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CLC 280 question AIO_PUMP or CPU_FAN?

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2018/03/14 10:08:09 (permalink)
Hello, first AIO here, wondering what in supposed to do with the headers. As of now I have the two radiator fans plugged into the splitter it gives and that plugged into CPU_FAN.

I think Prime95 gets my CPU way too hot as it hits 80+ within a few minutes and I don't hear the fans increasing RPM.

I'm using an i7-6700k and an Asus prime z270a Mobo.

I noticed I have an AIO_PUMP header on my motherboard. As well as an additional CPU_OPT.

Im sitting at work right now wondering if I should try the following:

Don't use the splitter and plug both radiator fans into cpu_fan and cpu_opt?

If I do that what's the AIO_PUMP one for?


Secondly, the flow control app won't launch. It can't detect the hardware. If I uninstall and reinstall it works once. Any advice?
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    Re: CLC 280 question AIO_PUMP or CPU_FAN? 2018/03/15 22:24:59 (permalink)
     
    What have you plugged the pump into? I do not use EVGA's software, so I plug the pump into the AIO_PUMP header, one fan into the CPU_FAN header, the other fan into the CPU_OPT header. I set the fan speed curve controls up in the BIOS > Q-fan functions. The AIO_PUMP runs 100% all the time. The CPU_FAN header and the CPU_OPT header share the same Q-fan controller, and I have that set to run at around 40% and then have them start ramping up starting around 50C and up to 100% power around 75C.
     
    Unless you've clocked the hell out of your i7-6700k, you shouldn't be getting that hot so quickly unless the fans aren't ramping up and/or the pump isn't actually plugged in.
     
    I run an ASUS Maximus IX Hero, but the header layout/names are similar, as is the BIOS.
     
     
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    Re: CLC 280 question AIO_PUMP or CPU_FAN? 2018/03/15 22:35:35 (permalink)
    It's just Labeled that way...I never cared just plugged what into whatever header find it in the bios then set how you like. Don't really matter all the same headers. 

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    Re: CLC 280 question AIO_PUMP or CPU_FAN? 2018/03/15 22:49:19 (permalink)
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    It's just Labeled that way...I never cared just plugged what into whatever header find it in the bios then set how you like. Don't really matter all the same headers. 


    Not all the same, but yeah, mostly. OP has an ASUS mobo. The W-PUMP and H-AMP headers run 3A/36W, all the others are 1A/12W (standard fan headers). The CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT headers run off the same Q-fan controller, so it's a good idea using those for the fans on a CLC280 so the fans stay in sync and radiator airflow works as it was designed. AIO_PUMP runs 100% all the time by default, as does W_PUMP. The rest have individual Q-fan controllers (at least in my BIOS and model mobo).
     
     
     
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