Bitspower bay res

miicah · 25th June 2012, 10:08 PM

Does anyone else have one of these? Absolute bitch to bleed, either I am doing something wrong or they are just crap.

I'll put up a few pics in the morning of my cable routing but it just seems that with where the fillport is it's actually impossible to get this thing completely full.

WishBone17 · 25th June 2012, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by miicah

Does anyone else have one of these? Absolute bitch to bleed, either I am doing something wrong or they are just crap.

I'll put up a few pics in the morning of my cable routing but it just seems that with where the fillport is it's actually impossible to get this thing completely full.

is it a bay/res with a pump fixed to it? as any res with a direct pump is always a bitch to bleed, just leave the cap off and let it run overnight, will eventually bleed.

Creekin · 25th June 2012, 11:34 PM

i never run any of my loops open..had water spurt out the fillport too many times
all depends on the res location though...

but yeah bayres are a pita. with mine i just keep topping it up till it cant take anymore...run it for a few days..then top it off again..
closing the top each time

pics?

milkguru · 26th June 2012, 12:26 AM

try using a spoon or piece of cut tubing and place it in front of the inlet inside the bay res, helps heaps with bleeding them.
not too sure if doable on the bitspower ones though..

zero_velocity · 26th June 2012, 11:44 AM

also try with it off, and tilting ur case to work the air into the res before you turn it on...

WuzzA21 · 26th June 2012, 2:14 PM

I find, running a full stress test on my pc heats up the water enough to get the bleed bubbles out.

Once the water is hot, i then turn my pc on and off about 6 - 10 times. It gets 80% of the bubbles out straight away, then the rest take a few more days.

It takes up to 5 days for a system to bleed. So don't worry, its not going to cost you your ghz and mhz.

Hood · 26th June 2012, 2:58 PM

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Originally Posted by miicah

I'll put up a few pics in the morning of my cable routing but it just seems that with where the fillport is it's actually impossible to get this thing completely full.

Is there any reason why you are trying completely fill the reservoir? there should be some air in the top of a reservoir to allow for expansion caused by heat.

If the res is the only place you have air bubbles, then all is well

kambo_rambo · 26th June 2012, 3:39 PM

No real non-aesthetic benefit to filling up your res to the top afaik. Although with mine i've noticed condensation inside the res which doesnt look very nice

miicah · 28th June 2012, 1:09 PM

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Originally Posted by kambo_rambo

No real non-aesthetic benefit to filling up your res to the top afaik. Although with mine i've noticed condensation inside the res which doesnt look very nice

Well with this one there is, as it is a horizontal res meaning all the bubbles get recirculated through the pump making a horrible noise.

I managed to fill the last few drops this morning by turning my case upside down and filling through the drain port...

Protip - don't get this res, unless they change the position of the fillport.

Hood · 28th June 2012, 2:08 PM

is that the bay res? which holes are you using in the back of it? the inlet should be the highest one pictured on the left, sounds like your using it as the outlet which would explain why your getting air into your loop.

pro tip, if all else fails RTFM

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Originally Posted by miicah

I managed to fill the last few drops this morning by turning my case upside down and filling through the drain port...

Hold the phone!!! the port in the middle is the FILL port not the drain port, you have it upside down!!!

RHCP · 28th June 2012, 2:59 PM

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If that's the one he's using, then I doubt he's doing anything wrong. These were ridiculous to bleed. Stupid design. I have one sitting in a box somewhere.

RHCP.

miicah · 28th June 2012, 6:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Hood

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is that the bay res? which holes are you using in the back of it? the inlet should be the highest one pictured on the left, sounds like your using it as the outlet which would explain why your getting air into your loop.

Yes that is the res, I'm using the highest one as in the inlet and the lowest one as the outlet, I didn't get the manual because it was from the FS section.

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Hold the phone!!! the port in the middle is the FILL port not the drain port, you have it upside down!!!

Yes it is installed properly, I meant I had a separate drain port on my pump (at the bottom of the case) that I was able to use as an upside down fill port.

kambo_rambo · 28th June 2012, 7:03 PM

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Originally Posted by miicah

Yes it is installed properly, I meant I had a separate drain port on my pump (at the bottom of the case) that I was able to use as an upside down fill port.

If your drain port is pointing down, and your res is in your bays - then that would be a bitch to drain/fill seeing as how high it is. Hence the confusion. If you install it the other way around you can fill from the top and flip it to drain from the bottom.

Hood · 29th June 2012, 9:15 AM

Ahh, so the problem is on the inlet side the water coming in is mixing with air and making bubbles? the outlet should have some gates to stop the air bubble getting back into your system, obviously its doing a crap job at it!

next time you break the loop down, try moving the inlet to one of the lower ports, that should stop the aeration of the water.

sounds like it was in the FS for a reason.

miicah · 29th June 2012, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Hood

Ahh, so the problem is on the inlet side the water coming in is mixing with air and making bubbles?

Basically the fill port on the res is actually lower than the highest possible water level in the res

In the middle, so you can't fill it normally. Really bizzare design choice, although I will admit it looks good front on.

25th June 2012, 10:08 PM	#1
miicah Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Brisbane, QLD Posts: 2,098	Bitspower bay res Does anyone else have one of these? Absolute bitch to bleed, either I am doing something wrong or they are just crap. I'll put up a few pics in the morning of my cable routing but it just seems that with where the fillport is it's actually impossible to get this thing completely full. __________________ i5-750@3.8Ghz\|Custom Loop\|8GB GSKILL F3 DDR3\|ASUS-P7P55D Pro\|MSI 6850OC\|Corsair F120 SSD\|Antec NeoPower 500W\|Antec P182\|Edifier S550

26th June 2012, 12:26 AM	#4
milkguru Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 365	try using a spoon or piece of cut tubing and place it in front of the inlet inside the bay res, helps heaps with bleeding them. not too sure if doable on the bitspower ones though.. __________________ Worklog: Cosmos S: Singularity CPU: i7-930 @ 4.3gHz RAM: 12GB Vengeance + 6GB Ripjaws MOBO: Gigabyte X58A-UD7 GPU: Asus 5850 @ 900/1200 PSU: Corsair AX-850 CASE: Custom CM Cosmos S SOUND CARD: Xonar D2X SPEAKERS: YAMAHA 696 CPU BLOCK: Koolance CPU-370 GRAPHICS BLOCK: EK FC58X0 Asus V2 MOBO BLOCK: EKFB X58A-UD7 v2 RADS: HWL BlackIce GTX 360 + TFC X-Changer 240 PUMP: Laing D5 + Bitspower Top/Modkit RES: Phobya Balancer

26th June 2012, 2:14 PM	#6
WuzzA21 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,138	I find, running a full stress test on my pc heats up the water enough to get the bleed bubbles out. Once the water is hot, i then turn my pc on and off about 6 - 10 times. It gets 80% of the bubbles out straight away, then the rest take a few more days. It takes up to 5 days for a system to bleed. So don't worry, its not going to cost you your ghz and mhz. __________________ W3540 \| EVGA e760 \| HIS 6990 \| 12GB Patriot Viper 2 2000MHz \| 2x Vortex 3's, 1x OS 240gb and 1x GAMES 120gb \| RAID1 2x WD 1TB Caviar Black \| TJ07 \| Corsair AX850w MDPC-X HF \| BI GTX 480 \| EK NB SB \| EK-DDC Dual TOP V.2 \| EK Acetal+Nickel 6990 \| STEALTH 175 RES

26th June 2012, 3:39 PM	#8
kambo_rambo Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Adelaide Posts: 942	No real non-aesthetic benefit to filling up your res to the top afaik. Although with mine i've noticed condensation inside the res which doesnt look very nice __________________ Watercooled Bitfenix Prodigy i7-2600k @ 4.7ghz 1.35v -\|- GB GTX670 @ 1264mhz -\|- Catleap 27" 1440p -\|- ASRock Z77 e-ITX -\|- Intel X-25M G2 160GB -\|- Samsung 830 256GB -\|- Corsair AX750 -\|- Filco MJ2 Cherry Blues + Logitech G9x HP ProLiant Microserver N36L: 8GB RAM, 5x2TB + 1TB OS, GT210 512MB --- ZFS, MythTV, Sickbeard, SAB, XMBC, IR receiver

29th June 2012, 9:15 AM	#14
Hood Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hoth Posts: 569	Ahh, so the problem is on the inlet side the water coming in is mixing with air and making bubbles? the outlet should have some gates to stop the air bubble getting back into your system, obviously its doing a crap job at it! next time you break the loop down, try moving the inlet to one of the lower ports, that should stop the aeration of the water. sounds like it was in the FS for a reason. __________________ Caselabs STH10 build Paracord Tool

28th June 2012, 2:59 PM	#11
RHCP Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Earth 148K BC Posts: 554	[QUOTE=Hood;14511161]image /QUOTE] If that's the one he's using, then I doubt he's doing anything wrong. These were ridiculous to bleed. Stupid design. I have one sitting in a box somewhere. RHCP.