[rich.foreman]

Hello everyone.

I have the following setup:

AbitKT7A MB
T-Bird 1.3 AXIA
Maze-2 Block from Danger Den
EHeim 1048 Pump
Cube Radiator from Danger Den w/ 120mm 100CFM Fan pulling room temp air through
Small Closed Resevoir (maybe 6 ounces)
Distilled water with RedLine Water Wetter
All lines are 3/8" ID Silicone

My idle temps are GREAT! 23C Room Temp, 28C CPU Temp, 28C System Temp.

But, when I run a program like SETI, the CPU Temp will jump to 46C - 47C after like 30 minutes of use.

The water temp does not feel warm at all, but I will check it today with a temp probe.

I am questioning how I mounted the Maze2, though. I used ASII and put it on per instructions on Artic Silvers website.

The block came with some parts not listed in the mounting instructions, but they look like they were added for a reason. It came with the nylon bolts, 12 nuts, 4 springs, PLUS 4 thin washers and 4 thick washers. In combination, these washers seem to be right at the level of the CPU core. I mounted the block and took it off, and it did have the ASII rectangle on it, so I don't think the block is too high, but I may be wrong.

I tightened the nuts over the springs in a diagonal pattern until they were all done. The springs are almost all the way compressed.

My water flow is: Res>Pump>Radiator>Block>Res

The block never seems warm at all, but the CPU temp jump is really bothering me. That's almost a 20C difference from Idle to Full load, and I have heard several say they only get a 5-6C difference.

What could be wrong here??