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Thread ID: 146264	2018-06-13 07:38:00	CPU temp for i7 6700k	Chikara (5139)	Press F1

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1450523	2018-06-20 12:34:00	1st is the bios current? check and update if you need to. Most motherboard overvolt the cpu when set to auto , try manual 1.25 ,1,28 ,1.30 this should lower the temps as long as its stable. My brother new pc has a 6700k with watercooling I ran heavyload on it. It maxxed it out at 100c! one of the fixes i read for it was to lower the auto cpu voltage.	apsattv (7406)
1450524	2018-06-20 12:49:00	Hi, yes the BIOS is up to date. One of my theories was, maybe the watercooling was not working correctly or at full capacity somehow. But the two extract fans from it, and the top of the case, are both working, and I can feel one of the tubes is warm the other is cooler so I'm assuming the water is flowing as it should. I had already researched that and came across this thread: forum.corsair.com Even the folks there are arguing about the right settings (BIOS or Corsair Link, DC v PWM etc), so I haven't changed anything. Happy to take advise on this though. That's the only other thing I can think of I need to look at, apart from playing around with the voltage controls again. I may also try a second time to apply thermal paste, just in case when I did it last week, it somehow didn't sit properly. PS right now the temp is 68 degrees with just some browser windows open. A bit cooler than it has been but still hotter than I think it should be at this usage.	Chikara (5139)
1450525	2018-06-20 12:54:00	Open task manager see whats hogging the cpu? Are you actually using the corsair link software? to set the performance mode for the hx www.corsair.com www.youtube.com	apsattv (7406)
1450526	2018-06-20 12:59:00	I'm not using the Corsair Link software, as per that thread I linked to there was a lot of talk about whether it even does anything or not, depending on what the BIOS option for it is. I guess it's worth a try at this point though. Did you see the forum post? Any thoughts about what the users were saying there about the right settings?	Chikara (5139)
1450527	2018-06-20 13:30:00	Edit - forgot to add before, and too late to edit post now - yes I already have checked Task manager and there is nothing really hogging CPU, highest use was Firefox but only 6.6%	Chikara (5139)
1450528	2018-06-20 15:59:00	I would also do a sfc scan in case windows is messing with things..you shouldnt be getting such heat at stock btw you havnt mentioned your graphics card? what are the temps of the GPU? www.lifewire.com	apsattv (7406)
1450529	2018-06-20 18:38:00	Hi, I just did a sfc scan, no problems there. The graphics card is a GeForce GTX970. According to HWMonitor right now as I write this, GPU temp is 42 degrees. And CPU is 97 degrees (!!) with CPU load at 18%, mostly caused by Firefox 8% and Chrome 7%. I'm just about to shut it down though....	Chikara (5139)
1450530	2018-06-21 13:41:00	I installed the Corsair Link software, and the watercooler doesn't even show up in there at all. I checked BIOS Qfan settings, and under 'Water Pump Control', it was set as disabled. I changed that to PWM mode, restarted, but watercooler still does not show in Corsair Link. I had a look in device manager (as some forums suggested) and I can't see any problem entries there, but I also cannot see the watercooler as a device anywhere there either. This is also a secondary issue, I am still having the temp issues with the CPU. I tried setting SPU savings mode in BIOS to 'enabled' but it seems to have not made much difference. Perhaps slightly but not much. Any other suggestions? Perhaps I will try to re-apply the thermal paste, just in case it didn't take properly when I did it last week	Chikara (5139)
1450531	2018-06-22 19:27:00	I think something is clashing or your pump isnt working to the maximum. Did you read this? forum.corsair.com I would also uninstall the asus suite completely , consider getting somethng like this www.lazada.sg then detach the water cooling some others listed here www.lazada.sg	apsattv (7406)
1450532	2018-06-23 04:43:00	Hi, Well I tried reapplying the thermal paste a second time, just in case the first time didn't work correctly. I couldn't see any obvious problems when I did it (except maybe some of the paste at one side had gone further to the edge than the other sides, but it didn't look like a major problem). Maybe it's made a difference, under light usage CPU temp is around 65-70. But I would still have thought this is too high. By the way, I had already uninstalled Asus AI Suite fully before I did the first thermal paste reapply. Going back to the watercooling problem. That's an interesting forum post, I had not seen that particular one. I have tried both Corsair Link and Corsair iCue (iCue apparently is eventually going to replace Corsair link, it doesn't set support all devices but mine was so I tried it). The water cooler is still not visible in there. But I am sure it's actually working, because the fans on it are spinning. And even though there's probably no way to physically prove the water pump is working, if I touch the two tubes, one is warm the other is cool. Which probably proves that hot water is being drawn away from CPU, cooled, and then send back in the other tube. So it does seem to be working, and I guess controlled from BIOS, but just not visible in the Corsair software. I tried looking at the suggestions in that post. I don't have any Unrecognised USB devices. I really am a bit of a newbie with the physical installation though (the shop installed it for me). But as far as I can see there are only two connections from the water cooler, is that correct? 1) is the power from the PSU, the other connects to the CPU_FAN motherboard header. The MB header is 4 pin but the actual pin connecting to it is 3 pin. Is that the only 2 connections I need to check? Some people talk about a 'USB header' for the watercooler, is this something different again? How about the BIOS settings, I have read various posts where some people say to set QFan to Auto, or to DC, or to PWM, or manual. There seems a lot of conflicting advice. I don't understand even what affect Qfan has on the watercooler, I thought Qfans were for 'normal' fans only and just control fan speed, but not waterpump. There is also a 'water pump' setting in BIOS, but I understand this is meant for a situation where you have normal CPU air cooling, *plus* a separate water pump connected elsewhere. In any case, turning that on or off in BIOS made no difference either. Any thoughts about this? is it likely this watercooler detection problem is the main issue with my heating, or it's probably still caused by something else?	Chikara (5139)
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