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H220 fish tank sound

I just added a waterblock to my 290X and I bled the entire loop. My pump was dead silent once i bled the loop. Now as soon as I started gaming and running benches on my 290X, my pump started to sound like a fish tank and the noise wont go away. Why was it dead silent then as soon I started gaming air gets into the pump?

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Maybe a bubble is cought inside the pump, H220 pumps are not the best you know. High failure rates.

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Did you bleed the pump when it was at full speed? The increase of speed probably caused a bunch of stuck air bubbles to circulate and is causing the air in your loop.

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Did you bleed the pump when it was at full speed? The increase of speed probably caused a bunch of stuck air bubbles to circulate and is causing the air in your loop.

Yes I bled it at full speed. I disconnected everything from my mobo and jumped my psu and I only had my H220 powered by a single sata power cable. It was extremely quiet, then after about 10mins of running unigine valley, it started making a fish tank noise.

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Maybe a bubble is cought inside the pump, H220 pumps are not the best you know. High failure rates.

Im very aware of that. I've had to RMA 3 times already

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Why was it dead silent then as soon I started gaming air gets into the pump?

 

needs more air bled out of loop and level is low. add more coolant. 

the loop should be hydraulic (no air), once no air is in the loop components

the level of the reservoir should be stable. then no chance to suck air back

into loop.

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Does expanding the loop void the warranty? Otherwise RMA it or ask for a 220X for a marginal extra.

Nope, they want you to expand the kit.

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Nope, they want you to expand the kit.

 

Do what airdeano said. He knows the H220. ;)

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needs more air bled out of loop and level is low. add more coolant. 

the loop should be hydraulic (no air), once no air is in the loop components

the level of the reservoir should be stable. then no chance to suck air back

into loop.

Well its quiet again and I have no idea why. When I removed the cap to fill port, the water level is at the very top

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needs more air bled out of loop and level is low. add more coolant.

the loop should be hydraulic (no air), once no air is in the loop components

the level of the reservoir should be stable. then no chance to suck air back

into loop.

Agree also I found my H320 to be quite a bitch to bleed especially in the original orientation I had it in my air 540. Once moved to my Nanoxia ds6 I actually bled it outside the case and there was a much shorter tubing run so it was much easier.

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Agree also I found my H320 to be quite a bitch to bleed especially in the original orientation I had it in my air 540. Once moved to my Nanoxia ds6 I actually bled it outside the case and there was a much shorter tubing run so it was much easier.

Thats how I bled mine too, outside the case. And once again as soon as I ran Unigine valley my pump starts making a fish tank sound. I dont get it

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Thats how I bled mine too, outside the case. And once again as soon as I ran Unigine valley my pump starts making a fish tank sound. I dont get it

If the pump is running full speed all the time it shouldnt matter. It was running when you bleed it outside your case right?

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If the pump is running full speed all the time it shouldnt matter. It was running when you bleed it outside your case right?

Yes

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I just want to know why my pump makes a gurgling noise when I'm gaming, but at idle its silent. The pump is always running at 100%

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I just want to know why my pump makes a gurgling noise when I'm gaming, but at idle its silent. The pump is always running at 100%

idk... ask swiftech?

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I had my first fail in a few months, my second only after a month (feb) and Ive been running it since lol. 

 

My loop was already expanded (second swiftech xp dual rad, ek 290x block, 4 nf-f12) when I got the replacement....it was silent at first for about a month or so. no Issues. then all of a sudden when the rpm would go up to 1800-2000 it would start making the swishing sound then a whining sound.

soon after when rpm would go lower to min it would make noise....definitely not air noise at that point.  I found running it at full would get rid of the noise temporarily but eventually it started making noise at any rpm.

 

So now im sending it back and getting a h220x in return, so hopefully having the pump up top will fix the issues.

having the level indicator you can make sure you don't run the pump dry when you refill and bleed.

 

can't wait to go back to silence and 10-15 c better performance lol

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