AIO Cooling Issue

[thomaswilliams863]

Hi.

My PCSpecialist build has a CoolerMaster AIO liquid cooler. Recently, my CPU temperatures would idle at 60 degrees and the fan would be loud/aggressive from boot. This happened suddenly. After advise from PCSpecialist, I reseated the cooler and renewed the thermal paste which seems to have worked, but I noticed the AIO is plugged into the SYS_FAN header on the gigabit Aorus motherboard. There is something plugged into the CPU_FAN header - probably a case fan? Should I be concerned these seem to be set the wrong way around? Why would they have built it like this?

Kind regards,

 

[ubuysa]

It would help if you posted the FULL spec from the original order (include everything please, not just what you think is important).

 

[thomaswilliams863]

Case	PCS SPECTRUM RGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.35GHz/20MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE: DDR4, USB 3.1 - RGB Ready
Memory (RAM)	32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2400MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card	8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st Storage Drive	2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive	256GB ADATA SX6000 Pro PCIe M.2 2280 (2100 MB/R, 1200 MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive	NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply	CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable	1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling	CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste	COOLER MASTER MASTERGEL MAKER THERMAL COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans	2x 120mm Black Case Fan (configured to extract from rear/roof)
Sound Card	ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless Network Card	ASUS PCE-AC88 AC3100 2100Mbps/5GHz, 1000Mbps/2.4GHz
USB/Thunderbolt Options	MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System	Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language	United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media	Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software	FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus	NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser	Google Chrome™
Monitor Cables	2 x 2 METRE GOLD PLATED V1.4 HDMI CABLE
Warranty	3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)

 

[steaky360]

@thomaswilliams863, can you confirm for sure that the cable connected to the CPU fan socket isn't one that is linked to your AIO and what fan (or other component) it actually is.

Generally the AIO's are connected to the CPU fan pin-out so it could simply be an error in your case.

EDIT: Looking at the manual for the Masterliquid Lite 240 - there are two fan header connections - appears that one goes directly to the pump unit and one goes to the fans themselves...

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