If your pump goes.....

[Chivpcgamer]

Is it bye bye pc?

Or would it live?

[Saladin]

It should throttle down/shut down when the temps go up too high.

[LancerBG]

pc should shut down when it hits a certain temp to prevent real damage. if its not automatic every bios I have been in with at least decent boards can do this. You can also set an alert through free software for temps or notices. 

[maddogl]

have you got an aio or custom loop? you pc could have suffered a bit but nothing too deadly possably

[Titanicium]

Depends on the pump, whether you have a AIO or a custom loop and so on...

 

So could you tell us some more about exactly what happened and what it happened to?

[Chivpcgamer]

Depends on the pump, whether you have a AIO or a custom loop and so on...

So could you tell us some more about exactly what happened and what it happened to?

No my computers fine lol, im planning on custom watercooling in the next 3 months so finding out what could potentially be the risks etc

[Saladin]

No my computers fine lol, im planning on custom watercooling in the next 3 months so finding out what could potentially be the risks etc

Don't worry about your pump, if you get a good one it will outlast your system. D5 type pumps have a mean time before failure of 5 years.

[B NEGATIVE]

For pump safety in a fail situation:

 

Connect the RPM wire to the CPU fan header.

Set BIOS to shut down in advent of CPU fan fail.

If the header reads zero RPM from the pump,the PC will shut down.

 

 

Simple,free and fool proof.

[jclappers]

For pump safety in a fail situation:

 

Connect the RPM wire to the CPU fan header.

Set BIOS to shut down in advent of CPU fan fail.

If the header reads zero RPM from the pump,the PC will shut down.

 

 

Simple,free and fool proof.

Very good advice right here

[Ghost]

The first thing you would notice without an RPM wire attached is the CPU throttling/shutting down due to heat. At that point your reflex should be to touch your resevoir to see how hot it is and then your CPU block. If your tubing is soft due to heat you should not try to restart your PC until it has cooled down. Tubing can melt/kink when it gets hot. Then you should try to "bleed and test" your loop from scratch.

 

With a CPU RPM wire attached the computer would just shut off and when you next booted, the computer would tell you "CPU Fan Error. Press # to continue."

[B NEGATIVE]

It wont melt,160c is the melting point of PVC tube.

Also,if the pump isnt working the res wont be hot,water isnt moving to get back to the res to make it hot.

 

 

The Fan error is a great failsafe,i do it single pump rigs all the time.

 

 

Its also worth checking the BIOS for a CPU temp threshold alarm,I had one on a few ASUS boards,dont know how widespread they are so its worth looking.

[Bobert]

You can also set an alert through free software for temps or notices.

This ^

I use Coretemp to monitor my temps on my desktop, htpc, and server and I have them all set to shutdown automatically if Coretemp sees the temperature getting above a certain degree (set by me). Also Coretemp is a great little program, I have the Coretemp app for Android and can see my temps on any computer at any time.