What's wrong with my Tuniq?

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Hey everyone

I recently purchased a Tuniq Tower to run on my Q6600, and the temps I am getting are a lot higher at idle than many others seem to be getting. Here's a readout:

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These temps seem to be a bit wrong for a Tuniq Tower. I was expecting a lot less. I have noticed that the fan readout is 1172rpm and that's supposedly set to the high setting using the variable speed control supplied with the cooler, but there must be something wrong somewhere. I haven't tried turning it the other way yet, but I know that it is definitely set to high as I double-checked it last night after discovering how hot it was all running. The BIOS reckons that the fan is running at about 700rpm so one of the readouts is definitely wrong.

Anyone have any other suggestions? Have there been any issues with the speed control being labelled the wrong way around or anything else along these lines? I know I should be getting lower temps than I currently have.

Thanks :)
 
Remove it and check your thermal paste is making good contact between both surfaces.

You may need to tighten the retaining screws a bit more.

Does your case have good airflow? What are the temps of other internal components?
 
Those temps aren't that bad for a Quad set up. However...

1. You can easily tell whether the fan is high or low. If it sounds like a hurricane, its high, otherwise its low :)

2. Reverse the fan? I don't understand the physics, but it worked for me - saved 6C - see the other thread for Tuniq owners.
 
Orange Peel said:
Remove it and check your thermal paste is making good contact between both surfaces.

You may need to tighten the retaining screws a bit more.

Does your case have good airflow? What are the temps of other internal components?
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I've tightened the screws as much as I can without it warping the board too much. I have a long way to go still before the mobo starts making the faint cracking noise it usually makes when being strained (I tightened them up to their max before but the board was flexing quite a lot) but I don't know if I want it that tight. At the moment the cooler doesn't twist without a bit of effort from me (twisting as described to distribute the paste which is AS5).

Kirth Gersen said:
Those temps aren't that bad for a Quad set up. However...

1. You can easily tell whether the fan is high or low. If it sounds like a hurricane, its high, otherwise its low :)

2. Reverse the fan? I don't understand the physics, but it worked for me - saved 6C - see the other thread for Tuniq owners.
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The fan control must be the wrong way around because the fan actually doesn't make much noise at all. I can't hear it over my 2900 Pro so I will check the speed control unit this evening to see if perhaps it has been labelled up the wrong way around.

I will also adjust the fan unit within the Tuniq to work in conjunction with the current case fan toward the back of the system.

Just for comparison, my old setup (Athlon 64 3200) ran at around 37 - 39 under full load, with a case temp of around 30.
 
Hmmz ok, that's not good.

I've had the whole system apart and I've now discovered that the reason my temps were so high was because the CPU fan power connector on the motherboard is broken! It's a 4-pin with a 3-pin back part so I can only plug it in one way, and it won't function at all. I have hooked up the fan to the Northbridge fan power connector and the fan is now running (I can also hear it, it's loud so I've dropped the speed down). I can't see how fast the fan is running now because there doesn't appear to be a speed sensor for the Northbridge cooler.

Anyway, it's all working now and my temps are over 10°C lower :D

I can't believe that my system didn't fry. It has been on all day. Despite having the BIOS options set for CPU fan fail etc, it didn't notify at all when I built it the other night. Well, I suppose 47°C idle with no CPU fan is quite respectable :p

What I also don't get is why the BIOS and Speedfan were both registering the fan as spinning, when it clearly wasn't. Is this a bad sign for my motherboard? Is there anything I can do to get the CPU fan onto a sensor that will show the RPM readouts?
 
When i was putting in my Heatsink, Akasa Evo 120, i was just closing the it up when i caught my hand on the fan, [Big fan = pain] and it stopped moving.. I was like "Oh You cannot be serious!" Then i realised i hit out the Fans cable to the mobo :D
 
my Q6600 at 3.2, idles at 38/40 under the TT, thats with an Amber 120 at full tilt! im looking to go to 3.6 on a new board, but to acheive that i may have to go to water :eek:
 
Your system is hardly going to fry in an unclocked state and with a Tuniq sitting on top of the chip. My e2160 is quite heavily clocked, but like your system, idles in the 40s C without a fan.
 
ive just fitted a tuniq today couldnt find my mx2 thermal paste so had to use the paste that came with it,got it running at 2000rpm and the temps have gone up on this compared to my standard intel fan,the tuniq seems tight but the bolts feel as if they can keep going in,any ideas please,and its a noisey thing
 
sunderland said:
ive just fitted a tuniq today couldnt find my mx2 thermal paste so had to use the paste that came with it,got it running at 2000rpm and the temps have gone up on this compared to my standard intel fan,the tuniq seems tight but the bolts feel as if they can keep going in,any ideas please,and its a noisey thing
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Sounds like its not seated level. Take it off and try again.
 
will do and just found my mx2 paste so might stick some of that on cheers,p.s do you just keep screwing these bolts in till they go no more or is it just down to feel
 
sunderland said:
will do and just found my mx2 paste so might stick some of that on cheers,p.s do you just keep screwing these bolts in till they go no more or is it just down to feel
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I'm not 100% sure. Most people seem to tighten them up until its finger tight. Anymore seems to bend the motherboard which isnt preferable.

Aslong as its got good contact and it secure it should be OK!
 
i thought putting the crappy intel ones on were nasty with just a click but these,well took it back of cleaned it down put some mx2 paste on and put it back on,not as tight as before with the fan blowing to the back of the pc thats right isnt it,well this is tems after 20 mins,also room is quite a bit warmer than normal
 
sunderland said:
i thought putting the crappy intel ones on were nasty with just a click but these,well took it back of cleaned it down put some mx2 paste on and put it back on,not as tight as before with the fan blowing to the back of the pc thats right isnt it,well this is tems after 20 mins,also room is quite a bit warmer than normal
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seems about the same as me, and mine is stuck away under a desk with a lack of air circ

EDIT, infact your whole setup is pretty much similar to mine

EDIT 2: are you able to twist your tuniq side to side with ease? i can, maybe i need to tighten a bit more
 
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I fitted my Tuniq Tower today on an E2180 - just screwed it down until it couldn't slide across the IHS, then another turn just to make sure good contact.
 
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