Question Corsair H150i AIO stopped working ?

[Jimper]

I’ve got a Corsair H150i 360mm radiator, and I’ve just installed a new SSD.
After slightly moving the pipes from the pump head to the radiator, the CPU overheated and shut down when I booted.
I adjusted the pipes slightly, and it worked again.
Temps at idle on the 9800X3D are back down to 45c which was about what it was before.
Although it’s working now, is this AIO on its last legs?

CPU 9800x3d
GPU rtx 4090
Mobo B850 gaming x wife6 mobo
AIO H150i Elite LCD AIO
Case: Corsair 5000
RAM 32GB DDR5 6000mt/s
6 intake fans, 4 extract

 

[Lutfij]

I’ve got a Corsair H150i 360mm radiator,
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Although it’s working now, is this AIO on its last legs?
How old is the AIO in your build, assuming that it's recycled from a prior build? How is the AIO mounted in your case? Speaking of cases, what is the make and model of your case?

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Not sure about what may be happening with respect to "slightly moving the pipes" and "adjusted the pipes slightly".

Two immediate suggestions:

1) Ensure that all important data is backed up at least 2 x to locations away from the system in question. Verify that the data is recoverable and readable.

2) Take a couple of photographs showing the AIO, pipes, and case interior in general. Post the photographs here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

Consider that there may have been an air bubble or some other obstruction involved.

 

[JayGau]

How do you know it overheated? Did you have time to load Windows to see the temp before it shut down or was it a message from the motherboard?

I'm asking this because I personally had some troubles after installing my H150i XT about a year ago. Time to time the motherboard was saying that there was no CPU cooler detected and refused to launch Windows. I "fixed" it by disabling the CPU fan rpm alert in the BIOS since it was clearly the motherboard that was not always "seeing" the cpu fan cable from the cooler although it was properly connected. I replaced my motherboard recently and didn't have this propblem at all (the cable is detected without any issues).

But if your pump really stops working when you move the pipes that doesn't look good at all.

Edit: Following Ralston18 comment, is you pump lower than where the pipes connect to the radiator? If it's higher, that could cause a lot of troubles (air can get trapped in the pump and that's very bad).

 

[Jimper]

How do you know it overheated? Did you have time to load Windows to see the temp before it shut down or was it a message from the motherboard?

I'm asking this because I personally had some troubles after installing my H150i XT about a year ago. Time to time the motherboard was saying that there was no CPU cooler detected and refused to launch Windows. I "fixed" it by disabling the CPU fan rpm alert in the BIOS since it was clearly the motherboard that was not always "seeing" the cpu fan cable from the cooler although it was properly connected. I replaced my motherboard recently and didn't have this propblem at all (the cable is detected without any issues).

But if your pump really stops working when you move the pipes that doesn't look good at all.

Edit: Following Ralston18 comment, is you pump lower than where the pipes connect to the radiator? If it's higher, that could cause a lot of troubles (air can get trapped in the pump and that's very bad).

NZXT Cam loaded at launch and showed it was around 100c. I adjusted them slightly and it rebooted fine.
I ran it on Cinebench R23 for 10mins after and didn't get about 83c.
The rad is top mounted so the pump is lower.
Attached photos show it now, before the pipes where 1-3cm higher.

https://imgur.com/a/PQ4aHTB

View: https://imgur.com/a/PQ4aHTB

 

[Jimper]

I’ve got a Corsair H150i 360mm radiator,
+
Although it’s working now, is this AIO on its last legs?
How old is the AIO in your build, assuming that it's recycled from a prior build? How is the AIO mounted in your case? Speaking of cases, what is the make and model of your case?

I bought the aio around 2 years ago. It's a Corsair 5000 case.

 

[Jimper]

How do you know it overheated? Did you have time to load Windows to see the temp before it shut down or was it a message from the motherboard?

I'm asking this because I personally had some troubles after installing my H150i XT about a year ago. Time to time the motherboard was saying that there was no CPU cooler detected and refused to launch Windows. I "fixed" it by disabling the CPU fan rpm alert in the BIOS since it was clearly the motherboard that was not always "seeing" the cpu fan cable from the cooler although it was properly connected. I replaced my motherboard recently and didn't have this propblem at all (the cable is detected without any issues).

But if your pump really stops working when you move the pipes that doesn't look good at all.

Edit: Following Ralston18 comment, is you pump lower than where the pipes connect to the radiator? If it's higher, that could cause a lot of troubles (air can get trapped in the pump and that's very bad).

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

Not sure about what may be happening with respect to "slightly moving the pipes" and "adjusted the pipes slightly".

Two immediate suggestions:

1) Ensure that all important data is backed up at least 2 x to locations away from the system in question. Verify that the data is recoverable and readable.

2) Take a couple of photographs showing the AIO, pipes, and case interior in general. Post the photographs here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

Consider that there may have been an air bubble or some other obstruction involved.

I've updated for full specs and photos attached:

https://imgur.com/a/PQ4aHTB

View: https://imgur.com/a/PQ4aHTB


I moved the pipes down slightly before when it crashed they where 1-2cm higher

 

[JayGau]

Looks like we have the exact same cooler, and it's a recent model so it's likely not an aging issue. Are you sure the cooler is well placed on the CPU? I am wondering that if it's not well tighten it could have move a little when you touched the pipes and made a bad coupling until you moved the pipes again. Was the pump making any strange (or more than usual) noise when it happened?

 

[Jimper]

Looks like we have the exact same cooler, and it's a recent model so it's likely not an aging issue. Are you sure the cooler is well placed on the CPU? I am wondering that if it's not well tighten it could have move a little when you touched the pipes and made a bad coupling until you moved the pipes again. Was the pump making any strange (or more than usual) noise when it happened?

I've ran it through Cinebench for 10mins and wasn't going above 83c. Idle temps are 44c which is normal.
I don't think it's anything to do with contact maybe the fluid not getting to the radiator.

 

[JayGau]

I've ran it through Cinebench for 10mins and wasn't going above 83c. Idle temps are 44c which is normal.
I don't think it's anything to do with contact maybe the fluid not getting to the radiator.

My point was more that if it's not tighten enough, you could have temporarily broken the thermal paste bound when moving the pipes and "fixed" it when moving them again, so your temperature was back to normal. But with the design of the AM5 socket it's quite unlikely (those four screws hold the cooler very well even when it's not fully tighten). Does it feel firm when you touch the pump?

And are you sure it was really moving the pipes that triggered the problem? As I understood, you had full shutdowns between each event, so maybe touching the pipe had nothing to do with it. If the pump was not running properly because of a power failure when you powered on the computer for example. Because if the liquid doesn't move freely inside the loop, the pump will have a very hard time and you should have heard it (a rushing pump gets pretty noisy).