I think my H110i is going bad

[notarat]

Been hearing some odd sounds lately from the Intel side of me case and, when I got home from work yesterday afternoon and powered up then logged in, I started getting the Corsair Link warnings that the computer was way too hot. (I set it conservatively to 83°C)

I powered it off, waited 10 minutes, powered it back on and it booted up and I logged in. About a minute later I got the same hi-temp alarm so I turned it back off.

Opened the side panel, checked to make sure everything was plugged in and jiggled the tubes a bit, then closed everything back up, powered it up and it ran fine the rest of the night with temps never exceeding 39°, even at 4.2GHz (i7 4770K) but the pump is making a clicking sound.

I think the bearing in the AIO is going out.

I figure if the pump is what's going bad I've gotten good use from it (it's been in 4 cases and 6 builds) so I may just upgrade that side to a new system.

Anyone see the same kind of symptoms with the pump section making a "clicking" sound before?

 

[EarthDog]

Sounds familiar, sure. Bearings going out or something.

 

[notarat]

Sounds familiar, sure. Bearings going out or something.

Something tells me if I try to stick it out until the 2nd Gen Threadrippers are released I'm going to end up with a dead system in the left half of my case...sigh.

Time to head to Amazon to get a new Ryzen 2700X/mobo/RAM/M.2/PSU/AIO...

err...nm. I just realized that if I buy a new ryzen I'm gonna have to actually do work in my TT case. I think I'll just let the system die instead

 

[EarthDog]

Why would your system die???? CPUs have protections in them to prevent dieing due to thermals...

 

[mackerel]

How old is it? My H110i GTX recently failed, and I believe it to be liquid loss via permeation over the years I had it. I properly broke it while trying to take it apart to refill it. Hint: you can pull it off the barbs at the rad relatively safely as they're metal. The barbs on the block are plastic and I snapped one on mine.

 

[notarat]

Why would your system die???? CPUs have protections in them to prevent dieing due to thermals...

How old is it? My H110i GTX recently failed, and I believe it to be liquid loss via permeation over the years I had it. I properly broke it while trying to take it apart to refill it. Hint: you can pull it off the barbs at the rad relatively safely as they're metal. The barbs on the block are plastic and I snapped one on mine.

ED - Because I'd rather have gay unprotected sex with a rabid donkey than work in that TT case again, even to just replace the AIO with a new one.

Mackerel - It's been in 6 different builds and 3 cases. If it were simply lack of coolant due to loss over time I would consider performing a refill procedure. I'm pretty certain it's the pump though.

 

[EarthDog]

Well......that's one way to word things!

 

[notarat]

So I just got home, powered up, and pump es no bueno. It won't even power up.

I guess it's time to break out a cardboard box and throw the following into it, cause...




TFW the fans cost $9 more than the CPU