H100i Problems..advice & help needed

darrenkarp · 18 Apr 2014 at 13:22

Hi All,

In non overclocked state with my Zalman fan I had idle temps of 41 degrees and OCCT 5 minute test temps of max 82 degrees.

I've now installed a Corsair Hydro H100i and my idle temps are around 79 degrees!! I won't even bother trying to run the test.

I followed the installation instructions correctly.

Any clue as to what I've done wrong?

Cheers
DK

Something Else · 18 Apr 2014 at 13:56

You haven't installed it correctly or its broken.

Is the receiving power via molex?

ukbilleh · 18 Apr 2014 at 14:00

Check you can hear / see a read out for the pump working.
Check your fans are working.
Check nothing is obstructing the rad or its fans.

Did you apply your thermal paste correctly?

Is the pump / heatsink sufficiently tightened down?

As SE says above power your pump directly off the psu not from the board

shanestatham · 18 Apr 2014 at 14:03

1. Check the sata power is plugged into the psu.
2. Check you havnt bent the 4 holding screws by tightening too tight.

Also ukbilleh the paste is pre applied.

ukbilleh · 18 Apr 2014 at 14:04

shanestatham said:
1. Check the sata power is plugged into the psu.
2. Check you havnt bent the 4 holding screws by tightening too tight.

Also ukbilleh the paste is pre applied.

I wasn't sure if the h100 was new or used? :confused:

To add to think make sure you haven't kinked any of the pipes restricting flow

ghummy · 18 Apr 2014 at 14:21

Go into bios. What's your RPM readout for cpu fan?

If you have connected the pump correctly it should read in the region on 4k and disable any settings which allow it to fluctuate.

The fan cable for the rad should be plugged into any opt_fan header.

Only saying this from personal experience as I had accidently plugged the rad can into cpu fan and the pump fan into opt_fan when it should have been other way round.

skylineboy · 18 Apr 2014 at 14:37

have you moved anything from the base of the cooler?

darrenkarp · 18 Apr 2014 at 16:57

All seems ok now. The problem was that the pump wasn't facing in the right direction. They should emphasise that the pump must sit on the CPU in the correct direction.

Make · 18 Apr 2014 at 18:29

It must have been a sitting issue then; the pump can sit in whatever way you want. It's symmetrical.

However, the backplate only goes in one way; the big hole must be facing the screws.

darrenkarp · 18 Apr 2014 at 18:48

only when the corsair logo on the block matched how it was in the instructions did it start to perform well.

robertchalmers1 · 18 Apr 2014 at 18:54

least its workin now mate thats main thing

darrenkarp · 18 Apr 2014 at 19:18

Yup. Now need to learn to OC!