Wednesday, June 29, 2011

fluid, purge, fluid, purge, fluid, purge

the above is my process to eliminate bubbles in the horrible layout that is required to actually FIT the stuff into this case:
the pump circuit is not ideal
the GPU is inverted and the highest point in the system
the radiadors share a tube along the BOTTOM
the T-line is right above the pump outlet with a 90 going to the GPU

the loop goes something like this:
pump up to T-line 90 to GPU
GPU DOWN to CPU central inlet
CPU outlet DOWN to right side Radiator
bottom of right side radiator along bottom of case to bottom of left side radiator
left side radiator top hook back down to pump.

hump hump 90 up, hump CPU hump radiator, hump radiator, hump back to pump.

after turning the external PSU (so I don't fire up the motherboard with an air-filled loop) can only run about 4 seconds before it sucks so much air I worry for the bearings, then tilt, let the bubble move to the T-line, then open T-line and fill back to top.

Repeat about 95 times...really, over 2 hours, not kidding here, 9pm to almost 11:30pm.  Flick PSU, watch bubble, tilt case, take plug out of T-line, use syringe to fill T-line, put plug back in T-line, Flick PSU, repeat.

ONE    Quarter-sized    BUBBLE    AT     A    TIME.

I finally got to let it run for about half an hour before I was tired of looking at it.

Am I done yet?  :)

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