Did you find out what caused the burnt rubber smell?
Some tube got damaged?
Air cooling seems like a sensible thing to do. I could consider this alternative...Will you consider going air cooling for the CPU?
Now I have been already tinkering with the case for a while, but I guess it's never late for a team photo, is it?
From my experience, the easiest way to run the Alphacool DC-LT pumps without turning your computer on is just to get one of those USB to 3 Pin fan header adapters. They have step up versions for 5V to 12V if you need to run full speed to bleed the loop easier.Spoiler alert: I went so far as to fill the loop. Then I did the montage as in post #7 of this same thread, with the idea of making water circulate, eliminate any remaining bubbles.
But this time, I connected the red cable to the negative side, and the black cable to the positive side.
There was some sound in the loop. Some seconds after, a really nice smell of cooked rubber inundated the kitchen.
I disconnected the cables quickly, but the damage was already done.
Nearly half an hour later, poor Eisbaer is still smelling like burned rubber.
By the time I'm finished, I will have figured out all the different ways in which you can do this wrong :S
Don't have the ASRock B550 motherboard but have the X570 version. I actually really like ASRock specifically for ITX boards. I think they just do some fun stuff. Performance is fine too. I have no complaints.I'm currently looking at that exact motherboard myself, due to it has 4 USB ports on the rear I/O which is all togheter in serial. Rather than having them splitted all over the I/O, like on the ASUS ROG motherboards, which I've used for years. It also doesn't have an active cooling fan on the VRM, which the ROG boards do.
Although I've never used ASRock (sounds like your saying that the company has an rock arse... Like is it only me that is like thinking "AssRock" when saying the name?), so unsure about it.... What is your experience with it so far, if you have any?
Very nice and informative post, thank you for that!Don't have the ASRock B550 motherboard but have the X570 version. I actually really like ASRock specifically for ITX boards. I think they just do some fun stuff. Performance is fine too. I have no complaints.
You spotted right, sir. I wanted to be prepared for everything, and lots of time to wait for hardware to arrive and buy more things that I am not sure I need!Just spotted the LINKUP box in the team photo... did you buy a PCIe Gen 4 riser for your BIG1 build?
Hopefully you are not under the impression that I know what I am doingI'm currently looking at that exact motherboard myself, due to it has 4 USB ports on the rear I/O which is all togheter in serial. Rather than having them splitted all over the I/O, like on the ASUS ROG motherboards, which I've used for years. It also doesn't have an active cooling fan on the VRM, which the ROG boards do.
Although I've never used ASRock (sounds like your saying that the company has an rock arse... Like is it only me that is like thinking "AssRock" when saying the name?), so unsure about it.... What is your experience with it so far, if you have any?
You spotted right, sir. I wanted to be prepared for everything, and lots of time to wait for hardware to arrive and buy more things that I am not sure I need!
It is a capacitor.
From the motherboard. That cost nearly as much €€ as the CPU.
It is difficult to describe, or imagine, how quickly and just how upset one can get in such a short time. But my blood pressure is sure going up.
I separate the motherboard from the chassis to see the scene of the crime.
Now there's two of us, with the same looking forward!Oh that's great. Looking forward how this one will work in the BIG1 since I haven't tested any Gen 4 Riser Cables yet.
OMG! Seems your build is kinda haunted by Murphys Law ... fingers crossed all will go well from here on ...
Now there's two of us, with the same looking forward!
As I complicate my life, I increment the probabilities of something going wrong. Some of us learn this way, by making mistakes. For example, if I succeed in booting up, I also plan on installing a distribution/family of distributions that I have never used before, something that I am not comfortable with.
I am also grateful for the logs posted in this site and that I learn from, so there is a possibility that somebody else reads this one and learns what not to do
Finally installing the closed loop
It is a new day. Taking the motherboard back to the chassis, I have decided to keep going, assuming the motherboard is going to properly function.
I try to remember the position in which the bracket was screwed to the radiator and the fan (mainly on which side do I want the power cable). Now it is time to put the cooler on the CPU.
I make a first attempt with the cooler sticker still on, put everything in place, see that my prior measurements are enough, unscrew and put thermal paste.
And here is how the cooler looks like with both fans. Although I will later relocate the cabling of the second fan and I will fix it to the board as with the GxR cable.
Now, as @REVOCCASES identified, like a good consumer I fell for the PCI 4.0 riser meme. I took into account the length of it, but oh, the shape... the shape!
I am now unfaded, as this feels like another (umpteenth) miscalculation to add to the list. I will bend it on the assumption this can be done, then compare to the cable that came with the case:
Obviously this is not a 180º cable, but the length in theory is enough...
Just in case I run out of problems, here's two that got me worried. This is how the shorter tube below ended up looking, after a while in this position:
Also, remember when I said I didn't expect I would be putting back the case cover for a while... ?
Also, note in the back there is a side view of that tube bend.
A day of super-hard work OMG how even
Above all, that tube doesn't give me any confidence whatsoever.
All in all, a bunch of questions, and things to consult with the pillow.
The most obvious thing is to do the measurements again and clearly I have to cut length on both sections of the tube.Unfortunately I'm not a watercooling expert and can't help much here... I just hope there are some other fittings / adapters and tubes that are more flexible / won't kink to solve this issue.
The guys from r/watercooling on Reddit are really helpful. Maybe you could post this there and ask for some advice...
I am now so into tinkering that I think it would be almost disappointing to have the computer be operational so soon.Congrats! Those signs of like are encouraging.
You are a step closer of having an operational computer.
About the temperatures rising in the BIOS do not worry so much. First the CPU will not go to lower power consumption until you have an Operating System, so it is normal the CPU runs a bit hot In the BIOS. Good temperature measures require the components to be inside the case with the case closed and an OS running.
At first I used 16/10 TPV and I don't know if there is 13/10 TPV. I have now also used 13/10 PVC so there musn't be many tube types left, there is always the possibility that I can find the right one by elimination.This tubing is probably either Alphacool TPV or Tygon Norprene.
I am really digging your Worklog, keep it up
OK certainly I wasn't able manually bend the TPV like that, these tubes seem more flexible or maybe heat was applied? Especially that 180º bend in the middle, if I tried to do that with the TPV tube I have I'd probably flatten it:I don't know how to call this material, but I think you should really try to find some tubes like that: