1st time build...connecting AIO to ASUS mobo...

freddie64 said:
SATA power will be 2 wires as it will run full speed all the time.

Looking at your photos, you may be best remounting the pump so the tubes are next to the RAM.

The way you have it, waterflow is going across the CPU and not cooling efficiently. (that's my thinking and i may be wrong)

Oh and i forgot to remove the sticker on my Arctic. :o:D

May be look into undervolting the CPU as that will reduce temps as well.
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Thanks, I'll remount with tubes next to ram. I did try the SATA but it didn't change anything with the temp.

Any idea how to undervolt the CPU??
 
Grim5 said:
Stop guessing and check your motherboard's manual, I can 100% gaurantee you the manual will tell you which port should be used to power your AIO
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When I built my PC a few days ago CPU_OPT was for the fan\pump of the AIO and the CPU_FAN was for the fans. They where right next to each other as well.
 
Grim5 said:
I don't know what the cause from improper installation here is, but my 2c anyway:

The fact that the cpu starts at 30c at idle and then rises to 80c at idle is very telling. This high temp and unmanaged rise means no heat is dissipated through the radiator or block.

Here are some causes for these temps:

* Pump is not spinning - pump may be dead or is not receiving power

* Sticker on the base plate

* No thermal paste applied

* Incorrect mounting of the block

* Fans not spinning



With the PC at idle, try to put your ear near the block and listen for pump noise - all pumps make noises, you should hear the motor and also hear noises of bubbles - if you do not, pump is not spinning and is dead or has no power
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Cheers Grim, it's not the sticker or paste and fans are spinning. I will try to listen to the pump when I get in and will take the guidance of you and others on here and remount the pump with the tubes facing the RAM. Just need to buy more thermal paste ...
 
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Grim5 said:
Stop guessing and check your motherboard's manual, I can 100% gaurantee you the manual will tell you which port should be used to power your AIO. Should never be guessing when working with power, this is how PC parts get killed when you connect them to the wrong port
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Im not guessing it's In the video I was checking CPU opt being disabled, so I went to check which came up with conflicting info.

Did you go check the manual and find the 100% difinative answer ? I guess not just easier to pick fault with people trying to help.
 
mickyflinn said:
Im not guessing it's In the video I was checking CPU opt being disabled, so I went to check which came up with conflicting info.

Did you go check the manual and find the 100% difinative answer ? I guess not just easier to pick fault with people trying to help.
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When i asked about CPU opt, i did not know if you could disable it and the video i posted clearly shows the guy plugging the pump into CPU opt.

I have just checked the manual and quick start guide and i could not see any mention of where to plug in a AIO. (unless i missed it)
 
freddie64 said:
When i asked about CPU opt, i did not know if you could disable it and the video i posted clearly shows the guy plugging the pump into CPU opt.

I have just checked the manual and quick start guide and i could not see any mention of where to plug in a AIO. (unless i missed it)
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No problem brother, was trying to clarify myself .

I too checked the manual and it's not made clear but at least you and I was trying to help , not like grim telling people what to do but not taking the time to do it himself.
 
Thanks for checking the manual gents, I had looked myself as well but couldn't see anything.

I've ordered some more paste and will remove and reposition the pump tomorrow and let you know how it goes . Really appreciate the help.
 
Doesn't really matter whether you run the fans or pump on cpufan or cpuopt. For this mobo it'll both be 1A headers which should still be enough to handle 2 fans or a pump. (As long as they're both enabled in bios :cry: )
 
Morning Tammzy, I'm planning to remount the cooler later today but it would be worth checking the headers are enabled in BIOS first just in case. When I have the pump connected to CPU OPT, it just shows as N/A in the BIOS fan monitor so it's hard to tell?

The lights are on the pump and fans are spinning, I can feel vibrations on the tubes (could just be the fans making them vibrate for all I know), and any pump sound is hard to make out as the fans are fairly noisy and the pump itself is meant to be a pretty quiet one. Thanks again.
 
I'd be tempted to say try the pump connected to a chassis fan connector and just ensure it's set to manual and 100%. That would at least rule out CPU_OPT being the wrong one.

Looking at the manual for the board it isn't very useful at all!

EDIT: If you have a splitter it is also worth trying to run the pump and fans off of the same connector as then you can reasonably safely assume if the fans are running the pump should be running.
 
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Glad it wasn't just me with the manual.... Good shout on the splitter, I'll try that out - assume the header would cope with the load from those 2 on a splitter? Then I'd put the other fan to a general fan header.
 
I'd be very surprised if a fan header struggled to run two fans and a pump. Lots of modern AIO coolers are designed to run off of a single connector to limite cable clutter.
 
DaveGwarn said:
When I have the pump connected to CPU OPT, it just shows as N/A in the BIOS fan monitor so it's hard to tell?
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Not quite sure why it should show NA. The pump should give out an rpm reading so either the pump isn't working or the header is not working (or configured incorrectly)
Easy way to tell is to swap the fans/pump around or to run all off a single header as already mentioned
 
Afternoon all, tried the changes above but temp still rises from the point I turn on the PC and particularly ramps when I launch any applications. I have also tried capping the CPU frequency to 70% of max which helped marginally.

When power save was activated it reduced wattage going through the CPU which helped but as soon as I launch anything it starts to ramp up temps quickly to high levels 85c then I shut down.

Will try the pump reposition later, the paste is due to arrive at some point this evening...
 
It worked!!

Steps :

Removed old (stock) paste with alcohol wipes, changed the paste to Arctic MX4, changed application method from a pea sized dot previously to spreading a thin layer across the CPU with a plastic spatula.
I remounted the pump with the tubes side on instead of at the bottom, plus made sure I didn't overtighten the pump onto the CPU.

Really appreciate the help from everyone to get this fixed, saved me a bunch of money. HNY!
 
DaveGwarn said:
It worked!!

Steps :

Removed old (stock) paste with alcohol wipes, changed the paste to Arctic MX4, changed application method from a pea sized dot previously to spreading a thin layer across the CPU with a plastic spatula.
I remounted the pump with the tubes side on instead of at the bottom, plus made sure I didn't overtighten the pump onto the CPU.

Really appreciate the help from everyone to get this fixed, saved me a bunch of money. HNY!
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Glad you have managed to get it working.
 
DaveGwarn said:
It worked!!

Steps :

Removed old (stock) paste with alcohol wipes, changed the paste to Arctic MX4, changed application method from a pea sized dot previously to spreading a thin layer across the CPU with a plastic spatula.
I remounted the pump with the tubes side on instead of at the bottom, plus made sure I didn't overtighten the pump onto the CPU.

Really appreciate the help from everyone to get this fixed, saved me a bunch of money. HNY!
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Nice one.

Where did you plug the pump in to in the end and what are your temps now?
 
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