i7-3820 CPU Overheating Immediately

[BLToaster]

So today when I booted up my PC it ran fine for a short while and then crashed. Booting it up again I ran HWMonitor and saw my CPU was reading around 100 degrees on all cores.

I'm running the CPU with a Coolermaster 120M Seidon liquid cooler. I've cleaned out the PC and re-applied thermal paste twice now. I've done the paste multiple times and know not to put it on too thickly so I do not believe that is the issue.

Could the water loop have failed? I have no idea how to check that if so.

Any help on diagnosing it is appreciated!

 

[lfkfkfkffs]

If it's been running fine for what I'm guessing a decent amount of time now and if it all of a sudden got that bad, I'm guessing the pump failed or it's just clogged terribly. I would just replace it asap.

 

[BLToaster]

Is there an easy enough way to check if the cooler has gone bad?

 

[06yfz450ridr]

does that have a rpm wire on the pump?

if so you can see if it is even running.

you should be able to simply feel a slight vibration.

 

[BLToaster]

I'll boot it up and see if I can fee anything. Not sure what a RPM wire is though.

 

[MeanMachine41]

As it is a factory sealed unit, there's not much you can do without voiding the Warranty.

Some sealed units do have air inside and sometimes it gets caught in the pump. If your rad is higher than the pump, then shaking the radiator unit whilst unattached can sometimes bring the Air to the top of the unit where it would stay and probably not effect it's ability to cool.
If you have had the unit a while and there's a dust build up inside the radiator then that can be cleaned, other wise return the unit under warranty.

 

[BLToaster]

The rad is higher up than the pump, so I should just shake it a bit? I've cleaned everything out thoroughly.

 

[lfkfkfkffs]

Unless you have socket warp which isn't very common I'm pretty sure it's clogged or the pump is just dead dead. You can try using another power connector but that is about it. Shaking it just will knock the gunk inside of it somewhere else until it clogs something else up. if you do buy a new one I would just go ahead after you get your new one and open up the old one and look inside.

If you have a big enough case for it I would just get a non liquid cooler this time around.