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  1. Hi All, I'm beginning a long-delayed journey into custom cooling. I first wanted to make sure the XD5 would be quiet enough. Meaning, quieter than an AIO pump. That did indeed turn out to be the case. I filled it up with distilled water and looped it back into itself for an out-of-case test, and even at 100% speed it was indeed much quieter than the Corsair H150i Elite LCD in quiet mode. As soon as I plugged in the PWM cable (even with external motherboard off) and restarted it, it was nearly inaudible (it was clearly running at slower speed since the water at the top of the reservoir was much less disturbed). And yet. . . I did notice a resonance/hum in the table and audible in the room which went away completely when I lifted the XD5 off the table I was using. I had it mounted to the included rubberized mounting hardware, into the included fan mount (140mm) which was resting on some towels. . . yet vibration was still making it through to the wood table and causing a (not unpleasant, but clearly audible) hum. I've seen some decouplers/mounts from competitors, included with their pumps but also sold separately, consisting of what looks to be just a thick rubber strap. Might this isolate things better? It almost looks like it would fit around the round portion of the d5 pump on the XD5 itself. Has anyone tried it? Any other additional advice would be appreciated if anyone else has gone the extra mile in further isolating/decoupling/quieting the XD5. I'm tempted to buy a competing brand and then use whichever one mounts better/quieter. But returning one seems wasteful/extravagant and I really like/prefer the aesthetics of the XD5. Thanks for your time! --H
  2. Been meaning to report back for a while now. The above did, in fact, not work. Though boot issues are seldom, they still remain. Time to sell this Corsair kit and get something else.
  3. Glad I took the time to read this thread from page 1. Since I got my Asus Z170 Deluxe and CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 (2x16GB) RAM, I've only ever been able to run at XMP 3200 settings with a single BIOS for the motherboard. With the 1902 BIOS, everything is rock stable. No problems whatsoever. However, every newer BIOS has presented with the occasional "error 55" at warm or cold startup. This weekend, I finally decided that I didn't want to continue running such an old BIOS, so I put the newly release 3504 BIOS on it and began reading. . . The two tips above seem to do the trick. If I turn off either of them, the issue returns. Asus Z170 Deluxe - BIOS 3504 Intel 6700K @ 4.6GHz 32GB (2 x 16GB) CMK32GX4M2B3200C16 Stable settings (at least thirty cold and warm reboots accomplished without issue) AI OVerclock Tuner --> XMP ASUS Multicore Enhancement --> Disabled Core Ratios (all four) --> 46 BCLK Frequency : DRAM Frequency Ratio --> 100:133 DRAM Odd Ratio Mode --> Disabled DRAM Frequency --> 3200 (must set this again after changing BCLK:DRAM ratio to 100:133) MCH Full Check --> Disabled (under DRAM Timing Control) Max CPU Cache Ratio --> 46 CPU Core/Cache Voltage --> Adaptive Mode Additional Turbo Mode CPU Core Voltage --> 1.290 DRAM Voltage --> 1.3500 FCLK Frequency For Early Power On --> 1GHz CPU Load-line Calibration --> 6
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