I've spent the last 3 days trying to fix this and I can not figure it out for the life of me. I've list my system specs bellow.
The overheating heating issue is not consistent and only arise after I change a few setting in the BIOS in order to prepare the CPU to begin overclocking. I have not yet adjusted the Core Clock Speed Multiplier nor the Core Voltage, everything is still at "Auto". The only settings I change are EIST, Turbo Boost, and Intel Enhanced Turbo by setting them to "Disabled". From what I understand about these setting it should be fine to disable them and the CPU should just stay all base clock speed (4.0 GHz).
After I disable those setting and boot in to windows I immediately open Core Temp and watch the temps. As Windows continues to boot and launch startup apps I see the CPU hit upward to 90-100C and periodically hits 80+% CPU load, where normally the hottest core only hits 60-65C at boot. Once all the startup application are running I open Corsair Link (Software to control the H115i cooler) I see water temps between 45-50C, where normally it is as high as 36C after boot. Even after hard rebooting the system, the problem still persists.
If I go back in to the BIOS and re-enable those setting the boot temps improve slightly 70-80C, even after letting the system sit to cool off with it completely shutdown for about 15-20 minutes.
The only solution I have found that brings it back to normal is to: restore factory defaults in BIOS, shutdown the system, cut power to the PSU with switch on the back, and wait ~20 minutes. However this only brings me back to where I started and gives me no answers as to the cause or solution.
I have even tried re-flashing the BIOS to the most current version (7A11v2B) to no avail.
For all I know I could just be doing something wrong and just not know it. If anyone has any ideas or solutions it would be most appreciated.
System Specs:
CPU: Intel Core-i7 6700K
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H115i AIO
MB: MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X (MS-7A11)
RAM: 16 GB (4x4GB) G Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3200
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW Gaming Hybrid
PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 G2
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
I just want to clarify that I have checked, double checked, and triple checked the following possible causes and solutions:
The overheating heating issue is not consistent and only arise after I change a few setting in the BIOS in order to prepare the CPU to begin overclocking. I have not yet adjusted the Core Clock Speed Multiplier nor the Core Voltage, everything is still at "Auto". The only settings I change are EIST, Turbo Boost, and Intel Enhanced Turbo by setting them to "Disabled". From what I understand about these setting it should be fine to disable them and the CPU should just stay all base clock speed (4.0 GHz).
After I disable those setting and boot in to windows I immediately open Core Temp and watch the temps. As Windows continues to boot and launch startup apps I see the CPU hit upward to 90-100C and periodically hits 80+% CPU load, where normally the hottest core only hits 60-65C at boot. Once all the startup application are running I open Corsair Link (Software to control the H115i cooler) I see water temps between 45-50C, where normally it is as high as 36C after boot. Even after hard rebooting the system, the problem still persists.
If I go back in to the BIOS and re-enable those setting the boot temps improve slightly 70-80C, even after letting the system sit to cool off with it completely shutdown for about 15-20 minutes.
The only solution I have found that brings it back to normal is to: restore factory defaults in BIOS, shutdown the system, cut power to the PSU with switch on the back, and wait ~20 minutes. However this only brings me back to where I started and gives me no answers as to the cause or solution.
I have even tried re-flashing the BIOS to the most current version (7A11v2B) to no avail.
For all I know I could just be doing something wrong and just not know it. If anyone has any ideas or solutions it would be most appreciated.
System Specs:
CPU: Intel Core-i7 6700K
CPU Cooler: Corsair Hydro Series H115i AIO
MB: MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X (MS-7A11)
RAM: 16 GB (4x4GB) G Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3200
GPU: EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW Gaming Hybrid
PSU: EVGA Supernova 750 G2
OS: Windows 10 Pro x64
I just want to clarify that I have checked, double checked, and triple checked the following possible causes and solutions:
■ Is the CPU cooler correctly and firmly mounted? Yes!
■ Is the AIO's pump working? Yes, as far as I can tell. I can feel some vibrations.
■ Reapply thermal paste? Yes, used Arctic Sliver 5 and used the pea size method.
■ Clean the old thermal paste off before reapplying? Yes, used isopropyl.