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Hey everyone, Just wanted to throw my hat into the ring as well. I notice the same click on my CPU xc7 block as well. Nothing nearly as frequent or annoying as the OP and it happens randomly where a single click can be heard. I also think it has something to do with the material expanding/contracting. The one thing I didn't notice on the thread (unless I missed it) was the thermal paste. I used the preapplied paste on this one against my better judgement. I wonder if the heat is causing the block to "scrape" (not the best word) against the hardened thermal material. Im going to take the block off and clean it and apply a fresh compound to see if that has any effect in the next day or two and will report back. I have a feeling it wont make a difference, but at least it's something to try and eliminate as a reason if anything.

Good to know about the little wheel on the gpu plate so I don't get too alarmed. I'm definitely learning quite a bit. As far as the placement of the pump goes I do think I will eventually move it to the spot you said. There is plenty of room and I've looked up a couple of videos that show that placement. Plus it will free up a lot of space in the motherboard side which in turn gives me more options on the routing of the tubing which I mentioned is getting in the way of my sound card. Your advice and things you have come across in the past will definitely save me time and money and j want you to know that it is much appreciated.

Good to know on the splitters. They Def aren't expensive ones. I'll keep it going for now, but I think I won't waste more money on cheaper ones trying to save money now that I have read your advice. So when the time comes, I'll just cough up the extra and rest easy. I didn't think about setting the pump speed at a fixed rate. It looks like it hovers around the 2000 range. I kinda like that range right now with the Temps I'm seeing. So I'm not seeing a need to blast to way high. I'm not doing serious overclocking. Just want to keep the processor nice and cool and allow me to pump up afterburner a decent chunk which my first go around worked great. The afterburner overclock settings I have would crash most of the time and they don't break a sweat now. I do want to replace the power supply cables like it sounds you did. One it makes it easier to find and two from the pictures I've seen, they are easier to cable manage. I don't like wild rainbow color patterns. Most of what I found and imported stick with a primary color. I actually think I found the link from this forum go ogling around when I first was looking. People probably know the person, but it escapes me right now. The 36" verticlr rise sounds like what I have. The 680x case I have has a radiator at the very top and very bottom. They were the best places I could fit them. I don't have a tube that goes 36" though as overall with having to go to the gpu/cpu/pump the runs are pretty short. Sounds like you have messed with the product line for a while. Seems like there was some big woes at the beginning, but things I'm reading seems like corsair has worked on it and it has gotten a lot better. I'm happy with everything so far. Also thankful for the help. I hate the forums when you are the "new guy" to a product and people go out of there way to be jerks VS offering help and/or insight. Just want to let you know I appreciate that. I'm not new to building systems, but to water cooling I am.

Hey guys, Looks like I got it working and the main issue was one of the pwn splitters I was using. 2 of the 3 ports worked, but I happened to plug into one that wasn't. Plus I removed my second splitter that I used for the two fans on the second radiator and had them plugged directly to the commander pro. I decided to power down and recheck connections. Mainly the usb ones and one felt loose so I reseated all of them. So the checklist looks like this now. -Port 1 - Top Radiator Fans (VIA splitter mentioned above) -Port 2 - Back Case Fan -Port 3 - Bottom Radiator Fan 01 -Port 4 - Middle Front Fan (I changed this from the top fan since my pump is attached to it. That way I can control the air blowing on the pump itself). -Port 5 - Bottom Radiator Fan 02 -Port 6 - Pump Tach c-attack, thanks for bringing up about the hotplugging. I avoided it on the hydro-x, but had you not brought that up, I probably would have. As you said, Ive also done it with other fans plenty of times. As far as why I was thinking the pump wasnt working? yes the spindle on the gpu was one indicator, but after I added the second radiator, water was just not pulling through the tubes and the temps for my CPU and GPU reached very high temps. Plus I could open my case door and get close to the pump and basically hear it when it was pushing water and when it wasnt. Without the tach it was definately pushing water and I was able to fill everything up (also being careful not to let the reservoir run empty as you stated. When it was plugged back into the commander, it went dead silent and you could almost burn your hand touching the CPU or GPU blocks while the radiators were cold. I did double check the commander pro and make sure the fan settings were all set as 4 pin (as they all are 4 pin) and not auto or anything). So im not sure exactly why that splitter caused an issue, but removing the extra one that I didnt really need and moving one of the top radiator fans to a free port on the splitter seems to have gotten things going. I did the wizard to apply the profiles initially again, made a custom one for the fan the hydro x is hanging from. Then I made copies of the radiator fan profiles that it assigns through the wizards so I could play with the speed settings while keeping my originals in case I want them. Now that everything was showing correctly and flowing, I fired up a game to basically get some heat going and fired up MSI Afterburner and used one of my profiles in that which is overclocked. Once the heat started I saw the radiator fans kick in and everything was cool to luke warm to the touch. Im quite happy now seeing as this is my first build. Now im just waiting for my PCI 1x riser strip (kinda like those ones for 16x to vertically mount your GPU) because all the tubing and my back usb controller that plugs into the motherboard caused me to lose the spaces where I would put my creative soundblaster zx. I tried to use the onboard audio, and just didnt like it compared to the card (which can output everything as DTS or DD). So with the riser ribbon I can get it plugged in and clear everything. I want to thank you both for your advice and how quickly you responded. You both gave me good advice in general and things to check which I will be saving for the future if I have any issues.

Yes I know. Sorry if I confused an issue. I was referring to the separate lighting nodes you can buy with the color strips (also the case I have, the 680x has one). Anyways sorry for the confusion. I was wondering if the fan ports on the commander pro have to be filled in 1 through 6 or if I had 4 empty for whatever reason and had 1,2,3,5,6 filled if 5 and 6 would have an issue. I was comparing that to the rgb hubs which state they need to be filled up in order. Anyways I'm about to do the tests mentioned and will let you know what I find.

Thanks for the quick reply. Yes I condigured which port has the pump fan connector. Your idea about using the uefi interface is good and I'll go check in there just to see if I can spin it up since that's long before the icue software takes over. I have plenty of connectors left on the motherboard for this test. I'm also going to try removing one of my splitters. I know I tried removing both originally and since they are 3 way, each has an extra port on it. I know the lighting nodes have to fill up their ports from 1 to 6. I don't recall if the commander pro also has to do this. Finally I'll double check the USB connectors on the commander pro. I know it has two. Thanks and I will get back to you within the hour.

Hi everyone, Sorry first for the long post, I wanted to detail as much as I could. I had no issues until recently. Before I had 1 240mm Corsair Radiator that took care of both my CPU and GPU. I had originially planned on a 360mm Radiator to be the final stop before going back to the pump, but unfortunately just couldn't find a way to fit it in my case with all my other stuff. A couple of days ago I got a second 240mm Corsair Radiator and redid the tubing to bring it into the fold. So the path now goes like this.... XD5 Pump --> XC7 CPU Block --> XR5 240 Radiator --> XG7 GPU Block --> Second XR5 Radiator --> Back to Pump When the system is on I can see the rpm's of the fan of the pump since I have the 4 pin cable plugged into the commander pro (i did port 6 as recommended in the instructions first, but have tried different ports) and the numbers all show up correct. However I could see the water wasn't pumping (that little spindle thing on the GPU is helpful). So after checking connections I powered up without the 4 Pin fan connector and could clearly hear the pump turn on and push water. If I plug that 4 pin connector back in, the pump shuts off. The Temperature gauge reads just fine just so everyone knows. A couple other things I added because the commander pro has only 6 fan connectors. I ordered 2x 3-way splitters (meant to order 2-way, but doesnt seem to have an effect as you will see). That way I could tell the icue software which two slots had fans on the radiators (2 fans on each). I thought possibly the splitters were causing an issue so I removed them from the fold temporarily, plugged in just one fan per connector on the commander pro and the same thing happens. Everything is working right except I cannot tell what the speed of the pump is without that cable plugged in. Of course when I plug it in, I can hear the pump turning off....almost like Im shorting something or have a loop somwhere, but Im at a loss. Ive also tried resetting services in the icue software (uncheck the show only connected devices, restart services, check the box again). Temps seem fine. The pump isnt hot even after gaming sessions because I think the fan is spinning, plus the case I have (in my profile drop down I filled out) has 3 front fans that the pump is connected to). All of the fans RGB headers along with the CPU, GPU, and Hydro X go to a couple of lighting nodes....one with the case that has all 6 filled up which then heads over to a second one with second one. I do have the CPU RGB daisy chained to the Hydro X RGB and all the lighting works fine. The Corsair lighting strips I have plug into the commander pro and they work fine as well. I have a bunch of profiles I have imported over time for various lighting effects and when I get a new one I fill out any missing pieces and generally copy my fan profiles over to each one. So I am not sure what I am missing. As far as wires, everything seems the same as it was before I added the second radiator so I cant imagine why the pump would shut off when I plug in the fan header (and watch as the temps rise on up since the water isnt moving at that point). Ive tried various google searches, but havent come up with anything useful so hopefully some experts on here can give me some suggestions on what to try. Short of tearing apart the water tubing, I can easily mess with the other wiring. Thanks for any assistance ahead of time! **EDIT** Just thought I would put the Commander Pro Connections in here in case they are needed** -Port 1 - Top Radiator Fans (VIA splitter mentioned above) -Port 2 - Back Case Fan -Port 3 - Bottom Radiator Fans (VIA splitter mentioned above) -Port 4 - Top Front Fan -Port 5 - Normally would be pump fan -Port 6 - Another Fan or the pump fan normally)