Is my Corsair H100i working correctly?

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Hieu Hoang

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I have a Corsair H100i installed onto my AMD FX 8350 cpu, and from what I'm seeing I'm getting fluctuating idle temps of around 30-60c, mostly staying somewhere in between 40-50c. I've recently reapplied thermal paste in a small grain of Artic Silver 5 having removed the older TIM with Iso Alcohol 91%.

I haven't noticed it until now but one of the tubes for the H100i remains cold as the other is hot. Is this normal? I guess you could say that the radiator is kinda warm, but then again maybe its just the fans exhausting air into it.

Overall I just wanted to know if both tubes are supposed to be hot or just one of them.
 
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No overclock. Just the standard factory settings. As to whether or not the pump is running, I really don't know how to confirm that...

However I did check Corsair Link and it states the pumps are running at about 2255 rpm

 
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Core Temp and Corsair Link

 
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UPDATE: I checked all the cables. The pump sensor cable which is the wire next to the power for the H100i was plugged into a 2-pin fan connector. The pin was not coming into contact with the sensor cable so I unplugged it, and replugged it into the motherboard fan connector where the pins come into contact.

So far the temperatures have not exceeded 50c and is remaining in a stable 20-48c at this time. If anyone can confirm that this may be whats causing the issue with rise in temperature, let me know I will keep you guys posted and let you all know if temperatures begin to rise again.
 
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It must be because yesterday I had just swapped cases from a Rosewill Thor V2 to a Corsair Carbide Air 540 and replugged everything.

 
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Well I stress test it for at least an hour so far Load temperatures are ranging from 71-85c.
I know that it isnt a long test to confirm anything but I got work soon x.x

 
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these arent safe temps for your cpu. are you on stock voltage?
 
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Yes I'm on stock. Another possibility is Artic Silver 5 requires a burn in period of 200 (8 days) hours. This may explain my increase in temp. The TIM may need time to cure.
 
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FINAL UPDATE:
Well now.. I believe I can come to a conclusion that the reasoning as to why the H100i was not functioning correctly, was do to a very small leak coming from somewhere within the radiator itself. Kinda explains why the exhaust fans are somewhat wet. This will probably be my first and last time I use liquid cooling, I'll be using my stock fan for the time being until I find a suitable third party air cooler. The damage may have been done while I was shifting the cooler to another case. Pity.
 
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