I couldn’t get the pump to power. Then the whole computer wouldn’t boot. I get a brief red light on the Mobo to turn on, and a brief blue light on the CPU watercooling block (Silverstone closed loop, worked fine). Otherwise, one fan that’s directly plugged into the mobo starts to spin for a split second. Startup fails in <2 seconds.
But the only thing that I changed (electrically) was the pump, which I tried to cycle using a paper-clip and the Mobo ATX connector with minimum power only going to the pump. Could the paper clip have messed up my PSU in some way? Could electrostatic discharge have fried my mobo? I’ve narrowed it down to either the PSU or Mobo.
**CPU Silverstone cooler is a closed loop that worked great prior, and the back plate has plastic spacers to ensure no metal touches the mobo. So I kind of doubt it’s a CPU problem.
My Rig:
PSU: LEPA B1000M Maxbron (1000w)
Mobo: MSI 970 Gaming AM3+
CPU: AMD 6300 Vischera 6-core 3.5 gHz
RAM: G.skill Sniper DDR3 2133
SSD: 120 GB Kingston SSD
HDD: 750 GB WD Sata III
GPU’s: MSI HD6970 2gb DDR5
MSI HD6950 2gb DDR5
CPU WC: Silverstone TD01-E 120mm push-pull CPU cooler
Case Fans: Gellid Speedtouch 30w 6-channel Fan Controller
3x Noctua PWM 3000 fans (exhaust)
200mm Phanteks PH-F200SP fan (stock intake)
^^Everything worked up until this point^^
Then added:
- EK-XRES DCP 4.0 PWM Pump Reservoir combo
- Alphacool 420mm full copper radiator
- Universal GPU water blocks
- Enzotech copper mosfet heatsinks
- Primochill tubing 3/8” x ½”
- XSPC compression fittings
Details:
PC was running just fine on a triple monitor display. I was getting high GPU temps and after much research attempted my first WC build. First I watercooled the CPU using the Silverstone closed loop. Everything worked just fine. Then I installed my GPU watercooling components. Everything looks to be wired the same, with the exception of the new pump.
Using the Tom’s watercooling sticky, I tried to do the paperclip trick to fill the res and cycle the pump. My 1000w PSU is not completely modular, it’s also not a name brand. So perhaps that’s why the paperclip bridge between the green and black connectors didn’t have any affect on powering the pump.
Afterwards, I attempted to simply power all the internal components and try to boot the computer normally to cycle the pump. I figured I would just turn the PC power on and off until the reservior was full. Without plugging in any keyboard, mouse, sound, or monitors, I tried to turn the PC on. So with all the “normal” internal components that worked before plugged in, and the pump plugged in, it wouldn’t boot. A red light on the mobo comes on for ~1 second, and a fan on my CPU cooler starts to turn but that’s it.
I want to believe its not the PSU because I’m still getting at least a few lights and a fan spinning. I’ve tried resetting the CMOS bios, taking out the GPU’s, and tried it with only the bare necessities. My only hypothesis is that the Mobo is fried? But then how come the red light comes on (its normally red while operating). This is my first attempt at water cooling.
Any help is appreciated,
-J
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