Tube came off Kingston HyperX...

[cs0amc]

Hi Guys,

Just got my new kit up and running with a full water cooled loop. After about 2 hours of use the water temp was at 30C, when suddenly heard a noise like steam from an iron - whoosh!!!!
One of the tubes from the 48GB of HyperX H2o memory had blown off and sprayed Blue EK Coolant all over the SR-2 and 4xEVGA Titan Hydro's :/

I turned the power off quick at the mains and soaked up the coolant. Am gonna leave it to dry out for a few days before I try it but am really wondering if it's ever gonna work again :/

In the mean time I've ordered some 8-12mm screw hose clamps to put over the 9mm (6.4ID) tubing I've used for the memory. Am pretty pissed off Kingston haven't mentioned to use these in their manual. The tubing I used was Tygon R3603 Schlauch 9,6/6,4mm (1/4"ID) Clear and the tubing was pushed fully to the hilt of each mem stick.

All my other fittings were EK compression fittings and I just did not expect these to be the weakest link. My standard tubing is EK TUBE Masterkleer 15,9/12,7mm UV Active Blue and I used a 3 way spitter to have 3x6mm tubes running through the memory to ensure any bottleneck was kept to a minimum.

The system flow at the time was between 2.1-2.4 litres per minute using 4x laing D5's with speed level set to 2/5 and I had previously run the system at level 5 for short periods with no problems. I think the increased water temperature has increased the system pressure and perhaps caused the tubing to expand a little.

Anyway I hope this helps out other people thinking of using HyperX memory - make sure you use hose clamps! The reason I water cooled the memory is because the system is fan less with the exception of the 2x1500W PSU' fans and the radiators are located outside (the building)...

 

[RCoon]

Hi Guys,

Just got my new kit up and running with a full water cooled loop. After about 2 hours of use the water temp was at 30C, when suddenly heard a noise like steam from an iron - whoosh!!!!
One of the tubes from the 48GB of HyperX H2o memory had blown off and sprayed Blue EK Coolant all over the SR-2 and 4xEVGA Titan Hydro's :/

I turned the power off quick at the mains and soaked up the coolant. Am gonna leave it to dry out for a few days before I try it but am really wondering if it's ever gonna work again :/

In the mean time I've ordered some 8-12mm screw hose clamps to put over the 9mm (6.4ID) tubing I've used for the memory. Am pretty pissed off Kingston haven't mentioned to use these in their manual. The tubing I used was Tygon R3603 Schlauch 9,6/6,4mm (1/4"ID) Clear and the tubing was pushed fully to the hilt of each mem stick.

All my other fittings were EK compression fittings and I just did not expect these to be the weakest link. My standard tubing is EK TUBE Masterkleer 15,9/12,7mm UV Active Blue and I used a 3 way spitter to have 3x6mm tubes running through the memory to ensure any bottleneck was kept to a minimum.

The system flow at the time was between 2.1-2.4 litres per minute using 4x laing D5's with speed level set to 2/5 and I had previously run the system at level 5 for short periods with no problems. I think the increased water temperature has increased the system pressure and perhaps caused the tubing to expand a little.

Anyway I hope this helps out other people thinking of using HyperX memory - make sure you use hose clamps! The reason I water cooled the memory is because the system is fan less with the exception of the 2x1500W PSU' fans and the radiators are located outside (the building)...

You'd have to be insane to run a system without hose clamps/compression fittings. It's literally asking for trouble, unless you use the special rigid plastic tubing that has to be heated up to bend, which has a pretty solid seal by itself.

 

[grok23]

It's hardly Kingstons problem if you're unaware of the most basic of watercooling rules.

 

[cs0amc]

You'd have to be insane to run a system without hose clamps/compression fittings. It's literally asking for trouble, unless you use the special rigid plastic tubing that has to be heated up to bend, which has a pretty solid seal by itself.

This is the first time I've used water cooled ram and I followed the instructions to the letter. I've always used compression fittings and have never needed to use hose clamps so why do Kingston not have any mention of needing to use clamps?

Looking at the RAM it doesn't look like there is much space to get any clamps on...
(See Attachment)

 

[RCoon]

This is the first time I've used water cooled ram and I followed the instructions to the letter. I've always used compression fittings and have never needed to use hose clamps so why do Kingston not have any mention of needing to use clamps?

Looking at the RAM it doesn't look like there is much space to get any clamps on...
(See Attachment)

The angle of the top hose on the left looks a little too tight of a turn. Which of those hoses sprang off? In either case, always use clamps when watercooling anything. I didn't recieve specific instructions to use clamps on each and every part of my water cooling system, because it's generally a no brainer.

 

[cs0amc]

The angle of the top hose on the left looks a little too tight of a turn. Which of those hoses sprang off? In either case, always use clamps when watercooling anything. I didn't recieve specific instructions to use clamps on each and every part of my water cooling system, because it's generally a no brainer.

3rd one from the top. The top one appears to be tight on the photo but its just an illusion as its actually coming directly towards the camera.

So, any odds on the kit working once it dries out? Anyone else had a big leak while the machine is on?

 

[RCoon]

3rd one from the top. The top one appears to be tight on the photo but its just an illusion as its actually coming directly towards the camera.

So, any odds on the kit working once it dries out? Anyone else had a big leak while the machine is on?

Me and 54thVoid both had leaks, his on his Titan, mine on a 780 + Z77 motherboard, and liquid got inside my 1050W PSU. Both our systems worked fine after 2 days in an airing cupboard.

 

[cs0amc]

Me and 54thVoid both had leaks, his on his Titan, mine on a 780 + Z77 motherboard, and liquid got inside my 1050W PSU. Both our systems worked fine after 2 days in an airing cupboard.

Cool, that's encouraging! Thanks for you replies! Was feeling a bit down lol

 

[Norton]

With spacing that tight you might be better off using small zip ties on the tubing to hold it onto the barbs (2 per fitting imho).

Post some pics of the entire rig once you get it back running

 

[Deleted member 24505]

That's a pretty spiffing rig, post some pics so we can drool over them.

 

[ne6togadno]

Cool, that's encouraging! Thanks for you replies! Was feeling a bit down lol

distiled water itself is nonconductive. if it drop on running electronics it wont cause problem if you turn it off fast. however with time when dust and moisture is absorbed, water molecules become more polarized and distiled water also becomes conductive.
if you havent seen any sparks and smoke till you turn it off there is quite big chance nothing to has been damaged.

 

[cs0amc]

Well, you might be right since the only reason I brought the SR-2 is cos I had 2xi990's lying about . Set the whole rig up only to get code FF which on Googling despite the fact my i990's were socket 1366 they were not infact Xeon's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so at least now I know what Xeon's are for. So £2600 later I got my 2xX5690's and a water park going on in me case!!!!!!!!

Am hoping try number 3 is gonna go better. Assuming my kit isn't completely fried!

 

[RCoon]

Well, you might be right since the only reason I brought the SR-2 is cos I had 2xi990's lying about . Set the whole rig up only to get code FF which on Googling despite the fact my i990's were socket 1366 they were not infact Xeon's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok so at least now I know what Xeon's are for. So £2600 later I got my 2xX5690's and a water park going on in me case!!!!!!!!

Am hoping try number 3 is gonna go better. Assuming my kit isn't completely fried!

break it all into individual components, stick in a tray of rice and leave it in the airing cupboard or a particularly warm try place for a day or two. finish off with a hair dryer.

 

[steponz]

Most likely it will be fine if you pulled all power quickly.. its hard to say... just make sure there is no water hiding anywhere.. take everything apart and shake it around, letting itsit for a dy or two will help. And definitely finish with a hairdryer.. i do this all the time with liquid nitrogen pots on gpus, memory, and CPUs...

Good luck and I hope it works out for you

 

[DRDNA]

Sorry you had a bad experience like this, hell of a way to find something out! BUT HOT DAMN SAM you have one hell of a nice rig!

 

[itsakjt]

Remove everything and make sure to dry every component to perfection. If there are liquid stains, wash them off with IsoPropyl alcohol. Also if you removed the power as soon as possible, there is a great chance nothing is damaged. Remember it is never water alone which damage electronics. It is water + electricity. Personal experience: I washed many circuit boards(mobile phone PCB, motherboards, RAMs) and dried them to perfection and then powered them on. To this day, they still work. All the best.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I turned my graphics card into a waterfall once, and everything still worked.

 

[dhdude]

Hey OP, any updates on whether your hardware still works? Best of luck!