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Isaac Minarik

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So I took my tower to a LAN party last night and when I got it home, it wouldn't boot up properly. It got to the login screen, then the cpu light flashed and the power abruptly cut out. Tried again, and it shut down even faster. Waited a while, and it got back to the login again before the power cut. I think its a temp issue, but I'm not sure how to tell. I'm running a kraken x60, and it lights up properly and the heatsink fans turn on as they should. The pump is so quiet that I can't really tell if it's working or not. I had a similar problem when I first built it, and iirc it was a cable that was plugged in incorrectly, but everything seems to have a solid connection. Any input would be appreciated.

Sabertooth 990fx
AMD 8350
GTX 670
kingston hyperX boot drive
couple of HDDs
16GB corsair RAM

Edit: Triple checked all cables, removed drives and GPU, problem remains. After a couple tries, kraken fans going full blast, lighting turned red (indicating the cpu is too hot). Listening closely, the pump does appear to at least be doing something. I notice I am confused.

Edit 2: Reset CMOS, no improvement

Edit 3: Reapplied thermal compound, no improvement

Edit 4: Replaced CPU cooler with stock cooler, problem solved!
 
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C12Friedman
I'll suggest CoreTemp or SpeedFan as temperature monitoring options.
If the PC is overheating and shutting down, you'll want to address that first since every cycle of overheating has the potential to cause some degradation of the CPU (and other components). I'll suggest checking your CPU waterblock mount to ensure it hasn't come loose somehow. If you find it isn't loose and you still have the stock heatsink, you might swap the Kraken out for it (be sure to clean off thermal compound from the stock heatsink and CPU and replace with fresh compound)
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No dice. When cool, it's about 25 seconds from boot up to the power cutting, if that helps at all.
 
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I'll suggest CoreTemp or SpeedFan as temperature monitoring options.
If the PC is overheating and shutting down, you'll want to address that first since every cycle of overheating has the potential to cause some degradation of the CPU (and other components). I'll suggest checking your CPU waterblock mount to ensure it hasn't come loose somehow. If you find it isn't loose and you still have the stock heatsink, you might swap the Kraken out for it (be sure to clean off thermal compound from the stock heatsink and CPU and replace with fresh compound)
 
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The waterblock appears to be secure. Can't use any software to check the temps, though, because it overheats before it gets through a full boot. I might have an extra heatsink lying around somewhere, but I'm out of thermal paste so I can't test that quite yet.
 
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While it is possible that the system has vapor locked, I'm personally of the impression that there isn't enough air in the system to have that occur (regardless of rad orientation). I have no clue how you would check that in an All-in-One - maybe take it out and shake it a whole lot then try it again? You would still need to clean and change the thermal compound before remounting.
 
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So I replaced the CPU cooler and everything's hunky dory. Seems there was some kind of partial failure of the pump, such that it appeared to be functioning without actually moving any water.
 
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