My 1st ever full build log - likely to need your support!

I've heard that too, I believe it's somewhat of a misnomer...
Sure it may be an issue on some old school mobo's, but it shouldn't be nowadays on a decent brand.
Except for the odd "blower" that's a little irregular in its draw :)

Anyway back on topic, Yozz check your manual...
Perhaps the pump should be hooked directly into the PSU?

I may be wrong but I don't think it has anything to do with there being no draw on the CPU fan header.
The CPU has a probe which auto-shuts things down if the temp gets too high.
I doesn't care whether there's draw on the CPU header or not, just what the CPU temp is.
 
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Just got home from work and I'm now going to attempt to fix this issue. Thanks for the advice so far.

I'm thinking that connecting the pump straight to the PSU may be the solution. I've read that this is highly recommended for the H50 so I assume it would go for the Cool-It too.

The Cool-It Eco was incredibly intuitive to install. However, the instruction manual does leave a lot to be desired and could well turn out to include incorrect details. It states:

1. Connect the FAN power to the CPU FAN connector on the motherboard
2. Connect the ECO/pump power to any other FAN connector on the motherboard.

In my case I have connected the ECO/pump to the PWR_FAN as it is the only one available where it will reach! I have since discovered that this connector is normally intended to monitor the PSU fan?

My mobo, an Asus P6T contains x1 CPU_FAN (4 pin), x1 PWR_FAN (3 pin) and x2 CHA_FANs (3pin).

I'm almost certain that I will now connect the pump to the PSU. However, I did wonder that if I set the PWR_FAN in the bios to ignore as to whether this would also provide a solution in terms of it would no longer be regulated and just provide the full power needed? At the moment with the pump connected to it, it shows fluctuating rpms between 4000 and 4500.
 
Whilst connecting the pump to the psu I took the opportunity to tidy the cables. I'm happy with my effort although I'm sure some of you will spot room for improvement. I know you like pics so here you go:

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I'm now going to do what I've been dreading and that is to run prime! Which stress test do i need to run, small ffts, large ffts or blend? And how long do I need to leave it running?
 
Still haven't run Prime as I still don't know which test to run and more so because I'm probably scared of it after the last run lol.

Have just been playing WW2 Online Battleground Europe for over an hour and kept Core Temp running in the background. Highest core 0 got to was 57c, core 1 got to 52c, core 2 got to 60c and core 3 got to 50c.

Something that confused me when connecting the pump to the psu peripheral was that the pump connector is 3 pin and the psu peripheral was only 2 pins.

Something else I've only just thought about is the bios version, I need to check my current version but I haven't updated it yet. Is anyone able to tell me what the latest version for the Asus P6T is and how you actually go about updating it as this again is something I've never done before.

Also, can anyone explain what EPU-6 Engine and TurboV are as they insist on running at startup?
 
epu6 engine is a power saving program and turbov is an overclocking program. both safe to uninstall if you dont want to use them

latest BIOS version for the P6T is 1004.ROM

download it from the asus website and put it on a usb flash drive
http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us


in the bios go to tools and and theres an option in there to run ez flash, run it and select the flash drive you have the new bios on and run. simple as that
 
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So everything is working better now that it's hooked up to the PSU?
I guess that's all it was, I suspected the fan_header wouldn't be enough.

Yozz76 said:
I'm now going to do what I've been dreading and that is to run prime! Which stress test do i need to run, small ffts, large ffts or blend? And how long do I need to leave it running?
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I can't help you there as I've never used Prime myself.
Been off PC's for a few years, only just coming back to them.

I imagine the program would have some smarts built in though.
Or at at least the CPU would, so I doubt it'd let things get so hot that
damage is sustained!
 
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Highest core 0 got to was 57c, core 1 got to 52c, core 2 got to 60c and core 3 got to 50c.
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Those temps without full load, to me anyway, indicate there is still a problem.

Run Prime and keep an eye on the temps - if it gets over 80 then stop it.
If + how long it takes to hit 80 will be good indicators of a problem.
 
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Those temps without full load, to me anyway, indicate there is still a problem.

Run Prime and keep an eye on the temps - if it gets over 80 then stop it.
If + how long it takes to hit 80 will be good indicators of a problem.
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You are quite right, ran small ffts and took less than a minute for core 2 to get to 80 :(

Going to take side panel off in a moment and see if I can feel any vibrations from the pump as someone else has previously suggested.
 
It might actually be partially cooling on convection alone, but without the pump running it'd be really struggling.
That might explain why it hasn't totally overheat and shut-down...
 
I don't think the pump is working, I have the side panel off now and there is no obvious vibration when you touch it! The pump connecter has 3 holes for the pins but the psu peripheral actually only had 2 prongs, is this normal?
 
Might have my first bit of good news about the cooler in that I think the pump must now be working. However, and you guys will know better than me, I don't think the temps are too flattering. I can live with it for now as I don't plan on overclocking anything for a while, I've got too much too learn before all that. Anyway heres the screen shot I think some of you have been after:

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Cant quite make it out but looks like highs of 74-65-75-59?
At stock these are still quite bad, no longer dangerous but even the stock cooler does better than that iirc.

What did you change to get them lower?

EDIT: on second thoughts I think the stock cooler did just about the same as that on mine.
 
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I think there is something seriously wrong :(

Against my better judgement I have just ran prime95 and within seconds the temps shot up and just kept rising, I got scared when I saw 90c and closed the program. However cpu usage stayed at 100% even after closing prime.
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Just having a quick look through the thread and noticed this comment. Are you aware that to stop Prime, you have to select Test>Stop Test from the menu along the top?

Simply pressing the 'X' in the corner will not stop it running. All that does is minimize it to the tray. Hence why you still saw 100% CPU after 'closing'.
 
You read right BIGBC. Was hoping for better I have to say. I'm now thinking that maybe it still isn't running as efficiently as it should be in that it has a fault or that it is just not very good. Either way I'm confused and I'm now tempted to send it back and go with something else. As to what I did to get through prime, I simply reconnected the pump to the psu peripheral! It is still very hard to tell if the pump is actually working as there is still no obvious noise or vibration.

The thing that is still confusing me is that the pump connecter has 3 holes and the molex peripheral to connect to my psu only has 2 prongs. Is this normal?
 
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The thing that is still confusing me is that the pump connecter has 3 holes and the molex peripheral to connect to my psu only has 2 prongs. Is this normal?
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I believe so, the 3rd just carries the rpm reading for motherboard to monitor.
Ill dig some of mine out and check now.

Ive got 4 different designs here:
1 - male MOLEX to 4xmale fan headers (2pins only)
2 - male and female MOLEX to 1xmale fan (2pins only)
3 - male and female MOLEX to 1xmale fan (3pins) to 1xfemale fan header
4 - variation on #3

The female fan header is used to connect to the motherboard whilst the MOLEX are providing the power.
 
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My 1st instinct was no, but I'm not 100% sure now....
Have you got some other (relatively new) PSU's you can have a look at?

night.
 
Diggsy said:
Just having a quick look through the thread and noticed this comment. Are you aware that to stop Prime, you have to select Test>Stop Test from the menu along the top?

Simply pressing the 'X' in the corner will not stop it running. All that does is minimize it to the tray. Hence why you still saw 100% CPU after 'closing'.
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Is probably the mistake I made tbh.
 
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