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CPU cooler said poof - what to check?

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Corsair H100.

 

Switched cases today. When I turned on my pc, it just said poof and and the lights on the cooler vanished.

There was a strong smell of something fried. 

So I think I short circuited something, and my guess is the cooler is a rip, it's not lightning up anymore and my fans (which are connected to the cooler) isn't spinning. 

 

What else should I check?

It boots but it just says CPU fail or something, press F1 to setup. But nothing happens when I press F1... Could the USB ports be cucked?

The motherboard lights up, the GPU lights up and spins up.

 

If the CPU is alright I was thinking about picking up a NZXT KRAKEN X62.

Specs

i9 9900K 5.1GHz 0 AVX offset

ASUS MAXIMUS APEX XI

Custom watercooling (360mm, 60mm thicc)

EVGA GTX1080 FTW DT

EVGA T2 1000W Platinum PSU

3200MHz G.Skill RGB B-die

Samsung 970 Pro 512GB

Samsung 860 EVO 2TB

Crucial MX300 1TB

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Did you remember to install your motherboard standoffs?

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4 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Did you remember to install your motherboard standoffs?

CPU cooler is dead, it wont let you boot into windows, you need to get a new one m8, only way.

Editto: The fan on the cooler is dead, you just need to get a new fan.

If you need help on used parts, contact me. I'm an used enthusiast.

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Nvidia GeForce FX (No idea, AGP 4X)

Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC (Semi-dead, PCI-e 16x)

 

Ram (1)

No idea of the brand or Socket (Whopping 16 Mb memory)

 

Cables (1)

CrossFire X Cable

 

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6 minutes ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Did you remember to install your motherboard standoffs?

I thought the Corsair 750D had built in standoffs? Looked like it.. :/

3 minutes ago, PartyWire said:

CPU cooler is dead, it wont let you boot into windows, you need to get a new one m8, only way.

Editto: The fan on the cooler is dead, you just need to get a new fan.

Fans are working, cooler unit is not. Rip

Specs

i9 9900K 5.1GHz 0 AVX offset

ASUS MAXIMUS APEX XI

Custom watercooling (360mm, 60mm thicc)

EVGA GTX1080 FTW DT

EVGA T2 1000W Platinum PSU

3200MHz G.Skill RGB B-die

Samsung 970 Pro 512GB

Samsung 860 EVO 2TB

Crucial MX300 1TB

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3 minutes ago, Klovnious said:

Fans are working, cooler unit is not. Rip

well, you dun fucked up... maybe the cooler got a shortage due a leakage if the liquid in there is conductive.

If you need help on used parts, contact me. I'm an used enthusiast.

Open the spoiler to see some cool stuff!

Spoiler

My old/new tech Collection!

 

CPUs (11)

Intel Pentium III @ 733Mhz (Oldest of the Bunch)

Intel Pentium 4 @ 2.8Ghz (2002)

Intel Pentium 4 @ 3.0Ghz (2003)

AMD Sempron 64 2800+ @ 1.6Ghz (2004, Aug)

AMD Athlon 64 3500+ @ 2.2Ghz (2004, Jun)

2X Intel Xeon X5355 @ 2.66Ghz (2006, Q4)

Intel Pentium E2140 @ 1.6Ghz (2007, Q2)

Intel Xeon E5630 @ 2.53Ghz (2010, Q1)

Intel Core2 Duo E8400 @ 3Ghz (2008, Q1) (In use, @ 3.61Ghz)

Intel Pentium E6500 @ 2.93Ghz (2008, Q1)

 

GPUs (6)

Palit GeForce 6800 GS (Should be working, AGP 8X)

Club 3D GTS 450 (Working, PCI-e 16x)

Sapphire Radeon X800GTO (Working, PCI-e 16x)

Nvidia GeForce 4 (Last time worked, AGP 4X)

Nvidia GeForce FX (No idea, AGP 4X)

Gigabyte Radeon HD 7970 OC (Semi-dead, PCI-e 16x)

 

Ram (1)

No idea of the brand or Socket (Whopping 16 Mb memory)

 

Cables (1)

CrossFire X Cable

 

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13 minutes ago, PartyWire said:

well, you dun fucked up... maybe the cooler got a shortage due a leakage if the liquid in there is conductive.

I'll just take it down to a local pc shop, I can't really see why it short-circuited. No leaks as far as I can see.. 

Specs

i9 9900K 5.1GHz 0 AVX offset

ASUS MAXIMUS APEX XI

Custom watercooling (360mm, 60mm thicc)

EVGA GTX1080 FTW DT

EVGA T2 1000W Platinum PSU

3200MHz G.Skill RGB B-die

Samsung 970 Pro 512GB

Samsung 860 EVO 2TB

Crucial MX300 1TB

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Make sure that you took the plastic film off the bottom of the cooler and that there is thermal paste there. Also make sure that its tightened down and its all connected properly. If those are all true then return it. 

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

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It was fried and dead, bought a new one. X62

Specs

i9 9900K 5.1GHz 0 AVX offset

ASUS MAXIMUS APEX XI

Custom watercooling (360mm, 60mm thicc)

EVGA GTX1080 FTW DT

EVGA T2 1000W Platinum PSU

3200MHz G.Skill RGB B-die

Samsung 970 Pro 512GB

Samsung 860 EVO 2TB

Crucial MX300 1TB

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