Help, Hyper 212+ vibrating

[Phynaz]

Hey guys, I could us some guidance here.

My new Hyper 212+ has a low frequency vibration - well the cpu hasn't been loaded yet, so it may turn into a high frequency vibration.

Basically the whole heatsink/board/computer can be felt vibrating.

Anybody else ever run into this issue? Am I going to have to RMA this cooler?

Thanks!

 

[dma0991]

Use anti vibration pads to dampen the vibration of the fan or just change the fan altogether. CM Blademaster isn't exactly the best fan in the market with low vibration. Then again, all fans have some vibration.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

The fan may be messed up. Check it out

 

[Charlie98]

One of the fans on my 212+ has a RPM-specific vibration or 'buzz,' I just work around it. Hell, one of the case fans that came with my CM HAF922 was missing a chunk out of the blade...

Silly question, is your 212+ and mounting plate correctly mounted? A loose mount would magnify any vibration.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

One of the fans on my 212+ has a RPM-specific vibration or 'buzz,' I just work around it. Hell, one of the case fans that came with my CM HAF922 was missing a chunk out of the blade...

Silly question, is your 212+ and mounting plate correctly mounted? A loose mount would magnify any vibration.

Should of RMA that case.

 

[Phynaz]

One of the fans on my 212+ has a RPM-specific vibration or 'buzz,' I just work around it. Hell, one of the case fans that came with my CM HAF922 was missing a chunk out of the blade...

Silly question, is your 212+ and mounting plate correctly mounted? A loose mount would magnify any vibration.

yeah, it's on there good. That's why it's transmitting the vibration to the whole computer. Heck, you can feel it in the desk it's on.

Heading out now to get it swapped out.

Edit:
Okay, new unit vibrates a lot less (swapped fan only).

Problem is idle in BIOS is 40c. Installing Windows now, but I'm sure I'm remounting this thing.

 

[Phynaz]

An update:

I swapped out the unit and vibration is much less.

But, the mounting method of just using the pressure from those tiny springs to assure good contact isn't that great. It didn't even have enough pressure to spread out MX-4 TIM. I re-applied the TIM per Coolermaster's instructions, putting a thin layer on instead of the usual rice sized drop.

Meh, at 4Ghz I'm idle at 34c, loaded at 83c in a 25c room. At least the cooler is silent. Not bad for $20 I suppose, but I would have liked a little better performance.

 

[hyrule4927]

Those temps are a little high for 4GHz, depending on what your CPU is anyway. I would recommend using the stock paste and applying it in very thin lines along each of the heat pipes. Direct contract heat pipe coolers can be finicky with paste application. Also might want to try turning the CPU fan to max, that fan is certainly not silent at full blast . . .

Oh, and CPU temps in BIOS aren't idle because it usually won't downclock in BIOS.

 

[Wall Street]

An update:

I swapped out the unit and vibration is much less.

But, the mounting method of just using the pressure from those tiny springs to assure good contact isn't that great. It didn't even have enough pressure to spread out MX-4 TIM. I re-applied the TIM per Coolermaster's instructions, putting a thin layer on instead of the usual rice sized drop.

Meh, at 4Ghz I'm idle at 34c, loaded at 83c in a 25c room. At least the cooler is silent. Not bad for $20 I suppose, but I would have liked a little better performance.

You need to apply the TIM differently to make sure that all of the heatpipes get some. The one rice sized drop method doesn't work because instead of spreading in a circle it flows into the gaps between the pipes. I found that filling the gaps between the pipes with TIM before applying the heatsink lowered temps. I get 28-31 idle on a stock i5-750.