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H55 horribly loud pump noise


Jstrat31

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I juts purchased a H55, if I plug the pump into the pWR_fan header it's quite but shows as only running at 1500rmp. Is this a normal speed?? If I attached it to a molex to fan adapter it makes the worts grinding noise I've ever heard. Same if I put if in any other fan header with the fan control setting turned off. The pump should be able to run max all the time Without issue.

Do I have a defective unit??

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Well I feel quite stupid for this, but the cause of the noise was the fan warning I set on my motherboard. It went off when I switched fan headers. ....

But the unit does only registers 1500 rpm from the pump. If I put the fan in the same header it will spin at 17000 Rpms with the voltage regulation off.

Should the pump be faster?? It's the quite edition H55

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I'm having the same issue with mine. It sounds exactly like a cross between a Red Squirrel and a Wood Pecker lol! If I turn my tower on its side the sound will go away so it must be an air bubble. It's been almost a month and I've left the tower on its side all night while running a couple times, but the sounds always returns. The bottom two screws to the pump are about level with the radiator in my case, so its not like the pump is below the radiator so I'm not sure how air got inside. My motherboard is the fm2+ g1.sniper a88x and it does have an option for manual operation of the fans, but no matter what setting I use the pump remains at 1496-1503 rpm. Tech support told me to try other fan headers and such, but that didn't help. I'm currently still messing with it before I send away for a new one...
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UPDATE: Tech support told me to try plugging the pump into a 3 pin fan header on my mb..I ended up finally finding one to plug it into that wasn't 4 pin. After about 30 minutes after doing so the noise gradually went away, it's been a few hours now and it's almost quite. You will not be able to tell the fan speed on a 3 pin connector, the 4th pin on the others is what allows you to monitor and change its speed.
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I think so because the noise is now back, somehow air is getting in....

 

air cannot get in as its a sealed system however is it possible you moved or shook the computer?,,these coolers arent completely full to allow for expansion and a jar will shake things up.

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It's gotten louder like a wood pecker trying to get out of my case, maybe its not air just a bad pump.

 

Air in the system doesn't make that kind of noise.

 

And air should work its way through fairly quickly and not be an issue.

 

Try gently pushing on the pump in different spots and see if the noise changes.

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Well...I received the replacement today hooked it all up and right from the start had the same noise. Like a rattle/clicking coming from the radiator. It went away for after a few minutes, then it came right back and has remained for a number of hours now. This time, when I lay the case on its side the sound remains, however if I tilt the case 45 degrees the sound stops. VERY disappointed :(
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