Corsair H60 CPU cooler problem

[ceacer]

Gigabyte G1.Sniper B5 - Rev. 1.0
Core i7 I7-4770K 8 MB
Corsair Hydro Series H60 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler

My PC started making some strange noises a few days ago. I opened the cabinet and saw that the fan for my Corsair H60 was not working. It seemed like a cable for some reason had fallen out so I attached the cable from the fan to the sys_FAN1 and it started to work again. Shortly (1-2 days) after my PC started shutting down with a blue screen. It was because of overheating. (TEMP about 100c while browsing). I have tried the following:

1. cleaned everything, took the entire cooler out and put new thermal paste -> no change
2. Discovered that when using sys_fan1 for the fan it only runs on about 800-1000RPM and when I switch so that the fan is in CPU_fan and the pump is in sys_FAN1 it runs with 1800-2000 RPM.
3. I don't get any readings for my pump anywhere
4. The pump is extremely hot when the computer goes down and when I removed it from the CPU the first time the paste was gone (PC is a bit more than a year old)
5. I have tried to look for Q fan to disable it in BIOS but have not found it (not sure my MB has it)
6. Tried to switch between all the sys_FAN (1, 2 and 3) and CPU fan -> same result
7. Ran Speedfan and AIDA 64. See screen shots
8. put the fan speed to max in BIOS -> no change
9. The strange noise was there a lot at the beginning before my pc started to break down. Now there is no longer any strange noise.

I think the problem has to be with the pump. Where do I see the performance of that one or if it is working? If you have any other ideas as to what the problem is please let know.

Also there is a lot of confusion if I should put the pump to the sys_fan or CPU_fan.

AIDA:
http://puu.sh/hE2PU/0a6c447c81.jpg
http://puu.sh/hE2Ss/984133d170.jpg

 

[clutchc]

If you have your pump connected to a SYS FAN header, a pgm like HWInfo64 should be able to read the RPM. Mine runs at somewhere around 4600 RPM. Always run your pump at full speed. Don't connect it to a fan header that will slow it down. It can burn up if it runs too slowly.
The rad fan should be plugged into the CPU FAN header just like any cooler fan.
http://www.hwinfo.com/

If all is connected as it should be, you may just have a bad unit. Or a unit that has failed.

 

[ceacer]

Thank you for the reply. I am not quite sure how to see if the pump is working or not but here are some screen shots from HWInfo64. I hope you will be able to guide me?
http://puu.sh/hEFe5/11c419637c.jpg
http://puu.sh/hEFfh/dcd45d7a2d.jpg
http://puu.sh/hEFgv/50bd168bf7.jpg

 

[ceacer]

I have now tried to install the air cooler that was originally delivered with my computer and the temperatures are now back to normal. Here is a screen shot of the AIDA64:
http://puu.sh/hEKKo/a23839e353.png

When compared to this one from OP http://puu.sh/hE2Ss/984133d170.jpg there are now two more fans. Chassis #3 is a fan in the front that I apparently had not connected. The CPU is fan from the H60 (I have left this in but just removed the pump) and the Chassis 1 is from the (new) air cooler. This last one was missing before and when I had switches the wires and put the pump in the CPU_fan there was no CPU fan showing.

To me this must mean that the problem is with the pump and it has broken down somehow. I would appreciate if someone could confirm since I am not that experiences with it.

Also now when I have have two fans (back and front) should I put the front for air intake and the back for outflow of air?

 

[clutchc]

Odd that HWmon64 didn't show the CPU fan speed or the sys fan speed. Mine does. But Aida64 shows the fans properly. Did the pump and rad fan show up when you used Aida64?

 

[ceacer]

Before the pump never showed up. It was only the fan that showed up in AIDA64. Either at CPU_fan or sys_fan depending on where I plugged it in. After installing a different air cooler both the fan and cooler shows up. So it seems to me there must be something wrong with the pump?

 

[clutchc]

Before the pump never showed up. It was only the fan that showed up in AIDA64. Either at CPU_fan or sys_fan depending on where I plugged it in. After installing a different air cooler both the fan and cooler shows up. So it seems to me there must be something wrong with the pump?

If (1) the CPU was over heating and (2) the pump did not show up on its header read-out as running and (3) now all is well with the air cooler, it seems likely the pump failed. That may have been the noise you heard earlier; the pump failing.