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This is how it looks after 1 night. The bubbles seem to go away if I turn on the pump for a while, but then they come back in the same places.

I used to have no problems with my custom loop. Once, it degassed and that was completely fine since I just had to bleed it overnight, and then the problem went away. Then, I went away on a holiday for 5 days, and when I returned there were new bubbles in the loop. This coincided with warm weather, so I just assumed that it was degassing again and that it could be solved the same way. The bubbles went away, however, every time I begin using my computer for something (basically when heat is generated) new bubbles are formed in the same places in my GPU (that is the only place where I can see them, it might be occurring somewhere else as well). The bubbles are all quite small, but take up large amounts of space. They are not easily washed away by increasing pump-speed. They keep slowly going away when I stop using the demanding applications, however, every time I try to play a game they come back. Can someone tell me what to do?

You, my friend, are a legend. Now I shall be able to sleep at night.

OK thank you. The thing is that I got some properly major bubbles, but are you telling me that they are not a problem? Looking at the picture, they were bigger before. The thing is that there were no visible bubbles in the gpu cooler att all, but after a few days of not using it, it is completely full of them.

No, I did not flush the loop with anything, but I have never added any parts.

You see it in the picture. I did not mix materials other than nickel and copper, I modded the psu cover and there could be like a tiny risk that some of that snuck into my still exposed water blocks. I don't know what the psu cover is made out of.

After 2 weeks of using my new computer, I left it for a few days. When I returned there was a considerable buildup of bubbles in the loop. Does anyone know what might be causing this? I also see some orangey material by my CPU cooler. Have I fucked up severely? I do remember that there were still bubbles in my reservoir after bleeding the first time. They are no longer there. Could they perhaps have migrated? I am currently bleeding the loop once again.

But will i need to wait for a few days to a week to start using the computer, or will it be fine when I no longer see any significant bubbles in my water blocks? I would obviously turn the computer off if I see any high temperatures.

That's a relief to hear. I will check back on it in a few hours.

This is after an hour of trying to bleed my loop. I am tilting my case like crazy, turning the pump on and off etc but it is not really helping that much. I also struggle to get air out of the top radiator. Does anyone have some advice? Should I simply leave the pump on over the night and see if the situation improves? Please help, I have spent so much time on this computer that I really just want to finish it. :((

In my loop there is one section which is incredibly tight. I attached a soft tube to my compression fittings, but it was a tiny bit too short, were talking like 4mm too short. So to solve the problem, I simply pulled the tube back in the fittings so that the tube did not quite reach the bottom of the compression fitting. There is like a 2mm gap in each one. My loop is now done, but after finishing I remembered this and just wanted to check whether it would be a problem. Please tell me if this has any realistic probability of of causing a leak. I will take the risk if it is like 1-2%, but if it is like 30% or more I will redo it. I just want to check, because personally I didn't really consider it a risk at all as the barb is what makes it watertight and the compression fitting keeps it in place, so it should not cause a leak by my reasoning.

Its an IB personal project. I am overexadurating since the computer is not graded, only the report I will write.

OK, I agree. Fuck school. The worst thing that can happen is that I fail high school.

I don't have one right now, and it won't arrive until Tuesday, but I need to have my whole computer completed by Monday. Is it reasonably easy to drain the loop without a valve and drain port? If so I could complete it now and install the drain port when I drain my loop in 6-12 months. I should have the computer done by then for a school project, though I suppose I could do some Photoshopping instead if it is like 10x better to have a drain port. Are there any tutorials for draining a computer without a drain port? Sorry for the incoherent post, all answers are appreciated.

As the title reads, I wonder whether I have to chamfer the soft tubing. I am using ek compression fittings and on the back it tells me to do so. The problem is that I have very limited time and don't have a chamfering tool.