How can I tell if my water cooling unit on my pc is pumping water?
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April 24th, 2008
I can see some tiny bubbles beside the cpu block inlet and outlet. They aren’t moving, and neither is a large bubble near the radiator. I had it off and unplugged, moving it around for a few days while I installed new motherboard. I’m thinking it quit on me. My computer turns itself off after 10 min or so on.
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If your computer is turning itself off, then the CPU is likely reaching it’s die temperature and the cooling system is malfunctioning as you suggest.
While its running, Clamp one of the hoses close to stop flow, let go and if it continues, then your good. If you don’t think your pump is working correctly, you can buy simply but this cheap Flow Indicator. But from what you described, it does sound like your over heating, or your motherboard could be shorting out from mis-mounting it. I would suggest for you to take your motherboard out of the case and run it out side and see if it still shuts down. If it does, then you have a heat issue. While your running it, you can also monitor your systems temperatures using SpeedFan, and stress it to generate heat faster using Prime95. If you have these two programs running you should have a safe bet knowing why its just shutting down. Hope this helps.
I agree with iceblu and richardhenry.
I’d also suggest taking off the water unit and putting your cpu fan back on (you still have it, dont you?) to see if it still shuts down with that (don’t forget the thermal paste). If it does, you have a bigger problem.
A system turning off with no shutdown process or crash after 10 min is almost always indication of overheating.
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