I think my cousin fried his 780Ti.

[Viiza]

So my young cousin got her mother to order him parts for a monster of a machine and decided to build it himself, including making his own custom watercooling loop. Long story short, the CPU block has leaked the cooling fluid right on to the graphics card's back which of course has no backplate to protect it. We're talking about an EVGA 780 Ti.

The fluid had dropped to no other place than exactly the opposite side of the processor, and all the circuitry in the backside was completely soaked in it. There was this clean little pool right on top of the processor.

 

He said the card "works" for a few minutes and then stops outputting picture. If you try to install Nvidia drivers, it stops outputting picture.

 

After letting the card dry for 24 hours or so, I took the heatsink off and got as much of the gunk out as I could with some isopropylic alcohol (IPA) and some gentle brushing with a toothbrush. I let the card dry again, put the heatsink back and tested the card. No luck. The same symptoms repeat themselves.

 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to get the card working or is it completely lost?

 

IMAGES (imgur)

 

This is why 10 year olds shouldn't start building watercooling loops.

[OfficialJsP]

"So my young cousin got her mother to order him parts for a monster of a machine"

 

u should complain to the company that u got the CPU block from i would and if u cant get the card working again i would recommend trying to RMA it and if evga don't accept it try selling it on ebay as faulty so u get some money back 

[lani100]

So my young cousin got her mother to order him parts for a monster of a machine and decided to build it himself, including making his own custom watercooling loop. Long story short, the CPU block has leaked the cooling fluid right on to the graphics card's back which of course has no backplate to protect it. We're talking about an EVGA 780 Ti.

The fluid had dropped to no other place than exactly the opposite side of the processor, and all the circuitry in the backside was completely soaked in it. There was this clean little pool right on top of the processor.

 

He said the card "works" for a few minutes and then stops outputting picture. If you try to install Nvidia drivers, it stops outputting picture.

 

After letting the card dry for 24 hours or so, I took the heatsink off and got as much of the gunk out as I could with some isopropylic alcohol (IPA) and some gentle brushing with a toothbrush. I let the card dry again, put the heatsink back and tested the card. No luck. The same symptoms repeat themselves.

 

Do you guys have any ideas on how to get the card working or is it completely lost?

 

IMAGES (imgur)

 

This is why 10 year olds shouldn't start building watercooling loops.

It looks like it's already fried since he turned it on when the liquid had just spilled this usually shorts tings out and blow pads/resistors.

Try to clean it again and let it swim in alcohol for a few hours.

I"m sorry to say it but I'm laughing my ass off atm.

[TBNRunity]

Who in the world would spend so much money on a pc and then let a 10 year old watercool it.... And yes, the card probably will not funtion properly again. If it had not been turned on there may have been a chance.

[GarnetDevil]

Better RMA that card, I don't think it's gonna live to see the sun again

 

Also, who the hell let a 10 years old to do a custom waterloop build?

[DBells94]

Looks dead to me

[kristaps552]

RMA the card and say that you don't know what happened. 
Or it was DOA.

[Toddwjp]

sorry, see if evga will accept an rma, they might not. but yeah thats all.

 

also never let children watercool, its by far the most difficult thing to do properly due to the boring proccess of checks.

[lani100]

RMA the card and say that you don't know what happened. 

Or it was DOA.

They won't accept it since you can see the liquid damage from miles away.

[Majestic]

Better RMA that card, I don't think it's gonna live to see the sun again

 

Also, who the hell let a 10 years old to do a custom waterloop build?

 

Someone should not get an RMA or refund for such a stupid thing...

 

Look like you tempted murphy's law there, OP.

[TBNRunity]

If they see that red stain then they might know it was from a leak from inproperly installing the gpu block. Also, if this was his first time then he should've not used a dyed coolant. I would imagine they are more conductive then distilled water and that may have shortened out the card faster.

[Faceman]

That was just silly.  Buy a 10 year old legos, not thousands of dollars of PC equipment and let him put it together unsupervised. 

 

That card is dead.  At least it is EVGA, and they are pretty lenient when it comes to RMAs.  Clean it up AS BEST you can, and send it back.

[Hans Christian | Teri]

"So my young cousin got her mother to order him parts for a monster of a machine"

 

u should complain to the company that u got the CPU block from i would and if u cant get the card working again i would recommend selling it on ebay as faulty so u get some money back 

 

Didn't leak test, no right to complain to the manufacturer.

[Extingquish]

The coolant shouldn't have been conductive if it was, but who lets a 10 year old spend >$1000 on a computer? Even my parents were reluctant to let me spend £600 (inc monitor etc.) (~950usd at the time) and I was 13, with prior computer experience

 

As for fixing the card, try soaking it in isopropyl alcolhol to remove more of the coolant

[Unlikelyjoker]

Sorry to mate but

if you are offended i will remove the image

only thing i can find under rip

[eelnico09]

Lol, who thought a custom watercooling made by a 10yo with a 780ti was a good idea LOL.

[Majestic]

 At least it is EVGA, and they are pretty lenient when it comes to RMAs. 

 

Exactly, which is why you shouldn't fuck them over like that.

[Suffokation]

When we say PC building is so easy a child could do it, we don't literally mean it...

[GarnetDevil]

Lol, who thought a custom watercooling made by a 10yo with a 780ti was a good idea LOL.

Who thought a 10 years old would be able to have all those things...

[OfficialJsP]

Didn't leak test, no right to complain to the manufacturer.

 

he said the CPU block was leaking not the loop and yes he should have leak tested it first 

[Slash003]

Looks that way I doubt it'll work right. I would never recommend water cooling for your first time build especially at such a low age. I've worked on a bunch of computers but im still nervous when it comes to water cooling. It may be loud but I'm sticking with air cooling. There I know I cant fuck it up with water.

[TBNRunity]

Didn't leak test, no right to complain to the manufacturer.

Agreed. You can tell that this was a stupid mistake. If they had at least leak tested it and put papertowels on the gpu it would've likely been saved.

[kristaps552]

Spill something red on the box, and then tell them that it arrived like that.

[Sharif]

Try to RMA it after making it look perfect as possible 

[GarnetDevil]

 

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Your RMA condition is done, tell him that he has literally thrown 400$ out of the windows