Still Alive
December 4th, 2007 by Jerry
I’ve been off of IM for a few days and generally less available online. My home computer has had something of a mishap, and I’m not sure how the recovery is going to go. As far as I can tell, the CPU block of the water cooling system sprung a slow leak, and the drips of coolant (water + antifreeze) were causing random malfunctions and shutdowns. By the time I realized the problem, the leak had sped up, leaving a small puddle on the video card. The very technical term for this situation is “not good.”
I pulled all of the water cooling system out and let the system dry out for a couple days, and tonight I’ll put on the stock CPU fan and see if there was any permanent damage. Needless to say, if I go back to water cooling any time soon, it will be a high quality system (with sealed heat exchangers).
Update: Looks like no serious damage was caused by the coolant leak. (That reminds me of Star Trek for some reason.) I installed the stock cooling fans on the CPU and video card, and put a normal fan on the case where the radiator used to be. Dodged the bullet this time.