Leaked during leak test!! Help!

[the pokemon kid]

Hi All,

 

Background:

So I took my loop apart a few days ago to do some maintence to the system. It needed new thermal paste and a clean out. So I have drained and filled the loop multiple times now to flush it and even treated it to a blitz kit. To add the new thermal paste it ment that I had to take the motherboard and GPU's out of the system. I did this and then reinstalled them after they were serviced.

However after putting the GPU's back in and I didnt realise that the fitting between the GPU and the RAM block wasnt perfect. The fittings I have got have two o-ring on the inside and it was only covered by one on this bit of tube... So it wasnt fully sealed.

I then filled the system up and started the testing, it started leaking right away all over the left RAM slot and the motherboard. I stopped the pump right away and cleared the rest of the water up which a cloth didnt get. It was all over the topside of the motherboard.

NOTE: None of the PC components were plugged in during the leak test. Just the pumps.

What I have done so far:

1. I dried the motherboard off with cloth to get the remaining bits of water.
2. I took the motherboard out and dried it fully with a small towel.
3. I have taken the Asus Armour off the board and dipped that in Isoproplyn 99%
4. I have taken the RAM out of the system. The motherboard is just the CPU, CPU block and nothing else now
5. I have washed the entire motherboard in Isoproplyn 99%.
6. I gave it a quick dry off with a heat gun (Low temperature).
7. Will give it another 2 days to dry off further by a radiator.

What else can I do to ensure I haven't bricked the board?

[Technomancer__]

pray to linus

[kelvinhall05]

5 minutes ago, the pokemon kid said:

What else can I do to ensure I haven't bricked the board?

Test it.

[Technomancer__]

1 minute ago, Ethocreeper said:

pray to linus

thats what i did but it fried...

[the pokemon kid]

1 minute ago, Ethocreeper said:

thats what i did but it fried...

Well, lets see the results of not praying to Linus then...

[pagani123]

Thats pretty much all you can do. once your sure its dried just try and test it. 

[the pokemon kid]

3 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Test it.

Going to test it in two days by the radiator first before even attempting it

[stealth80]

it will be fine, ive had leaks with power on and it was fine, coolant is designed to be non-conductive, and if you filled with fresh you should be ok (it loses that affect over time

[the pokemon kid]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

it will be fine, ive had leaks with power on and it was fine, coolant is designed to be non-conductive, and if you filled with fresh you should be ok (it loses that affect over time

Ohhh, I forgot to mention. This was just normal water. I was leak testings and it was about the 10th fill and drain. 
 

if there was no leaks... then I was going to fill it with De-Ionised water and Biocide...

[lexidobe]

As long as nothing had power except the pump, you have nothing to worry about. Just make sure it is completely dry before you plug it in and you are fine. I have completely submerged a whole system minus the hard drive and DVD drive in water overnight and everything still works to this day. I hope you do not worry, because there is nothing to worry about.

[W-L]

2 hours ago, the pokemon kid said:

-SNIP-

Since you didn't have anything on during the leak test as long as it dries out it's unlikely to cause any problems but if you wanted to ensure all the water is displaced you can rinse the board with 99% isopropyl alcohol. 

[the pokemon kid]

2 hours ago, lexidobe said:

As long as nothing had power except the pump, you have nothing to worry about. Just make sure it is completely dry before you plug it in and you are fine. I have completely submerged a whole system minus the hard drive and DVD drive in water overnight and everything still works to this day. I hope you do not worry, because there is nothing to worry about.

 

1 hour ago, W-L said:

Since you didn't have anything on during the leak test as long as it dries out it's unlikely to cause any problems but if you wanted to ensure all the water is displaced you can rinse the board with 99% isopropyl alcohol. 

These messages are reassuring  I have spilt water on my board before but not to this extend and I was proper worried! I have cleaned with alcohol this evening and going to leave it to try by the radiator for a couple of days until I give it a test...

[lexidobe]

Heck, Linus left his laptop in the rain 2 times while it was on with no harm done. You are fine.

[PrimeSonic]

Just finished my own loop today.

I had a lot of leaks and spills while filling the darn thing. Motherboard, PCIe slots, M.2 drives, all got a splashing or another.

 

Nothing besides the pump was powered at the time and it was only with coolant+distilled water, so I wasn't worried.

 

I just gave everything time to dry while I finished tightening the leaky connections and everything was fine.

[the pokemon kid]

On 26/03/2017 at 8:18 PM, lexidobe said:

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On 26/03/2017 at 9:12 PM, W-L said:

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On 27/03/2017 at 2:29 AM, PrimeSonic said:

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Its alive! Its alive and not completely dead!

The only thing that is dead is my Aquaero 5LT... Its fried itself somehow... However just ordered a new one of those