Hello all,
I rearranged my office yesterday, including the PC, and got everything setup. I kept my PC upright the whole time with no issues. About 10 hours later after using my computer all day, the water cooler pump on my CPU started making a really loud clicking/clacking noise. At first it sounded like something was clicking against the fan but i individually stopped all fans and see no issue. And when i stop just the pump it goes away.
Here is my PC build:
http://www.powerspec.com/systems/system_specs.phtml?selection=G464
The cooler is the Cooler Master ML240L - mounted horizontally at the top of the PC
This was a refurbished pre-built PC from Microcenter. The original Owner got it in ~May, and i got it in August. So its not that old.
I removed the fans from the water cooler heatsink and took the heatsink off the case and moved it around at different angles as i saw in several troubleshooting videos. This cleared the clacking noise but replaced it with a water "gurgling/sloshing" noise. I remounted and waited 5-10minute for it to stabilize. Eventually all noises stopped and everything seemed to be working alright. 5 minutes later, the original clacking noise came back. I did this process twice to confirm
And here is a video of the original noise:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaOuB_QpJAE
Here is the noise after manuevering the heatsink
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVJk6qdLu1o
And here is the Noise Gone, and the original noise coming back: (Starts to come back around 0:35)
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6J1oV3E2FU
Any thoughts? is there something physically in the loop maybe?
This is my first attempt at Water cooling, i may just go back to my Cooler Master Evo
I rearranged my office yesterday, including the PC, and got everything setup. I kept my PC upright the whole time with no issues. About 10 hours later after using my computer all day, the water cooler pump on my CPU started making a really loud clicking/clacking noise. At first it sounded like something was clicking against the fan but i individually stopped all fans and see no issue. And when i stop just the pump it goes away.
Here is my PC build:
http://www.powerspec.com/systems/system_specs.phtml?selection=G464
The cooler is the Cooler Master ML240L - mounted horizontally at the top of the PC
This was a refurbished pre-built PC from Microcenter. The original Owner got it in ~May, and i got it in August. So its not that old.
I removed the fans from the water cooler heatsink and took the heatsink off the case and moved it around at different angles as i saw in several troubleshooting videos. This cleared the clacking noise but replaced it with a water "gurgling/sloshing" noise. I remounted and waited 5-10minute for it to stabilize. Eventually all noises stopped and everything seemed to be working alright. 5 minutes later, the original clacking noise came back. I did this process twice to confirm
And here is a video of the original noise:
Here is the noise after manuevering the heatsink
And here is the Noise Gone, and the original noise coming back: (Starts to come back around 0:35)
Any thoughts? is there something physically in the loop maybe?
This is my first attempt at Water cooling, i may just go back to my Cooler Master Evo
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