i5 3570k + sabertooth z77 + xspc raystorm = Strange Behaviour. Help me understand

skunnykart · 9th June 2012, 12:28 PM

Recently built a new i5 3570k+z77 (asus sabertooth) system and put on my old xspc block on it.

Worked fine for 3 days, then stopped booting. Went crazy. Checked ram, psu, cabling, everything I could think of doing.

Reseated the CPU but still no good.

Decided to RMA the board and CPU. Started loosening the screws on the waterblock but I was getting too tired and went to bed. Following day forgot about the loosened screws and tried booting the rig. It worked!

In windows 7, saw the CPU temps were really high then remembered that the block was loose. Shut it down and tightened the block again. The rig wouldn't boot up anymore.

I let the screws go loose again and then started tightening them 1 rev at a time and tried booting each time. After a certain number of revs the rig wouldn't boot up anymore. At that point I reversed the screw one revolution and then it was booting up again. Temps are fine in the 50s under load. But I don't feel quite right that the screws are not that tight.

What is going on? I've been fine for 2 weeks now and been playing diablo 3 pretty much non stop and it's doing fine but I just want to know what's going on... any of you smarties out there please enlighten me.

Akimbo · 9th June 2012, 4:14 PM

add on cards not seated properly.

Aetherone · 14th June 2012, 8:29 PM

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Originally Posted by skunnykart

What is going on?

Checked the LGA for misaligned or bent pins? Perhaps something doesn't like lots of pressure?
Off kilter mounting placing skewed pressure on the chip?

snappy1 · 14th June 2012, 8:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Aetherone

Checked the LGA for misaligned or bent pins? Perhaps something doesn't like lots of pressure?
Off kilter mounting placing skewed pressure on the chip?

Yeah, I'd reseat the cpu and test.

I have seen similar issues with X58, same tensioning of the water block, too tight and I'd drop a ram channel

Magic F1NGERS · 18th July 2012, 3:41 PM

I just received my P8Z77 V Deluxe and tried installing my XSPC Rasa backplate but it sits against 6 pins to 3 capacitors below the LGA. Have you checked to make sure it isn't shorting anything out on the back of the board?

9th June 2012, 12:28 PM	#1
skunnykart Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 26	i5 3570k + sabertooth z77 + xspc raystorm = Strange Behaviour. Help me understand Recently built a new i5 3570k+z77 (asus sabertooth) system and put on my old xspc block on it. Worked fine for 3 days, then stopped booting. Went crazy. Checked ram, psu, cabling, everything I could think of doing. Reseated the CPU but still no good. Decided to RMA the board and CPU. Started loosening the screws on the waterblock but I was getting too tired and went to bed. Following day forgot about the loosened screws and tried booting the rig. It worked! In windows 7, saw the CPU temps were really high then remembered that the block was loose. Shut it down and tightened the block again. The rig wouldn't boot up anymore. I let the screws go loose again and then started tightening them 1 rev at a time and tried booting each time. After a certain number of revs the rig wouldn't boot up anymore. At that point I reversed the screw one revolution and then it was booting up again. Temps are fine in the 50s under load. But I don't feel quite right that the screws are not that tight. What is going on? I've been fine for 2 weeks now and been playing diablo 3 pretty much non stop and it's doing fine but I just want to know what's going on... any of you smarties out there please enlighten me. __________________ Core i5 3570k; Powercolor 6990 + Sapphire 6950; Crucial M4; Asus Sabertooth Z77; struggling Corsair AX850; Cheap Ram; Corsair 600T; Watered with XSPC+Koolance

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18th July 2012, 3:41 PM	#5
Magic F1NGERS Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 31	I just received my P8Z77 V Deluxe and tried installing my XSPC Rasa backplate but it sits against 6 pins to 3 capacitors below the LGA. Have you checked to make sure it isn't shorting anything out on the back of the board?