Ok, so even though I am a chemist I haven't guaranteed all of your components will be 100% undisturbed by the following cleaning method.
If you need to clean your loop, run some vinegar though it. If you have a dirty loop, you will see instant results. This was debated on many forums, so I wanted to post my experiences.
1. I had been deployed 6 months and ran my water-cooled PC 100% for Litecoin mining (remotely). One day, the temps skyrocketed and I shut down the PC, it sat for 4 months. The fluid was distilled water, with one silver kill coil in the reservoir and two drops of biocide before I left.
2. I come home, and realize the pump died. I replace the pump, drain the loop. I fill the loop with water and run mining software. The temperatures randomly skyrocket to 90C, performance sucks, VRM temperatures all over the place. It seemed like some crap was stuck in my loop, either air bubbles or other crap. I can't explain it, the temps went from 40C to 70C to 90C down to 50C on one card.
3. A few hours later, I decide to run vinegar through my loop. As the first batch of vinegar goes through, a black cloud of sh1t fills my reservoir. Literally, there was a thick layer of water loop fecal matter inside the entire system. I was shocked/disgusted/relieved at the same time. Running fresh water through the loop didn't dislodge the crap, but vinegar ripped it apart.
4. After the vinegar ran through, I ran mining software to watch all 3 GPUs line up at 45C max, VRMs 50C max!! The performance was stellar from there on. Tomorrow morning I am going to drain the vinegar out of my system.
Edit: I will probably run Vinegar through my loop every 6 months.
If you need to clean your loop, run some vinegar though it. If you have a dirty loop, you will see instant results. This was debated on many forums, so I wanted to post my experiences.
1. I had been deployed 6 months and ran my water-cooled PC 100% for Litecoin mining (remotely). One day, the temps skyrocketed and I shut down the PC, it sat for 4 months. The fluid was distilled water, with one silver kill coil in the reservoir and two drops of biocide before I left.
2. I come home, and realize the pump died. I replace the pump, drain the loop. I fill the loop with water and run mining software. The temperatures randomly skyrocket to 90C, performance sucks, VRM temperatures all over the place. It seemed like some crap was stuck in my loop, either air bubbles or other crap. I can't explain it, the temps went from 40C to 70C to 90C down to 50C on one card.
3. A few hours later, I decide to run vinegar through my loop. As the first batch of vinegar goes through, a black cloud of sh1t fills my reservoir. Literally, there was a thick layer of water loop fecal matter inside the entire system. I was shocked/disgusted/relieved at the same time. Running fresh water through the loop didn't dislodge the crap, but vinegar ripped it apart.
4. After the vinegar ran through, I ran mining software to watch all 3 GPUs line up at 45C max, VRMs 50C max!! The performance was stellar from there on. Tomorrow morning I am going to drain the vinegar out of my system.
Edit: I will probably run Vinegar through my loop every 6 months.
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