my gpu water cooler isnt flowing water round the pipes pls help

[pc_gamer189074]

my gpu water cooler isnt moving water round the pipes and is therefore causing one of my gpus to over heat does anyone know a fix to this?

[AnonymousGuy]

Presumably there's a clog in the block and you'll have to disassemble the block to clean it out.

[LIGISTX]

57 minutes ago, pc_gamer189074 said:

my gpu water cooler isnt moving water round the pipes and is therefore causing one of my gpus to over heat does anyone know a fix to this?

Um... we are going to need a lot more info. What exactly do you mean water isn't moving through the GPU loop? How do you have it plumbed? Are they in parallel or series? If in series, this is not possible...

 

Are you sure the water block is making good contact/there is enough thermal paste?

[pc_gamer189074]

3 minutes ago, AnonymousGuy said:

Presumably there's a clog in the block and you'll have to disassemble the block to clean it out.

im gonna flush the loop out and clean and refill it 

[Mick Naughty]

One of the gpus? Prolly didnt route it correcting. Like mentioned, need actual info.

[pc_gamer189074]

1 minute ago, Mick Naughty said:

One of the gpus? Prolly didnt route it correcting. Like mentioned, need actual info.

how tf am i supposed to know what it is ive got soft tubes that go from the resovuor and they are hooked up to my graphics cards but its not pumping water to the graphics cards

[Mick Naughty]

Just now, pc_gamer189074 said:

how tf am i supposed to know what it is ive got soft tubes that go from the resovuor and they are hooked up to my graphics cards but its not pumping water to the graphics cards

Well we cant know either. No info. But if the loop only contains cards, are you sure the pump is even working?

[GuiltySpark_]

3 minutes ago, pc_gamer189074 said:

how tf am i supposed to know what it is 

Its your computer, you're presumably sitting in front of it looking at it. A list of parts or even just some pictures would be helpful. 

[pc_gamer189074]

1 minute ago, Mick Naughty said:

Well we cant know either. No info. But if the loop only contains cards, are you sure the pump is even working?

i know that the pump is working becuase it was pumping water round earlier but then it just stopped i think there might be a blockage or something as the coolant has been in there for a long time or it might be because the resovour isnt filled up enough

[Mick Naughty]

1 minute ago, pc_gamer189074 said:

i know that the pump is working becuase it was pumping water round earlier but then it just stopped i think there might be a blockage or something as the coolant has been in there for a long time or it might be because the resovour isnt filled up enough

So you can hear the pump and the rpms show its working? Or are you just assuming because the temps on the cards or what?

[LIGISTX]

19 minutes ago, pc_gamer189074 said:

how tf am i supposed to know what it is ive got soft tubes that go from the resovuor and they are hooked up to my graphics cards but its not pumping water to the graphics cards

Its your PC.... we have to assume you know what is in it. We obviously do not know what it is in, we have not unlocked the keys to telepathy yet...

 

Tell us how its plumbed.

 

Did you build it, or is this a pre-built? If you built it, you sure TF should know how its plumbed. If you didn't, it would be helpful if you gave us more info as to who built it, what spec it is, and maybe some images. If its hooked up in series, which is likely is, there is no way fluid is not flowing through one of the blocks but is through the rest of the loop. Also, what makes you think it isn't flowing? Can you visually see through an acrylic block on each GPU, or are you basing this assumption on temp readouts?

 

Again, we need more info to help you.

[pc_gamer189074]

22 minutes ago, Mick Naughty said:

So you can hear the pump and the rpms show its working? Or are you just assuming because the temps on the cards or what?

it was humming but now i cant hear the pump at all

[pc_gamer189074]

8 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

Its your PC.... we have to assume you know what is in it. We obviously do not know what it is in, we have not unlocked the keys to telepathy yet...

 

Tell us how its plumbed.

 

Did you build it, or is this a pre-built? If you built it, you sure TF should know how its plumbed. If you didn't, it would be helpful if you gave us more info as to who built it, what spec it is, and maybe some images. If its hooked up in series, which is likely is, there is no way fluid is not flowing through one of the blocks but is through the rest of the loop. Also, what makes you think it isn't flowing? Can you visually see through an acrylic block on each GPU, or are you basing this assumption on temp readouts?

 

Again, we need more info to help you.

i know its not moving because i can visually see the water not flowing att all and i cant hear the pump

[LIGISTX]

Just now, pc_gamer189074 said:

i know its not moving because i can visually see the water not flowing att all and i cant hear the pump

Ok, so it isn't just 1 GPU, its the entire loop? If the pump is not pumping..... thats obviously your issue.

 

With that said, I can't hear my pump or see it moving fluid - the RPM is low enough where it doens't really make any noise and the fluid in the res I can't see moving. The only way I can sort of tell is looking through my acrylic blocks, and I can see the small little air bubbles wiggling around.

 

Again tho, we need more info. Originally you said one of the GPU's, now you're saying the entire loop is not flowing. What exactly are you experiencing? And again, it would be helpful to know how this is plumbed, and what parts we are dealing with here. Did you build this PC?

[pc_gamer189074]

2 minutes ago, LIGISTX said:

Ok, so it isn't just 1 GPU, its the entire loop? If the pump is not pumping..... thats obviously your issue.

 

With that said, I can't hear my pump or see it moving fluid - the RPM is low enough where it doens't really make any noise and the fluid in the res I can't see moving. The only way I can sort of tell is looking through my acrylic blocks, and I can see the small little air bubbles wiggling around.

 

Again tho, we need more info. Originally you said one of the GPU's, now you're saying the entire loop is not flowing. What exactly are you experiencing? And again, it would be helpful to know how this is plumbed, and what parts we are dealing with here. Did you build this PC?

no i didnt build this pc it was a pre build that i got quite some years ago 

[LIGISTX]

33 minutes ago, pc_gamer189074 said:

no i didnt build this pc it was a pre build that i got quite some years ago 

Could you provide us some info on it?

 

Is the PC on, or did you turn it off? If the pump is not running everything will be overheating not just a single GPU... but your original post makes it sound like only a single GPU is overheating. We really need more detailed information or we can't possibly help you.

 

Tell us:

1) who build it

2) what parts are in it

3) what part/parts were overheating, and what were the exact temps you were seeing, and were those load or idle temps

4) is the PC on/can it be safely turned on without quickly overheating? If yes to either, can you provide us with current temperature information?

 

Without this info, we can't possibly help you.

[pc_gamer189074]

8 hours ago, LIGISTX said:

Could you provide us some info on it?

 

Is the PC on, or did you turn it off? If the pump is not running everything will be overheating not just a single GPU... but your original post makes it sound like only a single GPU is overheating. We really need more detailed information or we can't possibly help you.

 

Tell us:

1) who build it

2) what parts are in it

3) what part/parts were overheating, and what were the exact temps you were seeing, and were those load or idle temps

4) is the PC on/can it be safely turned on without quickly overheating? If yes to either, can you provide us with current temperature information?

 

Without this info, we can't possibly help you.

i told you i bought this as a pre build quite some years ago

its got 2x amd saphire 7970 cards in it 

intel i7 not sure what type

64gb of ram 

corsair aio cpu cooler 

and the temp on my gpus were 102 degrees 

it can be safely turned on

[Mick Naughty]

5 hours ago, pc_gamer189074 said:

i told you i bought this as a pre build quite some years ago

its got 2x amd saphire 7970 cards in it 

intel i7 not sure what type

64gb of ram 

corsair aio cpu cooler 

and the temp on my gpus were 102 degrees 

it can be safely turned on

So you have an aio for the cpu and a custom loop for the cards? 
sounds like the pump is out if you said if was making noise and isn’t now. 

[LIGISTX]

5 hours ago, pc_gamer189074 said:

i told you i bought this as a pre build quite some years ago

its got 2x amd saphire 7970 cards in it 

intel i7 not sure what type

64gb of ram 

corsair aio cpu cooler 

and the temp on my gpus were 102 degrees 

it can be safely turned on

Where did you buy it from? What company made it? Is the fluid original? Is it colored fluid?

 

7970’s are over a decade old, if the fluid is original, there is certainly either a lot of gunk, or a lot of growth. What is the other GPU temp?

 

When did you buy it? Was it brand new when you got it? Have you don’t any maintenance on the loop? 

[-rascal-]

That's a...funky setup.

Corsair AIO for the CPU?

And customer loop for the 2x HD 7970's?

 

I don't know why the pre-build company just went with a full custom loop.

 

If the GPUs are DEFINITELY in a custom loop, THAT needs to be maintained, at least once a year. If you haven't flushed the loop out and drain + refill the coolant, it is probably gunked up to hell and back by now.

 

EDIT:

 

Hold on, there's some Tom Foolery going on here. @LIGISTX @Mick Naughty I thought the OP looked familiar. He started THIS thread earlier, saying his DAD built this PC.

There was an undetermined number of HD 7990's in this build, along with an undetermined amount of RAM (128 or 64?), and an undetermined Intel CPU (i9 or i7).

 

 

[LIGISTX]

31 minutes ago, -rascal- said:

That's a...funky setup.

Corsair AIO for the CPU?

And customer loop for the 2x HD 7970's?

 

I don't know why the pre-build company just went with a full custom loop.

 

If the GPUs are DEFINITELY in a custom loop, THAT needs to be maintained, at least once a year. If you haven't flushed the loop out and drain + refill the coolant, it is probably gunked up to hell and back by now.

 

EDIT:

 

Hold on, there's some Tom Foolery going on here. @LIGISTX @Mick Naughty I thought the OP looked familiar. He started THIS thread earlier, saying his DAD built this PC.

There was an undetermined number of HD 7990's in this build, along with an undetermined amount of RAM (128 or 64?), and an undetermined Intel CPU (i9 or i7).

 

 

Reading that thread made this make a lot more sense. Sort of… lol. 
 

In all honesty OP, it may be time to retire this rig. If it still works for your needs, that’s fine, but if it starts to require money to fix things, it’s likely not worth the money. A gtx 1070 would run circles around a multi GPU AMD7000 series setup, and isn’t that expensive in comparison to potentially fixing a custom loop. 
 

But, as I have been saying, we need a lot more info to be able to help. But the answer at the end of the day will likely be “find a used gtx 1000 series card and dump the crossfire setup since that is more or less ewaste at this point”.