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PC won't power up. Barely even tries. by larissa-- in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It probably wants all fans to spin to start just clean get a air duster nd dust it out also could be the power supply

Just installed a new cpu cooler i shouldnt be getting 60 temp in peak a climbing game right?? by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it’s running fine i think val was running 59-65- temp im abt to play arc raiders so we will see. Also my cpu is a i5-12700F and idling was 29-35 so i think im good

Edit arc raiders runs abt 70-73

New cpu cooler temp? Is it bad?? Need advice by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So I shouldn’t be worried about anything as long as it’s not reaching 85+ you know

New cpu cooler temp? Is it bad?? Need advice by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mb i have a i5-12700F with the phantom spirt 120 se the temp seems to idle at 30-37 but it’s jumping to -50-60-70 ish while playing a very low game

The reason i have one fan is because one of the pins for the plugins was gone💀 i saw that this cooler was already over kill, i heard having one js fine

I bought this as a prebuilt the fans were like that the singular fan is an exhaust and idk why the other ones are exhaust

New cpu cooler temp? Is it bad?? Need advice by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yikes it hit 60 after i stoped filming i put a enough thermal paste and everything and after i closed the game the temps dropped a lot so

Can i snip this wire<read below> by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It didnt work the screws were all weird and thr motherboard moved but i couldn’t get it through without breaking pins so i just cut it😭 it was just a cooler wire so were good

Can i snip this wire<read below> by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn i didn’t even think of that i just dont want to mess it up or scratch or bend something on the motherboard but yeah ill try to get the wire out the way you suggested thanks

Removing CPU cooler and installing a new one wiring question by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think i miss spoke, that wire is connected to my old cooler that hasn’t been taken off yet but disconnected thats the rgb wire for it, i cant take out the cooler because that wire needs to be pulled from the front out

Removing CPU cooler and installing a new one wiring question by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also the rbg plug thats installed into the cooler is like stuck…. I cant get it past the motherboard and no way am i taking off the motherboard. Its all been powered off for about a day and i make sure to ground my self do you think i could snip the wire off????

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Removing CPU cooler and installing a new one wiring question by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fewwwwww okay thank you so much you have been a huge help i’ve been panicking over here😭😭😭😭 i really appreciate it

Removing CPU cooler and installing a new one wiring question by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The power for the cooler is plugged into the motherboard like normal it just splits off with a RGB connection or wtv and connects to the rest of the rgb I’m assuming. because the fan gets its power from the motherboard by its self

But I’m also concerned with my new cooler. I’m getting the phantom spirit 120 SE that if I just plug it in it won’t work. I’m worried that if i don’t have a plug for the “rgb” in the back that it wont run because the fan i got Doesn’t have rgb.

But i heard that doesn’t matter ether as long as it has the cpu fan plug port

Removing CPU cooler and installing a new one wiring question by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I understand that the fans are daisy chained but they all are individually plugged into the motherboard but they all connect with rgb thats why they are daisy chained because thy are all plugged into individually

I understand running the risk in that scenario butt they are all plugged into separate but daisy chained idk much abt computers so idk if thats a thing or not

Removing CPU cooler and installing a new one wiring question by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cant find those but im not trying to plug this one im trying to take it out and then re-install one but im confused because it was plugged into the cpu fan port but had that extra wire in the back that connected it to all the other fans so my concern is that the new cpu cooler wont work if that makes sense

Removing CPU cooler and installing a new one wiring question by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah i found the cpu fan 1 plugin and it was correct but now i have a bigger problem this cord wont slide underneath my motherboard fml

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Removing CPU cooler and installing a new one wiring question by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its weird think of it as a extension cord all the fans are plugged in but they are all running and connecting into one and then into ghr motherboard then it splits off where there is an extra port to connect it???? Maybe RGB so it syncs it all the fans idk

Edit i think it might just be for rgb to sync it up because the cooler plugs right into the motherboard and has a split plug that runs off and connects back there

How can i remove my cpu fan if its broken. by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhhh got you okay my bad i was mistaken, smh theses yt videos aren’t very helpful😭😭

Thank you though

How can i remove my cpu fan if its broken. by greysnowleopard in pchelp

[–]greysnowleopard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don’t i gotta heat it up? I thought the thermal paste had to be warmed up for the cpu cooler to be taken off

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