Question Is my AIO dying?

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The AIO is an ID-COOLING FrostFlow X 240, only 2 years of use.

Lately my AIO has been doing weird things, it's very hard to capture it on camera as it doesn't happen often but randomly.
The best way I can describe the problem is like the AIO stops receiving power and goes completely silent for a second or it feels like the pump turns off again for a second, but yesterday one of the fans stopped completely and then started spinning again.

The thing is that everything is normal, PC doesn't turn off, temperatures while idling/gaming are fine, I don't hear the typical sounds of an AIO dying.


 
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You might want to see if the pattern is recurring, and when that pattern emerges, make sure you've gotten a video with audio. That would also help when you send an email to ID-Cooling's support or your seller or both in order to initiate an RMA.

What are you cooling and what sort of temps are you experiencing? As for your AIO, how is it moutned in yoru chassis? Perhaps it's an air bubble being lodged in the pump block.

On a side note, since the pump is powered by a SATA power adapter which also breaks away to a fan connector that goes onto the motherboard, how is the pump powered/hooked up in your system?
 
You might want to see if the pattern is recurring, and when that pattern emerges, make sure you've gotten a video with audio. That would also help when you send an email to ID-Cooling's support or your seller or both in order to initiate an RMA.

What are you cooling and what sort of temps are you experiencing? As for your AIO, how is it moutned in yoru chassis? Perhaps it's an air bubble being lodged in the pump block.

On a side note, since the pump is powered by a SATA power adapter which also breaks away to a fan connector that goes onto the motherboard, how is the pump powered/hooked up in your system?
Temps on idle between 35/40 C , gaming ussually 50/60 C depends on the game also it's summer here so, add a couple of degrees more but temps nothing crazy. I have a Corsair iCue 4000X so it's mounted on the TOP.

And yes, if I remember correctly the pump is connected with a SATA cable and then to the motherboard and the same with the fans.