Advice Needed

[fantoc1]

Hi all,

This is going to sound strange, but here it goes.

I have decided to clean up inside of the case and take all the fans and radiators off to give them a good clean 3 days ago. I was able to do all OK, assembled the system back up and all was fine. Few hours into the session that same day I noticed that my (corsair H100i GTX) started to rev up and down for no apparent reason (never did that before) so I opened up the app and noticed the CPU temp spiking up to 70C with almost no load at all, so I am thinking I am going to change the paste on the CPU. Opened up the case again, changed the paste reassembled and all seemed OK that day until the next day (which was yesterday) it started to rev up again.

I re-downloaded Prime95 and HWMonitor and literally after running the Prime95 for 30 seconds the CPU Temps are up at 100C so I shut it down immediately. I am pretty sure that's waaaay high of a temsp for my CPU i7 6700k oc'ed to 4.2Ghz. When idle temps are 35C

I am work now, but want to look into this, this evening but not sure where to start as I have re-seated the CPU, reapplied the paste and all seemed OK there.

What could be causing this possibly? How to go about eliminating what is the problem here? Could I have done something with the pump when I cleaned it?

Any opinions / advice is highly appreciated on this?

 

[fantoc1]

Thanks for a quick reply. Let's say it is a dying pump - how to establish if it is or not?, and since I am out of the game a little now, is corsair still relevant?

What AIO's are good these days for my setup there?

 

[fantoc1]

I was playing with the settings under the corsair for the pump and setting it to a higher rmp.
When I touch the pump - I can't feel anything I suppose that I should feel something. Even when changing the RPM I don't notice a change at all.

What is the best way to determine a dead pump???

 

[fantoc1]

My AiO pump makes a little noise when it's in operation, to the point where I dial back its voltage just a touch to quiet it. Maybe kill your case fans, let the GPU idle, and just listen... if you can't hear anything at all then I'd be very suspicious that it's not doing anything.

Stupid question, but you did plug it back in to the same MB header it was in before, yus? Not got the power cable flopping around down the back of the case un-noticed?

Yah I connected everything OK . Just a did a quick prime95 now, for about 4m of running the temps stayed at 68C, which is normal, then all of a sudden after 4m it peaked straight to 100C and I switched it off. Something is not right for sure, look like a pump alright I think? Not sure what other tests I can do xD

EDIT:

It's strange, if it was a dead pump I guess the IDLE temps would not be 25C, but much more than this. Not sure where to go from here xD. Tubes and radiator are all stone cold.

 

[fantoc1]

Think they've got 5 years warranty on it, so I'd be contacting Corsair.

Not sure I wanna wait out the process, might just get a new set faster..

Would spikes like these be normal when at idle?

 

[fantoc1]

That's a clue though

Clue to what? xD