What to do if your water-cooled PC springs a leak
The worst thing that can happen to any water-cooled PC is a leak.
This rare emergency can occur and has the potential to cause hundreds of dollars worth of damage, depending on your response. Liquid can escape a closed loop through a loose fitting, cracked tube or block. That is why it's especially important to triple-check a loop once it's finished and perform a test run with distilled water for around 24 hours.
Spotted a leak? Don't freak out! Each and every second is precious, but here's what to do:
- Turn the PC off, immediately, as soon as you spot the leak.
- Unplug the power supply from the socket.
- Take off all case panels for access.
- Insert paper towels to soak up liquid.
- Extract all components that were hit by liquid.
- Dry each component carefully.
- Leave everything to dry for around 48 hours.
- Put everything back together and hope for the best.
With luck, everything should work. Unfortunately, if the system doesn't boot or you run into issues, you'll be required to do a little troubleshooting.
If you haven't yet had a leak, here's how to ensure your system is as water-tight as possible:
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