[help] Wont boot after installing VGA cooler

Drake22 · 20 Jul 2010 at 18:03

Guys what could be the reason?
I just removed gpu, installed cooler, put it back, and now the PC won't boot.
Just keeps constantly restarting

what have i done wrong? :S
thanks in advance

Orcvader · 20 Jul 2010 at 18:05

Make sure the cooler is on properly. Try the old cooler again.

Muel · 20 Jul 2010 at 18:07

Power cables/seated properly?

Did you connect the fans up when you put the new cooler on?

Drake22 · 20 Jul 2010 at 18:10

yea everything is properly, and fans start working for few sec, and then it restarts, and keeps doing forever

Nerusy · 20 Jul 2010 at 18:11

You could have damaged on the the components OR the thermal paste got on the circuit, if you used arctric silver 5 it is conductive, so if you get in on the vga it would not allow it to start.

Essexraptor · 20 Jul 2010 at 19:34

Nerusy said:
You could have damaged on the the components OR the thermal paste got on the circuit, if you used arctric silver 5 it is conductive, so if you get in on the vga it would not allow it to start.

+1

use mx-2 or mx-3 or ciramic based pastes which are non conductive.

Drake22 · 21 Jul 2010 at 13:01

hello again
i've used the zalman stg2m that came with the cooler

interesting enough, a few hours after i wrote this thread it booted fine, so I thought maybe thermal paste needed to settle or something, so i left it, and it worked fine for about 5 hours, but then PC crashed and same thing happened, couldnt boot for an hour, gave up, went to sleep, and this morning it booted fine again... what the hell -//