Has your pc ever leaked?

[Bosco]

Well 2 days ago my system sprung a leak that puddled water on my top 980. I stripped the system and with canned air an alcohol I cleaned everything stripping blocks off the 980s and leaving them and the mobo which water had run down with a fan blowing on them overnight. Yesterday after about 18 hours with a fan blowing on the parts I rebuilt the system with the stock aircoolers instead of water and booted up. EVERYTHING works. So it got me thinking about the video of linus and his laptop he left in the rain and wondering how many people have brought computers back from the watery abyss. 

 

So let's hear stories of heroism and victory or defeat against the evil foe that is water.

[SImoHayha]

Lol such a strange title.....you should change it has your PC ever leaked lol

[Bosco]

Lol such a strange title.....you should change it has your PC ever leaked lol

 

I guess so it was intended to catch the eye.

[QuadCore]

My H100i leaked from the pump. I noticed coolant on the NB, removed H100i, installed the stock cooler, and RMA'd.

[Skreedles]

Well 2 days ago my system sprung a leak that puddled water on my top 980. I stripped the system and with canned air an alcohol I cleaned everything stripping blocks off the 980s and leaving them and the mobo which water had run down with a fan blowing on them overnight. Yesterday after about 18 hours with a fan blowing on the parts I rebuilt the system with the stock aircoolers instead of water and booted up. EVERYTHING works. So it got me thinking about the video of linus and his laptop he left in the rain and wondering how many people have brought computers back from the watery abyss. 

 

So let's hear stories of heroism and victory or defeat against the evil foe that is water.

 

Water itself doesn't harm a computer H2O does nothing to a computer, it's the ions in water that conduct electricity, so if it's water from a computer radiator or cooling system it should be deionized water therefore it won't effect the computer, it's great everything works well.

[flibberdipper]

Mine leaks heat.

[QueenDemetria]

When I added my GPU to my loop the adapters I used leaked(during the leak test, fixed right away). That's about the only time it has ever leaked.

[brandishwar]

Does this count?

 

 

 

This happened the week after Memorial Day 2014 when the CPU block in my wife's system sprung a "leak" and dripped coolant onto her mainboard, where it ignited and burned for a short time. After pulling apart the system, I snapped a ton of pictures of it, one of which captured a drop of coolant still clinging to the CPU block:

 

 

The graphics cards didn't fare well either:

 

 

 

I wrote about the ordeal in the build log for that initial build, the rebuild of which would be called Absinthe. I took up the case with AlphaCool and their insurance company settled the case with me in October, reimbursing me for everything that was lost. From the investigation I learned the outlet thread cracked -- not sure how that happened -- which started a very slow leak that progressed for about 8 weeks before the it escaped from the CPU block.

 

The coolant in question was Mayhem's XT-1.

 

Thankfully the CPU and memory survived. The mainboard and one of the graphics cards had to be replaced. The other graphics card didn't burn at all but only had drips of coolant leak onto it, so I started an RMA with EVGA and they replaced it. Overall loss claim was about 315 EUR.

[chutia]

Mine leaks awsomeness 24/7!!

[Bosco]

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Glad it worked out but damn those are some hot pc pics 

[XxKINGxX40]

I had a leak once, but it was very minor and didn't damage it. My previous XSPC Raystorm CPU waterblock leaked a little bit, but just because I didn't tighten the fitting enough. After I tightened it, no more leaks. Only about 10 drops fell to my GPU backplate, so it wasn't a big deal. Cleaned it up, and haven't had a leak since.

 

(That was 1.5 years ago when I started watercooling)

[Chiobe]

I would have had a lack, if I had not tested the plugs. It seems the EK bagde plugs are not leak free with just hand screwing, you need tools to get a good seal.

[ZarosTenjin]

had a leak during a leaktest a week ago. Ripped O-ring, shit happens replaced the o-ring with a spare and all has been well ever since.

[Shroomster]

Nope. I check all the fittings for leakage before they go in my loop, so maybe I'm just paranoid but it has paid out thus far in no broken components.

[Bosco]

The weird part about my leak was it wasn't from a fitting. There was a small almost impossible to see hole in my acrylic tubing. It wasn't on a bend or near the ends either so I guess it was a manufacturing bubble or something.

[Joshua Ondangan]

had experience a couple of leaks and yeah all were my fault. 

[DeViLzzz]

My pc has never leaked.  I have never had water cooling though.

[Mummy84]

Yep, it has thats why i bleed test and i count bleed tests leaks in too. Mostly EK-angle fittings dont last too many reuse on different PC's. Allso one Alphacool reservor cracked, most likely craced from heat.

[spwath]

Nope.

I spilled water when filling my loop tho

[Chiobe]

Guess I have to retact my statement about the EK badge plugs.

No matter what I tried, so did they leak, so I had to replace them.

[NeatSquidYT]

Glad it worked out but damn those are some hot pc pics 

http://www.badumtss.net/

[Najuno]

None of my loops ever leaked, I do water cooling for 10 years already and I never just built the loop in the computer. I always set it up and run it outside the rig for 24h stress test. That´s also good for flushing the loop before putting it together, less sediments or debris and that means less maintenance.

[GTX]

I had a leak outside the loop while testing. It was a stupidly designed alphacool y splitter. I got one overnighted the next day which worked.