CPU extension cord

[BollyWood401]

Today I connected my cpu connector (the 8 pin the connects in the top right corner of the motherboard) into an cpu extension cord that way I could cable manage it better because it wasn’t long enough. Now that I did this though I notice my CPU cooler is working much harder than it was before. Does this cpu extension cable have anything to do with problem? Also my cpu temps are still staying around the 30 degree Celsius area. The CPU cooler fans are just running faster and harder than before. Only reason I’m asking is because I noticed this issue as soon as I installed the cpu extension cable.

[Votivee]

2 minutes ago, BollyWood401 said:

Does this cpu extension cable have anything to do with problem?

Probably not, but if you have any doubts you can just unplug it and re-attach the original connector temporarily and see if the problem persists.

[Mnky313]

7 minutes ago, BollyWood401 said:

Today I connected my cpu connector (the 8 pin the connects in the top right corner of the motherboard) into an cpu extension cord that way I could cable manage it better because it wasn’t long enough. Now that I did this though I notice my CPU cooler is working much harder than it was before. Does this cpu extension cable have anything to do with problem? Also my cpu temps are still staying around the 30 degree Celsius area. The CPU cooler fans are just running faster and harder than before. Only reason I’m asking is because I noticed this issue as soon as I installed the cpu extension cable.

Generally speaking its just some wires, if they were wired wrong the system would not function at all.

[mariushm]

You probably bumped into the cpu cooler with your fingers when changing cable and maybe loosened one of the clips/screws keeping the cooler pressed down on the cooler. Lose cooler could mean poorer contact between cpu and heatsink which may make the fan spin harder to keep same temperature.

 

 

[BollyWood401]

I’m having trouble finding where the noise is actually coming from I might be wrong about it coming from the CPU cooler. It could be my case fans or my power supply 

[BollyWood401]

23 minutes ago, mariushm said:

You probably bumped into the cpu cooler with your fingers when changing cable and maybe loosened one of the clips/screws keeping the cooler pressed down on the cooler. Lose cooler could mean poorer contact between cpu and heatsink which may make the fan spin harder to keep same temperature.

 

 

 

28 minutes ago, Mnky313 said:

Generally speaking its just some wires, if they were wired wrong the system would not function at all.

 

33 minutes ago, Votivee said:

Probably not, but if you have any doubts you can just unplug it and re-attach the original connector temporarily and see if the problem persists.

I feel so dumb lol I had also installed a new psu shroud also so I took it off right now and I don’t have  the issue anymore, it might have been suffocating my power supply 

[Votivee]

Do you have vents on the bottom of your case so you can flip the PSU?

 

I'd only recommend doing this if your case has feet and is on a hard surface and not sitting on shaggy carpet.