My pc shutdown off after I installed Corsair H80I GT.

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Hi. I just installed corsair h80igt cpu cooler on my pc. However, my pc just shutdown after i turn it on. What could be the problem?
Am using AMD A10 6800, ASUS A85xma, mobo, 500W PSU, windows 8.1, MSI 750TI, 2 hardrive and 1 optical drive.
Really appreciate your advice cos I just spent 3 hours installing this together with my son.
 
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If it shuts down right away, it may not be a heat issue, but going with a water cooler for the a10 was a good choice.

Start with the basics, make sure the mobo is secure if you had to remove it, and is off the tray and all standoffs are in.
Double check the power connections, at both the Power supply and the mobo. Make sure the 8 pin and the 24 pin are in all the way, even unplug them and plug them back in.

If you removed the ram when switching coolers, are they in the correct slots? (every other for most AMD boars, 2nd and 4 slot (but some are 1st and 3rd)

when I have issues like this I like to start with the basics and then go from there.

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Installing water coolers can be tricky. When did the system shut off? During launch or after the OS had loaded?

Note: when installing water coolers, its important to regulate both fan and pump temperatures. You want the pump to run at full speed all time. I personally also run the fan at full speed. This normally can be found in your bios. Use the CPU_FAN pin for your pump. Just be sure to configure the pump to always fun at full speed. You computer shutting down may have been a safety precaution for overheating because the pump wasn't configured correctly.
 

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If it shuts down right away, it may not be a heat issue, but going with a water cooler for the a10 was a good choice.

Start with the basics, make sure the mobo is secure if you had to remove it, and is off the tray and all standoffs are in.
Double check the power connections, at both the Power supply and the mobo. Make sure the 8 pin and the 24 pin are in all the way, even unplug them and plug them back in.

If you removed the ram when switching coolers, are they in the correct slots? (every other for most AMD boars, 2nd and 4 slot (but some are 1st and 3rd)

when I have issues like this I like to start with the basics and then go from there.
 
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Immabi

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Thank you guys. I was stumped at first. Did exactly as mymutter suggested. Found out the cooler pump did not touch the cpu. Silly of me to reuse the original plastic stand off together with the supplied one. Removed it and now its ok.
However, now it seems the cpu temp is the same as using stock cooler. Will try as what SBennet13 suggested and update the outcome.
Thanks for your help guys!
 

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Hi, been running this for a week now. These are the readings from Corsair Link and ASUS Ai monitor.

Corsair temp reading
CPU 50 to 60 degrees (idle)

ASUS Ai Monitor reading
CPU 36 to 40 degrees. (idle)

Why the difference between these 2? Which one shd I be taking? Are the readings the expected temps for using water coolers?
Also a few days back, the PC started having BSOD..... is it due to the water cooler that I installed?
Do I need to take everything out and fixed them back again or is it software issue?
Thank you in advance.

 

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Hi, been running this for a week now. These are the readings from Corsair Link and ASUS Ai monitor.

Corsair temp reading
CPU 50 to 60 degrees (idle)

ASUS Ai Monitor reading
CPU 36 to 40 degrees. (idle)

Why the difference between these 2? Which one shd I be taking? Are the readings the expected temps for using water coolers?
Also a few days back, the PC started having BSOD..... is it due to the water cooler that I installed?
Do I need to take everything out and fixed them back again or is it software issue?
Thank you in advance.
 

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my neighbor had me build him a system and for payment he bought me a h80i gt, to match the one I put in his system. After a week his failed for some reason. it started doing the exact thing you described. Turned out the pump itself stopped working so the comp was shutting off as a safety measure to keep from overheating. Once I installed a new one it worked just fine again. ...so I basically have installed 3 of these recently. On the way I picked up some tips.

First off, your idle temp is too high unless you are talking about F, instead of Celcius (most of the time people use C for board/cpu temps) If the temps are in celcius then you have a problem. You did use thermal paste correct? Didnt wipe off the factory stuff by accident? fans are all pointing in the same direction? If the temps are in F then you must live where there is snow... and your computer is stuck in it. lol. Usually these coolers run in the 20-25 degree Celsius range at idle, That was true for his 4.4 gig 8core (I forget which exactly, gave him all the paperwork to keep) and my 4.1 gig quad core, as well as most of the posts I went thu to figure out why his stopped working.

second, to get the most out of the cooler, you want the water lines both to the radiator and the actual heatsink to be on the bottom. You can spin the bracket on the heatsink around to make this happen, and the radiator is square so you can mount it in any direction.

On my system there is also a slight temp discrepancy but not as big as yours. It is strange that the corsair link is reading higher. Usually if there is a bad interface, then the mobo cpu reading is higher. Grab the back of the heatsink and try to wiggle it. Does it move at all or is it fast to the mobo? If you install the heatsink as it tells you to for the amd then the back plate on the bottom of the mobo usually is not tight enough, and it wiggles a bit. You have to macgyver it using spacers to get it tight. I forget exactly what I did, but on both installs it was loose when I did exactly what was printed on the instructions.

As for the bsod, if everything I said above checks out and it still keeps doing it, I would be surprised. But if it does its probably not related to the cooler. Seeing your temps tho, I'm betting it is.
 

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Hi Lemming_1,

Thank you for taking the time to reply my query. After running for a few weeks, i realised that I been looking at the wrong readings. Now i see my readings about the same as the Asus ai monitor, between 34-40 degrees Celsius on idle.

I use the factory thermal paste, my mistake when i initially install the pump, i used back the original plastic stand off without realising that caused the heatsink not touching the cpu and i guess, resulted in pc turning of just after startup (due overheating). Removed the standoff n pc startup is ok.

I have been thinking of using after market thermal paste (any recomendation?) and hopefully, after reinstalling the pump, i will not have another bsod. I will like to see the temps dropping to 20-25 like you mention.

Again thank you for your advise. Will update outcome after i change the thermal paste.