This morning I was cleaning my computer with compressed air and when I went to plug everything back in I immediately got a red temp error from my Corsair H100i Pro. I’ve never seen it before so I was confused, but was able to boot my computer up. When I logged into windows I opened the iCUE software and noticed that the pump fan on the cooler was not being detected. After some light research I forced an update within iCUE, and restarted my computer.
When trying to boot back up I was getting a general window temp error and being prompted to open the bios. After poking around in the bios and getting nowhere I decided to fully shut the PC off and power cycling, as well as reslotting the RAM, and reseating the cooler with new thermal paste.
After doing all that I attempted to re-boot and was confronted with a yellow DRAM light on the mobo, which alternates with the red CPU light. I am unable to see anything on my monitors, and am fully stuck at this stage.
Setup specs:
MOBO: Asus Prime Z390-A LGA 1151 ATX
CPU: Intel i9 9900K
RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB DDR4
GPU: Zotac Gaming RTX 2080ti
PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650
Cooler: Corsair H100i Pro Hydro Series
Everything was working fine early this morning, and then I cleaned it with compressed air so I’m guessing I knocked something loose - I just can’t figure out what. I’ve checked everything I can think of.
Thank you.
You could very well have knocked something loose, but also do keep in mind that spinning fans can actually generate voltage, so cleaning with compressed air is pretty ill advised. If you let the fan fins spin freely while using the compressed air they could in theory have generated enough voltage to short something. If possible, test with another cooler. If the issue persists you’ve damaged the mobo, if it doesn’t you’ve only damaged the AIO.