Water block has a few screws loose

[davidbfg]

I followed this guide here exactly https://youtu.be/3kF-Hf-z1Jk all the way down to the gtx titan and koolance water block.

 

My system is a tower and over time the weight loosens up the screws on the block. It seems that at some point there is not the appropriate contact. When the card is under load the screen will go grey after 20 min or so and need a hard reset. I have tried putting the stock cooler back on and that does fix it. At some point I went back to water cooling to try and get a good overclock for 4k gaming. Currently I just put the system on its side as a work around.

 

Any tips on how to fix this? is there a grease or something that would help the screw stay in place?

 

p.s. This is happening with or without an overclock.

[Enderman]

[Benji_w]

6 minutes ago, davidbfg said:

I followed this guide here exactly https://youtu.be/3kF-Hf-z1Jk all the way down to the gtx titan and koolance water block.

 

My system is a tower and over time the weight loosens up the screws on the block. It seems that at some point there is not the appropriate contact. When the card is under load the screen will go grey after 20 min or so and need a hard reset. I have tried putting the stock cooler back on and that does fix it. At some point I went back to water cooling to try and get a good overclock for 4k gaming. Currently I just put the system on its side as a work around.

 

Any tips on how to fix this? is there a grease or something that would help the screw stay in place?

 

p.s. This is happening with or without an overclock.

If your block isn't making correct contact then I'd send it for RMA. Weight is irrelevant to screws coming loose, either the screws you are using are incorrect or again there is an issue with your block. 

 

If you're overclock isn't stable then what you're describing is a driver recovery, you won't get a proper overclock until you bios mod the card to remove the limits applied.