Corsair H110 Pump Noise

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SeegsElite

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I seem to have air inside the system on the H110. It's sort of an odd situation because from what I've read you normally hear the noise at start up for a 15 minutes or so and then it goes away. In my case, the noise doesn't start coming from the pump until the system is on for about 12 hours and then the noise just never goes away. Shutting down the PC and then immediately starting it back up remedies the issue...until about 12 hours later that is.

Is there any way to get rid of the air? Is this normal behavior if you have air inside your loop? I'm thinking about RMA'ing the cooler but that would mean I'd be without a PC for about a week until the replacement arrives. The Intel CPU I have doesn't come with a stock HSF so I'm kind of SOL.
 
No, it's above the pump:

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I've had similar issues with every AIO cooler I've ever used. As far as I can tell, quality control on them simply sucks. Be prepared to put in some effort to get them working 100% as-expected.

Been through multiple H55's, H75's, H80's, and H100's. Multiple returns and RMAs. There's always something wrong. Not enough coolant, gurgling, buzzing pumps, problems with the fans included with the cooler, problems with them being unable to bleed air from the pump in specific orientations...

Only solution for the ones that gurgle has been opening the loop and adding additional coolant. If you RMA it, there's a good chance the new one will have exactly the same problem (or worse). If a lack of coolant is the only thing wrong with your H110, consider yourself lucky.
As an aside, if you want to cut some noise, under-volt the pump to 7v. It doesn't seem to have much of an impact on cooling, but is SERIOUSLY reduces noise levels.
 
Mine started doing this when I first bought it and I found that moving the water loop cables seemed to fix it. I just used a twist-tie to keep mine in more of an "L" shape rather than a "C" and that did the trick.
 
You could try to carefully pull-tie the hoses so they are above the level of the pump .. so pump is lowest point in system. That might solve the air problem.
 
Thanks for the suggestions guys. When I get home from work I'll play around with the orientation of the hoses to see if that fixes it. They do swivel a little where they connect to the pump. In the mean time I've already ordered a new H100i and plan on RMA'ing this one if the suggestions don't resolve the issue.
 
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