Initialization delay in CPU occurs late.
Initialization delay in CPU occurs late.
Hey Guys, a friend of mine had trouble powering up his computer for a few days now. Today, I tried troubleshooting it but couldnt get a hang of why it is as it is. Therefore, I was hoping that I could find some help here Following are the specs: Mainboard: MSI Gaming 7 X99S (MS-7885) CPU: Intel i7-5820k 3.30GHz Cooler: Scythe Mugen (don't know exactly which one) Following is the Problem: When he powers up the PC, the Mainboard throws out a failure (Code: 6F) which indicates a late CPU initialization. The PC then runs into a endless restart cycle while trying to boot. Interesting is, that this doesn't happen every single time, but quite frequently (he has to try like 5 - 7 times before it normally boots). But, everytime he pushes the Cooler against the CPU a bit, the Computer starts without any hesitation and then works perfectly fine. Therefore, my first thought was, that this thing just needs a little tightening (since its around 5 or 6 years old). I then unmounted the cooler (and saw that the screws are kinda loose), swapped out the Thermalpaste (which looked pretty nasty and thick as well, definitely needed the swap) and put it back on, tightening the screws as good as possible. But, same thing happened again. Same Failurecode, same behaviour when pushing the cooler a bit onto the CPU. We were trying to POST it with as little hardware as possible, trying to see if it is actually the CPU or something else (GPU, RAM, etc.). Nothing helped, same behaviour as before. My last thought is the following: The CPU aint a normal 1151 socket, but a FCLGA2011-3. The Cooler doesnt fit over the whole CPU and a few cm of the CPU are not touched by the cooler on the right side. My question therefore is, could this have something to do with the Problem? Could it be, that the right side of the CPU isn't in perfect fit with the socket and therefore the pins are too loose sometimes (which could explain that the pushing of the cooler helps)? Is this a thing? :'D But if so, why did it work for the past 5/6 years and is now causing problems? Does anyone of you have another solution that we could try to fix this? Thanks in advance! Greetings, Josh
Thanks for the quick replies. So, something like the Cooler Master Hyper 212 (with extra mounting screws) seems appropriate, doesn't it? I also found the Noctua NH-D9DX i4, but it's pretty pricey :'). Shouldn't be too expensive, especially since it's an older PC and might get replaced soon. @TofuHaroto Tried it, but it didn't fix the problem.
Remember that the original Hyper 212 isn't built for x99. The version with the plastic mount is different.
That's noteworthy. It appears early online discussions highlighted this model, noting its compatibility with the LGA 2011-v3 socket.