High CPU Temp Issue

[Fetttty]

Hello, I just built my new PC yesterday and I've been having issues with it turning itself off. I'm 95% sure its just the CPU just overheating as in the bios its hitting 90C instantly then climbing up to 99C. It kind of boots up fine but did not post initially, sometimes it turns on then turns off fast then I'll have to drain the power from the system and wait a few minutes then usually boots up again. However, when it's prompted to restart while windows was setting up, it just turns off and doesn't restart so not entirely sure if that's the same problem. I managed to setup windows, painfully, but after getting windows installed the PC just runs super slow so confirming its a CPU overheating issue. The CPU cooler I'm using is a corsair AIO, https://www.newegg.com/corsair-liquid-cooling-397mm-amd-am5-am4-strx4-intel-1700-1200-115x-2066-2011-3-2011-white/p/N82E16835181335?Item=N82E16835181335 . I've tried to ensure that its getting full contact and judging by the thermal paste on the CPU, it seems like its getting pressure on it. But something is clearly not working and I'm pretty stuck trying to get my CPU to actually get cooled, my first time trying to setup an AIO but 3rd PC build.

 

Full PC Specs - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HqmMcx 

[Hinjima]

18 minutes ago, Fetttty said:

Hello, I just built my new PC yesterday and I've been having issues with it turning itself off. I'm 95% sure its just the CPU just overheating as in the bios its hitting 90C instantly then climbing up to 99C. It kind of boots up fine but did not post initially, sometimes it turns on then turns off fast then I'll have to drain the power from the system and wait a few minutes then usually boots up again. However, when it's prompted to restart while windows was setting up, it just turns off and doesn't restart so not entirely sure if that's the same problem. I managed to setup windows, painfully, but after getting windows installed the PC just runs super slow so confirming its a CPU overheating issue. The CPU cooler I'm using is a corsair AIO, https://www.newegg.com/corsair-liquid-cooling-397mm-amd-am5-am4-strx4-intel-1700-1200-115x-2066-2011-3-2011-white/p/N82E16835181335?Item=N82E16835181335 . I've tried to ensure that its getting full contact and judging by the thermal paste on the CPU, it seems like its getting pressure on it. But something is clearly not working and I'm pretty stuck trying to get my CPU to actually get cooled, my first time trying to setup an AIO but 3rd PC build.

 

Full PC Specs - https://pcpartpicker.com/list/HqmMcx 

 

 

Some AIO pumps come with a plastic sticker on the bottom, did you check to remove this?

When you get to such a high temperature, are the tubes coming out of the pump warm to the touch?
If they are not then the water is not circulating and the pump is either dead or not spinning.

 

The AIO radiator should also be above the pump and not below due to you want the small air bubbles to be trapped in the radiator and not the pump itself.

[Fetttty]

7 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

Some AIO pumps come with a plastic sticker on the bottom, did you check to remove this?

When you get to such a high temperature, are the tubes coming out of the pump warm to the touch?
If they are not then the water is not circulating and the pump is either dead or not spinning.

 

The AIO radiator should also be above the pump and not below due to you want the small air bubbles to be trapped in the radiator and not the pump itself.

If you are referring to the plastic covering the thermal paste then yes I removed that, however after turning the PC on and letting it run the radiator tubes aren't warm to the touch at all. The AIO is mounted correctly with radiator on top pump on bottom and is plugged into cpu fan slot and fan controller. No dedicated AIO_pump fan slot on mobo. 

[Hinjima]

1 minute ago, Fetttty said:

If you are referring to the plastic covering the thermal paste then yes I removed that, however after turning the PC on and letting it run the radiator tubes aren't warm to the touch at all. The AIO is mounted correctly with radiator on top pump on bottom and is plugged into cpu fan slot and fan controller. No dedicated AIO_pump fan slot on mobo. 

Okay.  So if the CPU temp is 90-96c and the tubes are not warm to the touch at all then the pump is not spinning and the water is not circulating.

At that high of a temp with water circulating the tubes would be noticeably warm to the touch, especially the one that is moving water from the pump to the radiator.

 

At this point I would look into trying other fan connectors.

[Imakuni]

8 minutes ago, Fetttty said:

The AIO is mounted correctly with radiator on top pump on bottom

So you're saying the pictures you posted are either outdated, or they / the PC is upside down? Because the above is CLEARLY not the case.

 

NVm IM stupid.

[freeagent]

Why do you have your radiator upside down?

[nano_705]

14 minutes ago, Fetttty said:

If you are referring to the plastic covering the thermal paste then yes I removed that, however after turning the PC on and letting it run the radiator tubes aren't warm to the touch at all. The AIO is mounted correctly with radiator on top pump on bottom and is plugged into cpu fan slot and fan controller. No dedicated AIO_pump fan slot on mobo. 

Do you have another cooler? Any could do. Try swapping the cooler and see if the temps are better. If they are actually better, maybe you need to return your AIO.

3 minutes ago, freeagent said:

Why do you have your radiator upside down?

That's actually a better way to mount the radiator, compared to "downside up".

[Fetttty]

14 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

Okay.  So if the CPU temp is 90-96c and the tubes are not warm to the touch at all then the pump is not spinning and the water is not circulating.

At that high of a temp with water circulating the tubes would be noticeably warm to the touch, especially the one that is moving water from the pump to the radiator.

 

At this point I would look into trying other fan connectors.

I tried using a slot next to the CPU_Fan that is called CPU_Opt and it does the same thing, but I confirmed that the pipes are vibrating fans are spinning so I do believe the pump is working. The CPU temp is actually getting up to 100C, and the tubes that are near the CPU are hot but not anywhere else. This leads me to believe I still have it mounted incorrectly somehow. 

[Fetttty]

2 minutes ago, nano_705 said:

Do you have another cooler? Any could do. Try swapping the cooler and see if the temps are better. If they are actually better, maybe you need to return your AIO.

That's actually a better way to mount the radiator, compared to "downside up".

I actually do have a noctua air cooler that I'm considering at this point but I really wanted to fix it if possible. I suppose I could mount the air cooler with the radiator still mounted in the case just to check. 

[nano_705]

1 minute ago, Fetttty said:

I actually do have a noctua air cooler that I'm considering at this point but I really wanted to fix it if possible. I suppose I could mount the air cooler with the radiator still mounted in the case just to check. 

Yes. That's what I'm suggesting you to do, just checking if the AIO cooler is defective or not.

[PDifolco]

14 minutes ago, Fetttty said:

I actually do have a noctua air cooler that I'm considering at this point but I really wanted to fix it if possible. I suppose I could mount the air cooler with the radiator still mounted in the case just to check. 

First you shouldn't put the AIO rad on the bottom, as the pump is the highest point and will trap air bubbles

Either it already has or just doesn't work, 96C in BIOS means there's no cooling at all

Can you check pump speed in BIOS ?

[freeagent]

He watched Steve's video and took it to heart that he meant every AIO.

[Fetttty]

12 minutes ago, PDifolco said:

First you shouldn't put the AIO rad on the bottom, as the pump is the highest point and will trap air bubbles

Either it already has or just doesn't work, 96C in BIOS means there's no cooling at all

Can you check pump speed in BIOS ?

ummm I didn't put the AIO Rad on the bottom it's on the top? The tubes are in fact not the highest point, refer to picture. I was unable to find pump speed in bios as it just shows fans that are directly connected to mobo not showing fan hub fans. After mounting the cooler for the 3rd time I was able to decrease my temps down to 85ish in bios. While I was unscrewing the mount however, I noticed that the screws didn't feel equally tight so I tried my best to fix that and got slightly lower temps.

[Fetttty]

15 minutes ago, freeagent said:

He watched Steve's video and took it to heart that he meant every AIO.

AIO's are all mounted the same way they don't differ in mounting process?

[PDifolco]

5 hours ago, Fetttty said:

ummm I didn't put the AIO Rad on the bottom it's on the top? The tubes are in fact not the highest point, refer to picture. I was unable to find pump speed in bios as it just shows fans that are directly connected to mobo not showing fan hub fans. After mounting the cooler for the 3rd time I was able to decrease my temps down to 85ish in bios. While I was unscrewing the mount however, I noticed that the screws didn't feel equally tight so I tried my best to fix that and got slightly lower temps.

Ok I mis-looked at your pic and thought the AIO rad was bottom, where is it side, that's ok, sorry !

Even 85C in BIOS is absolutely not normal it should be 40C tops... Your AIO doesn't work

Is there a way to put the pump in a board header so you can check if it runs ?