Trying to drain system- Updated

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tlxxxsracer

Discussion Starter · Apr 5, 2011

Just im RMA'ing my 5970 back and I gotta drain the water out. I put a drain port that is at the bottom near my bottom mounted rad. Thing is, when I open the plug, no water comes out. I turn on the pump and still no water comes out.. Uhh.. am I missing something?

Any other suggestions?

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XxENTHUSIASTxX

· #2 · Apr 5, 2011

Yeah...you're actually missing the common sense...xD

tlxxxsracer

Discussion Starter · #3 · Apr 5, 2011

No dont think so. Theres a T fitting that is just before the bottom rad and after the pump.

ShamrockMan

· #4 · Apr 5, 2011

Try opening up the top of your system to let air in

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tlxxxsracer

Discussion Starter · #5 · Apr 5, 2011

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Try opening up the top of your system to let air in

That was it.

Thanks

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Havoknova

· #6 · Apr 5, 2011

Lolz!!!! U need air to go in loop to push water out..open the fill port and open drain port and whalllllaaaa..u successfully drain ur system..

tsm106

· #7 · Apr 5, 2011

Get some quick clamps, the gun looking clamps, plug the top of the block and the bottom, get some towels, crack it open. It will only leak the amount in the block, sop it up with the paper towels. Then release the lower clamp into a bucket, and then pull the top hose off with top clamp still on. Now blow on the top hose after releasing the clamp of course, don't point hose down.

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Midnightorion

· #8 · Apr 5, 2011

If you got the room, you can just take the block off the card and leave it in the machine without draining.

tlxxxsracer

Discussion Starter · #9 · Apr 5, 2011

Hey guys, I got it. I undid the bottom tube coming from the bottom card and allowed any water to drain from the cards. then I plugged the out port on the card. Then I clamped the tube from the cpu and the top gpu un did the tube and plugged the top port on the gpu. then i put a plug on the barb thats on the tube from the cpu

Thanks for all the help

tlxxxsracer

Discussion Starter · #10 · Apr 5, 2011

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I get welcomed with this in my 5970.

its only been 3 weeks. I used distilled water and silver coil

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Launcherstrike

· #11 · Apr 5, 2011

Did you flush the radiator before installing it?

Caleal

· #12 · Apr 5, 2011

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I get welcomed with this in my 5970.

its only been 3 weeks. I used distilled water and silver coil

Is that oxidation?
Nothing about distilled water or a silver coil will keep the copper from oxidizing.

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RonindeBeatrice

· #13 · Apr 5, 2011

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Is that oxidation?
Nothing about distilled water or a silver coil will keep the copper from oxidizing.

That's what I was thinking too. The finishes they put on those blocks to prevent them from oxidizing is often not perfect.

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tlxxxsracer

Discussion Starter · #14 · Apr 5, 2011

Yes, I flushed both rads out with vinegar and warm distilled water, and then rinsing with distilled water multiple times.

I dont know what it is.. Whats the best way to prevent it?

RonindeBeatrice

· #15 · Apr 5, 2011

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Yes, I flushed both rads out with vinegar and warm distilled water, and then rinsing with distilled water multiple times.

I dont know what it is.. Whats the best way to prevent it?

Short of taking some steel wool to your block, then refinishing it with a copper sealant, you're going to have to deal with oxidation at one point or another.

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tlxxxsracer

Discussion Starter · #16 · Apr 5, 2011

So what I see in the block is normal? what could it be from?

RonindeBeatrice

· #17 · Apr 5, 2011

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So what I see in the block is normal? what could it be from?

Simply the copper mixing with air (even oxygen in water naturally ). It will occur to any copper piece that's not protected. It poses no harm to the rest of your gear, and will not affect performance at all.

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MAD_J

· #18 · Apr 5, 2011

This is why I bought nickel plated blocks, no need to clean them. BTW even something as simple like leaving a fingerprint on the copper can cause it to oxidise.

GingerJohn

· #19 · Apr 5, 2011

Is it just me or are some of those markings on the plexi and not the copper? Looking at the smudges to the left of both GPU cores. If so then it might not be copper oxidation at all, but other dirt in the loop. They seem to be concentrated round areas where there is re-circulation or very little flow, where sediment would naturally deposit and stick.

If it is dirt then it is most likely some left over flux from the rad that wasn't completely cleaned out. My copper EK block is showing no signs of oxidation at all after 6 months, and Martin210 has a loop running for 22+ months with no change in the appearance of his copper blocks.

Crack the block open and have a good look at it, decide what it is and then treat it.

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RonindeBeatrice

· #20 · Apr 6, 2011

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Originally Posted by GingerJohn;13014422
Is it just me or are some of those markings on the plexi and not the copper? Looking at the smudges to the left of both GPU cores. If so then it might not be copper oxidation at all, but other dirt in the loop. They seem to be concentrated round areas where there is re-circulation or very little flow, where sediment would naturally deposit and stick.

If it is dirt then it is most likely some left over flux from the rad that wasn't completely cleaned out. My copper EK block is showing no signs of oxidation at all after 6 months, and Martin210 has a loop running for 22+ months with no change in the appearance of his copper blocks.

Crack the block open and have a good look at it, decide what it is and then treat it.

This is solid advice. Don't simply go from the offhand advice of somebody who hasn't even seen it in person.

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