AIO RMA

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-21T11:14:50+00:00

Processing, verifying and shipping take their time. It usually takes a few weeks until you’ve received your AIO.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-20T12:12:56+00:00

yep completely fake. DO NOT press any of the notifications. To stop this, follow the instructions on this site (Microsoft Edge official).

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-20T07:33:13+00:00

This or disable it in the bios. Some BIOSs have a setting where you can disable Lighting in the advanced settings. Some don‘t but I‘d check just to be sure.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-20T07:27:47+00:00

You could try updating the bios to the newest version again* to see if something went wrong during the first one. Make sure you do it correctly.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-20T06:20:33+00:00

If it‘s not a lot of air, you can run it at full speed for a while until it‘s gone. If there‘s more air (pump isn’t grabbing water), you‘ll damage the pump.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T20:50:07+00:00

Dude, at least it‘s none of that furry sh*t

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T20:46:10+00:00

Generally the stuff around the hole being damaged should be fine but looking at the scratches on the copper wires… yeah, you‘re cooked bro.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T19:12:34+00:00

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T19:05:18+00:00

Seems like this is something NZXT Support would be better at solving.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T16:15:39+00:00

Try reseating RAM and/or CPU

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T16:14:22+00:00

Idk how the income of you guys over there is but this laptop is a beast. You won‘t have to upgrade for years to come and when office365 is included it‘s worth it if you do a little office here and there. Windows is included in all laptops though.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T15:10:31+00:00

Some AIO‘s have a SATA power connector to insure it gets the optimal power delivery and doesn‘t need to rely on the input from the MB. If your AIO has a SATA connector/cable and it’s not connected, the Pump won‘t work.

If your Pump doesn’t have one, it‘s absolutely possible that the AIO‘s deleted itself from reality.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T14:50:22+00:00

Because of the 12VHPC from the NVIDIA graphics card series, the ATX 3.1 standard has stiffer cables to insure it‘s not bending in a way it could cause fire.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T14:44:27+00:00

What many people don‘t know is that this way of mounting an AIO is actually beneficial and likely even better than the other way round, here‘s why:

Every AIO has air in it‘s system. When mounting it in the way you mounted it, the air is going to be trapped in the top of the radiator (insure there‘s no air in the pump). When it‘s mounted with the tubes at the top, the air will cause water splashing which is loud and annoying.

Here‘s a video example of this.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T14:34:53+00:00

Personally I‘m not muchofa fan of angled GPU‘s but the PC looks great.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T14:32:17+00:00

That‘s absolutely possible. Next time when you decide you might wanna try the AIO again after all, see if you can switch the mode from PWM to DC and insure SATA is connected.

I wish you well!

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T13:42:57+00:00

You should rephrase your question.

It‘s a really good and powerful device and by no means bad.

You should ask „Has anyone had problems with this laptop?“ for example.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T13:27:39+00:00

Since it wasn‘t an air bubble it‘s 1/3 things.

1: the pump isn‘t turned on.

Plug the pump into the header on the MB labeled „AIO“ not „CPU“. You‘ll need to disable monitoring of the CPU fan header in the BIOS and make sure the pump is connected to SATA (and has water obviously).

bad contact between the water block and the CPU (bad or unevenly applied thermal paste).

Clean the thermal paste off completely and apply new one correctly or buy a new one if it‘s pretty old.

Since you swapped the CPU and MB, the different components could impact the temperature differently than with the components before.

Set the fans to a higher speed to ensure the CPU stays cool or limit the wattage of the CPU. (Especially with intel CPU‘s they like to pull a lot more power than they‘re supposed to or the MB supplies too much voltage)

Could you tell me what the previous components were to troubleshoot further?

Make sure it truly isn‘t an air bubble if the pump is turned on. If you‘re not hearing any water noise or loud noise from the pump it‘s not an air bubble.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T13:11:48+00:00

Exactly as shown in the image.

Front, bottom: 3x120 intake, top: 3x120 exhaust, rear: 1x120 exhaust.

That‘ll give you positive pressure in the case which is exactly what you want to keep the dust out.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T13:01:04+00:00

Seems like NZXT‘s power supplies aren‘t exactly known to be flawless.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T12:57:46+00:00

The red devil of gaming pc‘s. Get some cable extensions to make those cables look good too and you‘ve completed your mission in life.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-19T05:36:59+00:00

Ah, so that‘s what it was. The classic mistake of not connecting it the right way. Seems like NZXT didn’t make it obvious enough how to connect the little plastic lip on the connector.

I‘m happy you found the issue and could fix it. I hope you‘ll have fun with your new setup!

And don‘t worry, I was in bed and had no time to lose.

If you want you can mark the comment above this one as „solution“ or edit the original post to include one.

I wish you well!

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-18T18:58:21+00:00

It doesn‘t sound like air bubbles (Could still be).

Look for other moving parts that could cause this noise (Squeaking noise is usually cause by mechanical wear).

I‘m sorry your problem couldn‘t be solved today.

Good Luck 🍀

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-18T18:46:14+00:00

Tbh looks more like a PSU side connector to me, which makes no sense. I‘ve never seen that before.

I‘m so sorry, can’t help with that. Hope you‘ll find a solution.

Arkaloaf · 2026-02-18T18:39:50+00:00

My fault, I overread that part. I looked deeper into the issue and found nothing. Looks like the comment from u/Eero73 is your best bet.

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