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Help! 92C on 2600k

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wings2004

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Hey... so I have a 2600k with a modest overclock, cooled by an antec kuhler 620 in push pull (well it was push pull... more on that), 4.4GHz that is managed by the bios of my ASROCK Z68 Professional Gen3 motherboard (we can go into why its managed by the bios and not manually done later if you like, suffice to say this was the only thing that worked for me, there was an old thread on the issue). Anyway, I have been folding 24/7 for the past month, temps in my house have been increasing to around a stable 80F while I'm at work during the day and my system averaged 68-78C depending on what folding workload I was doing. Well I got my first power bill and it was a bit of a shock in the face and I decided "no more folding on this system" since I have a 4p server in the mail that is much more efficient, instructed the FAH client to finish its work and then started playing diablo 3. At the end of the night I turned off my system, while playing Diablo 3 I was seeing temps at around 54C if that, well I was out all weekend and my system as been shut off until today when I turned it on to play some more. I loaded up windows and went to the other room while it got there, when I got back there was a warning from realtemp saying I broke my temp threshold of 92C and it would shut down in 30 seconds (keep in mind 0 load), and sure enough all the cores were reporting 90-92C, I freaked and slammed the button quickly.

I then thought "this was folding 24/7 for a month straight wtf happened" and thought maybe it was the OS playing tricks, loaded up the bios and sure enough 92C, shut down again. I then thought maybe the paste went bad (using arctic ceramique 2) from the high temps and I redid the application following all the instructions, in order to get to the cooler I had to remove the "push" fan since it was in the way, but I figured no biggie, should be fine. I cleaned it off with isopropyl 70%, prepped the heatsink and the cover, and put the new paste on (waiting for the alcohol to dry each time). I turned the system on, loaded the bios and it was still pegged at 92C, by this point I had already turned off the OC thinking maybe something was wrong, still 92C. At this point I am lost on what to do, I hear water flowing out of the pump when the system turns off so I think that is still working but my next step is to mount one of the CM212+ I have for my 4p to the system and see if it helps, the Air coming out of the 620 is cool but the pump area was noticeably warm when I was reapplying the paste.

Could the temp probe in the 2600k be bad? Is it most likely the pump? Did I ruin any of my hardware?

Any help would be appreciated, sorry for the word vomit I wanted to make sure everything I saw was documented, Thanks in advance and hopefully I can get this system back up and playing games in no time...

Wings
 
Sounds like the temp probe could be defective if you're hitting 92c in the BIOS. Try installing the stock HSF, or the 212+ and see if the temps change.

If they don't change, then you've found the problem.
 
Sounds like maybe the pump is bad. Running the chip flat-out like that wouldn't cause the temps to increase at a later date. Doubtful on the temp sensor being bad (assuming you are using CoreTemp or RealTemp, I've never heard of a sensor getting stuck high like that) - try a different cooler and see what happens.
 
Forceman said:
Sounds like maybe the pump is bad. Running the chip flat-out like that wouldn't cause the temps to increase at a later date. Doubtful on the temp sensor being bad (assuming you are using CoreTemp or RealTemp, I've never heard of a sensor getting stuck high like that) - try a different cooler and see what happens.
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Yeah, I've never heard of a temp prob becoming defective, but I didn't want to rule it out as a possibility considering it's hitting 92c within the 5-8 seconds it takes to get into the BIOS screen.
 
UPDATE - Looks like the pump was bad, I ripped out the motherboard, installed the support bracket for the 212 booted up and the bios is holding steady at 49C, sigh, looks like my 4p will be a 3p until I can get another 212...
 
So... I've never used a 212+ before, should I be able to wiggle it? Or should it be solid?
 
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Wiggle it? No. Be able to slightly rotate it ever so slightly? Sure.

If you find it feels "loose" and it actually WIGGLES then tighten those screws down a bit more!
 
Sorry, "twist" is a more appropriate descriptor, it does not rock but it does twist, I'm not used to the mounting bracket only having a single point of contact with the heatsink... that point being circular, so I figured it was ok but wanted to make sure.
 
wings2004 said:
Sorry, "twist" is a more appropriate descriptor, it does not rock but it does twist, I'm not used to the mounting bracket only having a single point of contact with the heatsink... that point being circular, so I figured it was ok but wanted to make sure.
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That's what I assumed you meant when you said wiggle. ;)
 
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