AIO Cooler

[dense owl]

I just built my PC today and went to try it out, the cpu overheats after 10-20 seconds after starting. The PC is forced to shut off after reaching 104 degrees Celsius.

If anyone can assist me, it would be much appreciated.

Pc parts:

B650 Aorus Elite AX - Motherboard
4000D Airflow Corsair - Case
Geforce RTX 4070 Ti - Graphics card
Ryzen 9 7900x - CPU
Corsair RM850x - Power supply
G.skill Trident Z5 32gb - Ram
SN850x NVMe SSD
and EK Nucleus AIO CR360

[icy kelp]

did you remove these prior to putting on the aio

[fallow palm]

oh shoot i missed that

[mossy flame]

that or remove the plastic off the bottom of the cold plate

[fallow palm]

now i know what you are talking about

[dense owl]

I did not

[fallow palm]

that should solve the issue

[icy kelp]

you're gonna have to

[tribal parrot]

Remove them

[icy kelp]

the cooler isn't touching the cpu

[dense owl]

Alright

[tribal parrot]

Those are old am4 bracket

[icy kelp]

because that clamp is lifting it above

[mossy flame]

yeah while you are at it make sure you removed whatever protects the factory thermal paste on the bottom of the cold plate/pump

or whatever ek does.

[fallow palm]

the plastic is removed

it's just the clamp

[mossy flame]

id double check just to make sure.

[fallow palm]

i had them double check previously

[mossy flame]

that way you are not doing this..again.

[fallow palm]

but yea it doesn't hurt

[icy kelp]

there's no plastic sticker when thermal paste is preinstalled

just a plastic clamshell thing

[fallow palm]

true that

[mossy flame]

hey man...

some people forget it

[fallow palm]

original photo that let me know there was an issue with contact

[mossy flame]

kay good, just remove the stock amd clip holder things

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thumbprint on the thermal paste lol

[mossy flame]

so it touches the cpu

might need to install ek's backplate though

[fallow palm]

i legit didn't take a look at that since i used the stock cooler on my cpu

[icy kelp]

ek uses stock amd backplate

[tribal parrot]

The Am4 holder didn't allow the four pillar to be fully seated. That should be the problem

[mossy flame]

then just dont lose it

[tribal parrot]

This is why u read the manual

[mossy flame]

behind the motherboard because im pretty sure those clip holder thingys, are whats holding that backplate in place right now

and you take them off, and it will just fall off the board

[dense owl]

I had left over pieces from the AIO cooler

And I saw on the manual something needed to be connected on the back side

[icy kelp]

that is for intel

[mossy flame]

^

[dense owl]

Now that I removed the two pieces

[mossy flame]

should have a way better contact pattern

and or one period

[icy kelp]

and also double check to make sure you're using the right mounting screws

[dense owl]

Can I just put on the AIO?

[mossy flame]

make sure the backplate didnt fall but sure.

[icy kelp]

has to be these ones with the thicker base

[mossy flame]

i mean that doesnt show me the backplate

that is on the otherside of the motherboard

[icy kelp]

the backplate is on

[mossy flame]

where the cutout

[icy kelp]

otherwise you wouldn't see the threaded holes

[fallow palm]

mounting screw is on

[mossy flame]

oh you can kinda see the pillars i guess

[fallow palm]

shouldn't that be threaded into the backplate first?

[icy kelp]

am5 backplate is different, it's directly attached to the ilm

so it doesn't just fall off

[fallow palm]

oh ok

[mossy flame]

i think u can still shove it off though no?

[sturdy kayak]

no

[icy kelp]

nope it's screwed into the ilm

[sturdy kayak]

you cant

[fallow palm]

im used to the thread sticking out, then you align the head to the threads

[mossy flame]

oh thats cool.

means i cant be a dipshit and just shove it off!

[fallow palm]

so they should be good with screwing on the pump right?

[icy kelp]

the only way it'd fall off is if you removed the ilm to put on a contact frame

[mossy flame]

i for sure havnt had to go fishing for a backplate before because i was a moron and shoved the screws onto it too hard and it just fell off behind the mb into the case...

[icy kelp]

uh not quite don't put it on

[fallow palm]

that's what i thought

[icy kelp]

that mounting screw goes onto the motherboard first

[mossy flame]

you screw the things into the bracket and then mount the pump onto they..

yeah. nvm

[fallow palm]

don't they need to remove the mounting screw from the cooler?

[mossy flame]

kev has it.

[icy kelp]

yeah

[dense owl]

Should I try and separate both the screws?

[icy kelp]

separate yes

put the mounting screws into the board, then install the cooler

[fallow palm]

smh i don't know AIOs since i have no first hand experience

but following the manual is easy enough

[mossy flame]

can be tricky when weird hardware is involved, am4 was pretty straight forward though

at least my evga one was.

[icy kelp]

well considering this one uses its own screws and not the stock clamp it's closer to using an air cooler

[fallow palm]

my stock AM4 cooler was easy enough lol

AM4 uses the stock clamp for lots of air coolers

[tribal parrot]

Am4 was? Man those two clamps were shit to get on

[icy kelp]

I hate the clamps

I just installed 3 aio's that used them

[sturdy kayak]

stock am4 cooler as in the wraith spire

[mossy flame]

the clamps can blow me i have bled for those things...

[sturdy kayak]

or wraith stealth

i dont think mystic ever had the fancy one

[fallow palm]

stealth i think. non rgb

5600x

[mossy flame]

what i got on my 2600x currently.

[tribal parrot]

Clamp was not fun.

[mossy flame]

bled for that bish to get on

[tribal parrot]

That's what my corsair aio came with. I had to request am5 bracket from them.

Anyway, aio installed? Thermal paste smeared on cpu?

[fallow palm]

yea what's the status update?

[sturdy kayak]

anything that uses clamps i always doubt its mounting pressure or how you have to put extra pressure on one side to get it onto the other side

no bueno

[tribal parrot]

The nervousness of that is insane

[dense owl]

Good so far?

[icy kelp]

yep, make sure those are fully tight with the included tool that they gave then put on the aio

there's no thermal paste on that cpu so for sure the cooler didn't make contact last time otherwise the cpu would be smeared in paste

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mhm

[mossy flame]

for warning do not heman the shit outta them

he-man*

[dense owl]

Alright, it is all screwed in

Should I keep it in the system fan 4 or the cpu_opt?

[icy kelp]

plug the pump into cpu_opt then the aio fans into cpu_fan

system fan 4 might track case temp and not cpu temp idk

[dense owl]

Alright

Done

Now I turn it on and try?

[icy kelp]

mhm

tightened down the screws on the cooler as well?

[dense owl]

I heard some sort of liquid this time

[icy kelp]

if it's on properly then cpu temp should be somewhere around 30c

[fallow palm]

system fan 4 was the pump header on the mobo

so that should work as well but OPT is fine

[icy kelp]

this was with an air cooler

[dense owl]

Yo

It is looking so much better

Thank you so much fellas

It means a lot

[fallow palm]

yay

[icy kelp]

👍

[fallow palm]

now you need to install windows.

[icy kelp]

now back to writing assignments that I should've been doing all this time

[fallow palm]

then turn on XMP/DOCP

[icy kelp]

maybe bios update to latest one first

assuming you had another system to download a new bios to a flashdrive on

[tribal parrot]

Chat G P T

[icy kelp]

if not then ignore that and you can do it later

[dense owl]

I will have to do that tomorrow