Overheating at idle.

[Wingnut85]

Hi people. I bought a used gigabyte ga z170n wifi mobo and it keeps overheating at idle. If I leave it on it will show a BSOD. I have reapplied the thermal paste four times with the same results. I'm running a 6700k that's being cooled with a h60. I know the chip and cooler are fine. I just pulled them off a h170 wifi. Any suggestions what to try next? I'm pretty new to this. Thanks

[WhitetailAni]

What temps?
And what error code with the BSOD?

[Wingnut85]

I can run it again to find out what code. It was getting into the 90s fairly quickly

[Radium_Angel]

6 minutes ago, Wingnut85 said:

Hi people. I bought a used gigabyte ga z170n wifi mobo and it keeps overheating at idle. If I leave it on it will show a BSOD. I have reapplied the thermal paste four times with the same results. I'm running a 6700k that's being cooled with a h60. I know the chip and cooler are fine. I just pulled them off a h170 wifi. Any suggestions what to try next? I'm pretty new to this. Thanks

How do you know heat is the root cause?

[Wingnut85]

I'm watching the temps with core temp. It's getting onto the 90s at idle.

[Digideath]

14 minutes ago, Wingnut85 said:

I'm watching the temps with core temp. It's getting onto the 90s at idle.

Can you confirm that the h60 pump is actually working? Is it connected to a fan header? Can you see the rpm of the pump?

[Wingnut85]

Yes it was connected. I don't know how to see the rpm of the pump? Is there a program for that? I did check the hoses and one was definitely warmer than the other.

[Wingnut85]

Yes it was connected. I don't know how to see the rpm of the pump? Is there a program for that? I did check the hoses and one was definitely warmer than the other.

[Wingnut85]

I just reapplied pate fired it up then got this "boot and select proper boot device". Could the temps be caused if I did not reinstall windows to a clean ssd? I just moved the old drive to the new board. I read that if the motherboards are similar enough you can swap then and windows will install the needed drivers. 

[Wingnut85]

Is it normal for cpu temps to raise in bios. It got up to 60 with the fan at 1800 rpm in bios. It was still climbing when I shut it off

 

[Radium_Angel]

52 minutes ago, Wingnut85 said:

Is it normal for cpu temps to raise in bios. It got up to 60 with the fan at 1800 rpm in bios. It was still climbing when I shut it off

 

No, that is not normal unless your CPU cooler isn't working.

[Wingnut85]

I just installed all the same parts on the other mobo. Same problem. Do water coolers usually die that quickly?

[Convictions]

1 hour ago, Wingnut85 said:

I just installed all the same parts on the other mobo. Same problem. Do water coolers usually die that quickly?

Not sure how old your cooler is. They'll usually last several years.

[Wingnut85]

I bought it used so I don't know.  I just watched a video on how to position them. I was doing it wrong.

[Convictions]

2 minutes ago, Wingnut85 said:

I bought it used so I don't know.  I just watched a video on how to position them. I was doing it wrong.

Lol, well, that will do it.

[Wingnut85]

. I hear a lot of sloshing when I shake it. Might it just need to be topped off?

[Radium_Angel]

1 hour ago, Wingnut85 said:

. I hear a lot of sloshing when I shake it. Might it just need to be topped off?

Most AIOs that I know of are sealed. But if the pump isn't working right, the water can't do its job. Never buy a used AIO.

[Wingnut85]

I wouldn't. It came with a mini itx build