New watercooling woes...

Andybtsn · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:16

My Thermaltake Tai-Chi arrived today with the watercooling already attached etc...

I wanted quietness really and it does that fine, but the CPU is totally overheating. Once I turn the machine on it's at 76oC, but gets to 90oC+ then turns off..

I don't know what's wrong though, the water tubes are getting quite hot and as is the cooler on the CPU

I can see the water going down etc, any ideas?

Also what the wire that comes off the CPU, does that just plug into a Fan socket?

Cheers!

agw_01 · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:18

So you can see the water moving? You shouldn't be able to see it moving if the system is free from air locks.

Are you sure the pump works/rad fans are moving?

Did you use thermal paste?

Andybtsn · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:31

Well i can see it moving in the outer tube...

All the fans are working, I suppose I can't tell if the rad is working?

And yes, thermal paste was used

kinggost · 1 Mar 2006 at 22:58

is the cpu block got good contact because mine once did that on some air cooling i had it was i had to much cpu paste on my cpu

HeadlessChicken · 1 Mar 2006 at 23:01

If the loop is working (i.e pump and fan obviousley working) then the problem is almost certainly a poor cpu block mount.

Andybtsn · 2 Mar 2006 at 00:02

Ah, sorted it, a mixture of air in tubes and not a lot of water (me not reading instructions!) All working good now...

2 things though.

The cpu is runnung at 34oC, is that a decent temp?

I plugged the two 120cm fans in also, is it possible to use a program to turn them on/off from Windows? As there quite loud!

Cheers

Davey D · 2 Mar 2006 at 09:05

you could always fit a nice fan controller in to one of the many slots on the TaiChi case

Dutch Guy · 2 Mar 2006 at 12:05

andybtsn said:
I plugged the two 120cm fans in also, is it possible to use a program to turn them on/off from Windows? As there quite loud!

What I did was unplug the front two fans on my case and I switched the rear fan for a very quiet one.

I have my watercooling rad externally though so all heat produced by the CPU isn't heating up the case.

Other option for the fans is to run them at 7V by connecting them to the yellow and red wire off a molex or use a fancontroller.