Pension age PC needs help.

Problem now is that I have used it daily for internet email for the last 2/3 years and now when I try DaVinci Resolve with single video clips it overheats and dies, the same with neural filters on Photoshop Pro. I even tried a 1v1 game of AOE II and it overheated after about 15 minutes, long before full pop or a decent battle.

I have checked and all fans are spinning and inside it virtually dust free, so I think the Liquid Cooling system may be the culprit, anyway to test - bearing in mind I am not at home inside the case, total Luddite.

I know it's time to update the whole lot, but that's not an option, need to try get this back up to where it was originally...

Thanks in advance.

Spear · 20-06-2022 9:32pm

It does sound like the AIO is dead, either a dead pump or it's jammed. Still easy enough to replace it at least.

The One Doctor · 20-06-2022 9:35pm

Find the source of the overheating. Get a compatible air cooled heatsink off Adverts and put it in, with new thermal paste.

It could be as simple as just renewing the thermal paste.

HorseSea · 20-06-2022 10:09pm

I assume I look for one with LGA 2011 socket type?

Could not find anything reasonable on Adverts. Would this do from Amazon?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ALSEYE-M90-Dual-tower-Air-cooled-Compatible/dp/B098SGPFYX/ref%3Dsr_1_3?crid=2NJJN3DQOQPIW&keywords=lga+2011+cpu+cooler&qid=1655762645&sprefix=lga+2011%2Caps%2C102&sr=8-3

Thanks

K.O.Kiki · 21-06-2022 2:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119228972#Comment_119228972

No, that's Chinese junk with a 92mm fan.

Get a Thermalright Peerless Assassin PA120 or Gelid Solutions Phantom.

Make sure to wipe off old thermal paste before installing new cooler - cotton buds are great, isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol makes the job easier.

HorseSea · 21-06-2022 8:28pm

Thanks, I have ordered the Gelid Solutions one. I will let you know how I get on. Hopefully that will fix the issue.

HorseSea · 23-06-2022 5:08pm

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Gelid Black Phantom arrived today and I looked at a couple of videos on YouTube which really put me off doing it myself, but I did and it went like a dream, didn't find it fiddly or difficult. Fan clips are a pain but once you get the idea they work perfectly.

Up and running again within an hour and it is so silent, I can't hear it. Temps are 29/30c with normal use. I tried a render with DaVinci AND a neural filter in Photoshop at the SAME time and times never rose above 51, either process separately killed PC within seconds. Tried AOE II DE as well and temps hardly rose at all. Again, PC would have crashed previously.

So sorry I didn't come here earlier to post the problem and get the solution, all for €50.

K.O.Kiki · 23-06-2022 5:35pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119240298#Comment_119240298

That's great to hear!

You can probably repurpose the AIO's fans for case intake/exhaust if you want to prevent landfill, though the main rad+pump should go into recycling (I wonder if the metal is worth much?)

HorseSea · 24-06-2022 11:56pm

I will keep the fans, I was thinking of putting them back in, but I didn't have the hardware, they were held in using the same bolts as the rad and with that gone they would not fit now. Anyway there are four other fans in the there and with new CPU fan it's not even getting warm in there :-)

Interesting that I cut the pipes on the AIO to see how much water there was, there was about 2 teaspoons full!!! No wonder the chip was heating up when under pressure. I guess the water cooler last the best part of nine years, so can't complain.

Pension age PC needs help.

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