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old gamer · 6 Feb 2015 at 11:29

whyscotty said:
You did remove the plastic film from the cooler b4 fitting?

pwncic · 6 Feb 2015 at 11:55

@whyscotty - lol, i removed the plastic. Also I think it wouldn't fit with that plastic.

@lego - correct me if I'm wrong, pump is getting power from usb cable, mine is connected to MB. How can I connect it to PSU?
My PSU is corsair rm850W. I think I don't have right cable to connect pump with psu. What kind of cable is that and in which connector should I plug it in?

http://www.corsair.com/en/rm-series-rm850-80-plus-gold-certified-power-supply

whyscotty · 6 Feb 2015 at 12:03

pwncic said:
@whyscotty - lol, i removed the plastic. Also I think it wouldn't fit with that plastic.

You'd be surprised how many fell foul of this

old gamer · 6 Feb 2015 at 12:03

been a while since i fitted mine but im sure there was a lead that connected the psu sata, might have just been the fans but cant remember off hand

Marine-RX179 · 6 Feb 2015 at 12:16

whyscotty said:
You'd be surprised how many fell foul of this

I almost did that installing the CoolerMaster 120V yesterday

It's not so much the case of not knowing there's a plastic firm there, but more of the case of "only started out as checking if the pump would line up properly with the mount, and it was already touching the CPU without realising". So the grain size of thermal paste that was on the CPU ended up on the pump's plastic firm, and I had to remove the firm, and reapply the paste

tommybhoy · 6 Feb 2015 at 12:17

pwncic said:
Nope, I can't hear pump at all, I thought maybe it should work so silent...
I just hear fans.

You are powering the actual pump?

It's either sata or cpu fan powered.

whyscotty · 6 Feb 2015 at 12:19

Marine-RX179 said:
I almost did that installing the CoolerMaster 120V yesterday

It's not so much the case of not knowing there's a plastic firm there, but more of the case of "only started out as checking if the pump would line up properly with the mount, and it was already touching the CPU without realising". So the grain size of thermal paste that was on the CPU ended up on the pump's plastic firm, and I had to remove the firm, and reapply the paste

Only reason I asked is well.....

nutsnut · 6 Feb 2015 at 12:35

My H80 was powered via Molex, I think the H80i is powered via Sata?

My H105 is powered via CPU fan header, double check yours to make sure you are powering the pump.

pwncic · 6 Feb 2015 at 12:35

@tommybhoy - I'm not sure if I understand you, but pump is powered over usb cable, here is the image of cables that come with h80i:

nutsnut · 6 Feb 2015 at 13:34

Reviews state the pump requires Sata for power.

The last step is to plug the fans into the water block and connect the system’s three cables (SATA for power, fans, and USB cable for the software) into their respective plugs.

http://www.maximumpc.com/corsair_h80i_review_2013

pwncic · 6 Feb 2015 at 13:47

aaa, yes you are right, I didn't remember correctly, I'm not near my PC now so i can't look. When i come home i'll check that

xGBHxPegasus · 6 Feb 2015 at 13:47

nutsnut said:
Reviews state the pump requires Sata for power.

http://www.maximumpc.com/corsair_h80i_review_2013

Correct, the cable on the right is the one which allows the software to control it

Should look like this:

pwncic · 6 Feb 2015 at 13:51

i have that cable, i forgot about that, it is plugged correctly to MB.

tommybhoy · 6 Feb 2015 at 13:55

pwncic said:
@tommybhoy - I'm not sure if I understand you, but pump is powered over usb cable

Power is hardwired into the pump, usb doesn't power it:

xGBHxPegasus · 6 Feb 2015 at 13:56

pwncic said:
i have that cable, i forgot about that, it is plugged correctly to MB.

What about the big one on the left? Thats the actual power, the one which plugs into the MB is so the bios can tell it what speed to run at (I think?).

Marine-RX179 · 6 Feb 2015 at 14:20

pwncic said:
i have that cable, i forgot about that, it is plugged correctly to MB.

What about the left flat header cable that says "SATA Power"? Have you connected a SATA power cable from your PSU to that?

old gamer · 6 Feb 2015 at 14:46

just had a check of mine and pump is 2196 and idle temp is 27c (it is a bit nippy in my room) I will fire up prime and see load temps

old gamer · 6 Feb 2015 at 14:58

at 100% load my 3770k is 56c with the h80i but you can add another 10c because it bloody cold here

nutsnut · 6 Feb 2015 at 18:48

My 3770k at 4.5 reach 80 under full load.

With my H105 at 4.8 it hits 65c.

pwncic · 6 Feb 2015 at 23:28

I've reinstalled OS and all drivers, still with h80i had very high cpu temp and pump started to produce really weird crackling sound. After that i removed h80i and i put Intel stock cooler. Temps were ok, around 50°C. Then i was updating system with gigabyte APP center. I clicked to update BIOS, I already had G1.Sniper Z87 F3 version of BIOS, and wanted to check if there is new one.
So i "re-update" with the same version again. After restart my CPU temps are 90°C again!! And i cant lower them!
Don't know what to do really, except another reinstall of whole system