Question AIO Water Cooler noise and vibration is excessive ?

[Aleki45]

Hey there guys!
Recently I noticed that my AIO Water Cooler is making a lot of noise. Not the "normal" aio water cooler noise, I mean NOISE. My desk and my floor are literally vibrating because of it, it sounds like a mini washing machine, it's driving me insane! This is a cry for help!

PC Specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte A520M S2H
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
GPU: Palit GP RTX3070 8GB
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML240R RGB
RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL 2x16GB 3200MHz
Storage: Lexar NM620 1TB
PSU: Fractal Anode Bronze 750W
Case: DEEPCOOL Matrexx 50 ADD-RGB 4F (4x120mm RGB Fans)

 

[Jebetron]

How are your cpu temps?

I had the same problem a while ago and for me it was a slowly dying water pump.

 

[thestryker]

Verify that it's the pump (it sounds like a pump failure) and not some horribly failing fan for the vibrations and replace the cooler if so.

 

[Aleki45]

How are your cpu temps?

I had the same problem a while ago and for me it was a slowly dying water pump.

I'll double check it, but last time I saw it was on the high 60C while gaming.
I bought the AIO water cooler not even 2 months ago, it shouldn't be dying

 

[Aleki45]

Verify that it's the pump (it sounds like a pump failure) and not some horribly failing fan for the vibrations and replace the cooler if so.

Honestly I think it is the fans/radiator, because yesterday I was checking and I stopped the fans for a few seconds and the noise/vibration was gone

 

[thestryker]

Honestly I think it is the fans/radiator, because yesterday I was checking and I stopped the fans for a few seconds and the noise/vibration was gone

Well that should be pretty easy to verify and while you could try to remount them I'm guessing you'll need new fans.

 

[Aleki45]

Well that should be pretty easy to verify and while you could try to remount them I'm guessing you'll need new fans.

But is it normal? Or faulty? Because I bought it not even 2 months ago so it still has warranty

 

[thestryker]

But is it normal? Or faulty? Because I bought it not even 2 months ago so it still has warranty

Very much not normal at all you should never be able to feel vibrations like that. The most vibration you should ever feel is under load if you have a hand on the case.

 

[Aleki45]

Very much not normal at all you should never be able to feel vibrations like that. The most vibration you should ever feel is under load if you have a hand on the case.

Damn it... So the best shot here is to send it back for warranty?

 

[thestryker]

Damn it... So the best shot here is to send it back for warranty?

Yes that would be the only real choice here. It is a rather old model so I'd be surprised if it wasn't sitting around for a while which may explain the issues.