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    first time installing gpu block, shorted. help!

    Tell me about it. Could be worse though. My dad bids on cars he doesn't need, sober.
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    first time installing gpu block, shorted. help!

    Whatever, home depot homeboy. God mode, an undamaged card doesn't have burn marks. Or oozing capacitors. Rest of my pc still works, but I need to remount my cpu because temps are through the roof under load.
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    first time installing gpu block, shorted. help!

    I really know how to have a good time when I drink. :/ I'm gonna plug it into an old core2duo tower and see what happens. If it fires up I will be the happiest man alive. If it doesn't, then hey, more free fireworks. Keaborg your sig is wrong. Shouldn't it say "custom garden hose loop?"
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    first time installing gpu block, shorted. help!

    Definitely warped the pcb. It was visibly bent, I dunno why I didn't notice it when I was plugging it into the mobo. Anyways, pic of something above my vreg that got torched: On the bright side: only one card got fried. Also, the whole reason I have these 6970's: I got blackout drunk a...
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    first time installing gpu block, shorted. help!

    I just installed a pair of swiftech mcw60s and unisinks on a pair of 6970s. Sparks flew out of the top one when I turned it on. Ive been water cooling cpus for a couple years, but this is my first foray into gpu cooling. Any ideas on what I did wrong and tips on not doing it again? I should...
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    DD-CPX-Pro 12V Pump

    I just googled for "cpx pro vs mcp 35x" and this was the top result. Funny thing is, I'm using gillbot's brother's old cpx pro. Small fucking world. I guess I can pose my question here then, I'm trying to shoot for silence, and the only thing I can hear right now is that incredibly loud cpx...
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    why not to use dye's for watercooling

    Any chance this was primochill fluid xp? That stuff's been known to gunk systems for years, though I haven't heard of other dyes doing this.