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testing a mobo with cooling kit

X3r0
By X3r0
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Every video i see, people test that there mobo will post, before they install it into the case. They install the stock cpu fan before they install any other aftermarket fan/cooler. My issue is that i dont have a stock fan. All i have is a h100i. my mobo is a x99 and cpu is 5820k. What would be my best option to test the mobo? Should i install everything in the case and attach my h100i in case in hopes that is post's or should I put it together with the h100i outside of the case then take it apart, reapply thermal paste and finally install if it does indeed post? I'm not really sure what i should do.

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Every video i see, people test that there mobo will post, before they install it into the case. They install the stock cpu fan before they install any other aftermarket fan/cooler. My issue is that i dont have a stock fan. All i have is a h100i. my mobo is a x99 and cpu is 5820k. What would be my best option to test the mobo? Should i install everything in the case and attach my h100i in case in hopes that is post's or should I put it together with the h100i outside of the case then take it apart, reapply thermal paste and finally install if it does indeed post? I'm not really sure what i should do.

I'd just throw it in the case and hope for the best. 

 

/you can also put the h100i on it, test it and then just put the h100i and mobo in the case all at once (you don't have to remove it). 

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Every video i see, people test that there mobo will post, before they install it into the case. They install the stock cpu fan before they install any other aftermarket fan/cooler. My issue is that i dont have a stock fan. All i have is a h100i. my mobo is a x99 and cpu is 5820k. What would be my best option to test the mobo? Should i install everything in the case and attach my h100i in case in hopes that is post's or should I put it together with the h100i outside of the case then take it apart, reapply thermal paste and finally install if it does indeed post? I'm not really sure what i should do.

just put the basics in the case and test it. that way you will only have to take it apart if it doesnt work, not a guranteed take it apart.

 

people only do that because its easier to take it apart if something doesnt work. I personally just install and run it all in the pc, because not every rig needs a RMA

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I'd put on the H100i without fans, plug it in and run your test. When you put everything into the case, let a friend help you. He should hold the H100i while you lay down the motherboard and screw it in. Then screw in the H100i with the fans.

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