Computer problems

[Bizman]

It might also be that 1) the motherboard has to sense a fan before starting up, and 2) the fan somehow can't tell it's rotating, I.E. the sensor has broken. Interchanging  the plugs of a case fan and the water cooler/CPU fan would fool the motherboard to believe the right fan would be running. Again, this assuming the bios is set to shut down on a missing fan.

If the bios has been set to not recognize the fan due to water cooling, a failing battery or some other thing might just have reset the bios/cmos settings back to look for missing fans. Even more so after changing the battery, all settings have been reset to default including the fan settings if they were altered because of the water cooling.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

It might also be that 1) the motherboard has to sense a fan before starting up, and 2) the fan somehow can't tell it's rotating, I.E. the sensor has broken. Interchanging  the plugs of a case fan and the water cooler/CPU fan would fool the motherboard to believe the right fan would be running. Again, this assuming the bios is set to shut down on a missing fan.

If the bios has been set to not recognize the fan due to water cooling, a failing battery or some other thing might just have reset the bios/cmos settings back to look for missing fans. Even more so after changing the battery, all settings have been reset to default including the fan settings if they were altered because of the water cooling.

OEM computer are always a can of worms I don't want to open. Brrrr... (cold shivers)

[ACE]

They just called me and told me they have the diagnosis.  She said it was several things.  Will find out what they are in person.

[Rob52240]

She said it was several things.

A profitable repair shop always will.

[ACE]

Right. I know how businesses work lol. However , I will not let them buy parts I'm not gonna eat 25% mark up lol.

[ACE]

It's back up and running now  

Here was the problem I completely missed.  I couldn't see the crack without taking this whole thing off.



cost me about 30-35$ including parts to fix this.

Edit: If anyone cant see what im talking about, you notice two silver screws on the right side. There should be two more on the left side.  However, there was a crack and it just fell off when he unsrewed it.  Im guessing over time it just got weaker due to heat. 

[Bizman]

Note to self: Don't get water cooling. Ever. 

[ACE]

I replaced it with a fan/heatsink combo that works just as good as it did!

[Skuzzy]

With CPU's using less and less power, water cooling is really only for those who are extreme overclockers who dream of applying liquid nitrogen to help dissipate the 300W of power they want to push through a 22nm part so it will clock at umpteen gigahertz, for less than 30 seconds before exploding.  Then sit back and go, "coooolll".

Anyway, I digress.  With CPU's total power dissipation numbering in the area of one 60W light bulb, air cooling is just fine and quiet if you get the right parts.

[ACE]

i bought a 10$ cooler master it works fine and i cant hear it

[Masherbrum]

i bought a 10$ cooler master it works fine and i cant hear it

     Good to see that you have resolved this issue.