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I purchased and installed a "Thermaltake Pacific RL120 Water Cooling Kit" in my computer, and it worked perfectly fine for past 6 months. Just few days ago though, my computer overheated and turned itself off. I realized that there was air in the pipes that may have caused water to not pump properly and therefore the overheating the system.
I filled more liquid to get rid of air, and in the process found out that one of the pipe was loose. I drained the water loop and redid the entire loop (this time everything is perfectly fit). Now, when I turn on the power the water won't pump back up to the CPU. I left it running on only for few minutes but the water won't move at all.
Before I go around replacing parts, I wanted to know proper way to troubleshoot such problem. If you guys can give me some suggestions, that will be awesome! I haven't contacted Thermaltake, I believe either I am doing something wrong or the Thermeltake Pacific PR15, because as I understand that is the pump and if that doesn't work, water won't pump up. I have images available, but cannot attach them yet (due to my rep).
Blizzard
Posted 2017-03-09T03:23:44.757
Reputation: 111
does the pump actually run? Anything mechanical should have SOME vibrations. – Journeyman Geek – 2017-03-09T03:53:15.397
I can't tell. I don't think so. I have tried different ports on my motherboard to power it, but none of them seem to work. – Blizzard – 2017-03-09T03:54:10.627