Bleeding the loop

[MorbidAngel]

Hey guys! I was wondering, when I'm about to bleed the loop on my system, should the system be turned on and running, or just hotwired to the watercooling itself? Also does it hurt the system to have it running when you are bleeding the loop? Or does it depend on how much air there is in your loop? 

Thanks guys!

[Panzer003]

Hotwire the cooling, you really don't want your CPU running with no cooling do you? ask @JayzTwoCents on twitter

[gazabi]

Hey guys! I was wondering, when I'm about to bleed the loop on my system, should the system be turned on and running, or just hotwired to the watercooling itself? Also does it hurt the system to have it running when you are bleeding the loop? Or does it depend on how much air there is in your loop? 

Thanks guys!

Well, bleeding the loop usually involves moving around the case to dislodge air bubbles, so to be safe in case fittings leak from the shaking, I would just run the loop and not the computer. The whole pc doesn't need to be on to bleed the loop.

[W-L]

Hey guys! I was wondering, when I'm about to bleed the loop on my system, should the system be turned on and running, or just hotwired to the watercooling itself? Also does it hurt the system to have it running when you are bleeding the loop? Or does it depend on how much air there is in your loop? 

Thanks guys!

 

It recommended to use an alternative power source just in case of a leak so nothing is powered on if it does get wet. As for bleed fill your loop and move your system around a bit to try and dislodge the air it shouldn't be any problem.

[MorbidAngel]

Thanks guys! So yeah I'll just disconnect everything, GPU etc etc and hotwire it, use some paper towels over the fragile components and hope for the best!

[FluffyNuggets]

Make sure you give it a good shake and rock it front to back, side to side to really get rid of trapped air.