Radiator leak, gpu isn't working

[EpikFlyingBrick]

I had my pc running and left it for about a few hours. I came back and it the pump was making a weird noise, I look inside and there's a small drip running down my motherboard. There was still an image on the screen and it seemed to be working just fine. I immediately turned the computer off and turned the power supply off. I took everything apart, including the heat sink off my gpu. I cleaned everything with isopropyl alcohol and let it all dry before putting it all back together. When I tried to start it up, I got no image. On both hdmi and dvi. I doubt that I put it back together wrong because I've done it many times before. But when I took the gpu out, there was the coolant fluid on the pci connector. Which means there was some still left in the pci slot. I dried it as best as I could and tried the other pci slot without any luck. I looked it over and it doesn't look like there was anything that shorted out. Does this sound like my gpu is damaged or does it sound like my mobo. And would any of this be covered by warranty? My motherboard is msi 970 gaming. Gpu is gigabyte gtx 760 4gb windforce. And my aio cooler that leaked was a deep cool 360mm.

[roblesaturcamilo]

the best way to figure it out is:

 

if the gpu works on another pc, then your mobo is damaged.

 

if another pci-e device works on your mobo, then your gpu is damaged.

 

if none of both works in any way... i'm sorry bro...

[GDRRiley]

I had my pc running and left it for about a few hours. I came back and it the pump was making a weird noise, I look inside and there's a small drip running down my motherboard. There was still an image on the screen and it seemed to be working just fine. I immediately turned the computer off and turned the power supply off. I took everything apart, including the heat sink off my gpu. I cleaned everything with isopropyl alcohol and let it all dry before putting it all back together. When I tried to start it up, I got no image. On both hdmi and dvi. I doubt that I put it back together wrong because I've done it many times before. But when I took the gpu out, there was the coolant fluid on the pci connector. Which means there was some still left in the pci slot. I dried it as best as I could and tried the other pci slot without any luck. I looked it over and it doesn't look like there was anything that shorted out. Does this sound like my gpu is damaged or does it sound like my mobo. And would any of this be covered by warranty? My motherboard is msi 970 gaming. Gpu is gigabyte gtx 760 4gb windforce. And my aio cooler that leaked was a deep cool 360mm.

see if deep cool will replace whatever is broken and you AIO

[X1XNobleX1X]

Aren't most/all watercooling coolants non-conductive?

 

They are, for this very purpose, just incase it does leak. It shouldn't short/kill anything.

 

 

 

Either way, contact Deepcool to see if they will replace your components. Never heard of them doing so, but goodluck!

[TrifectaIII]

Aren't most/all watercooling coolants non-conductive?

Well, the most common watercooling coolant is uh... water, and water is conductive...

 

And of course, water is also the most common liquid coolant in general.

[roblesaturcamilo]

Well, the most common watercooling coolant is uh... water, and water is conductive...

 

And of course, water is also the most common liquid coolant in general.

yes and no...

 

drinking water is conductive because of the minerals on it.

 

distilled water is non conductive, and that's the one they use(or they are supposed to...) in coolants

[X1XNobleX1X]

Well, the most common watercooling coolant is uh... water, and water is conductive...

 

And of course, water is also the most common liquid coolant in general.

Actually, some coolers use distilled water/coolants which in it's purest form isn't very conductive at all. Although, over time they become conductive due to it picking up copper/aluminum from radiators and water blocks over time.

 

Tap water is definitely conductive due to the minerals in it, but obviously watercoolers don't use tap water.

[EpikFlyingBrick]

Aren't most/all watercooling coolants non-conductive?

They are, for this very purpose, just incase it does leak. It shouldn't short/kill anything.

Either way, contact Deepcool to see if they will replace your components. Never heard of them doing so, but goodluck!

It did feel oily when I was cleaning it up, which is why I don't understand why it's not working. I didn't have this thing for that long, so I doubt it picked up too much metal. I think it's been about 6 months.