rad broken?

[taintedplay]

I dropped my black ice gtx 4 feet onto concrete. The edges are dented in, but no holes in the frame (missing paint though). A screw hit and made a hole in a small section of the fins. How will i know if it works? Should i just add it to my soon to be water cooling loop and put paper around it and see if it leaks?

[Aud1073cH]

I'd test it outside your rig first.

you could test by hooking up some spare tubing, dunk the thing in some soapy water, and blow in the tubes (plug one tube, blow in the other) and see if any bubbles come out.

or (better) is to test with liquid. like run the cooling sytem with no computer on some paper or cardboard for a few hours so you can see if any is leaking.

good luck man :think:

[si-skyline]

you should be oki.. if the screw only went thu the fins.. if it went thu a tube in the rad thats a differnt problem..

you could just fill the rad up with water and cap it and leave it for a while

another way is to block one end and blow thu the other. if you cant build up pressure with your mouth or you hear a hiss then its got a hole.

[Spawn-Inc]

just fill with water then put pressure in the system and if it leaks, you got one.