Water cooling flashing white

[Tolbrect]

Hey,

I've noticed my PC's liquid cooling is flashing white all of a sudden. It's a PCS FrostFlow 240 and I'm not sure why it's doing this and I think the PC was running hotter than usual yesterday. I've had the PC for just less than a year.

Case CORSAIR 4000D AIRFLOW TEMPERED GLASS GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard GIGABYTE X570S UD: ATX (USB 3.2 Gen 1, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM) 64GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3600MHz (4 x 16GB)
Graphics Card 12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 4070 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
Graphics Card Support Bracket NONE (BRACKET INCLUDED AS STANDARD ON 4070 Ti AND ABOVE)
1st M.2 SSD Drive 1TB SOLIDIGM P41+ GEN 4 M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD (up to 4125MB/sR,
2950MB/sW)
1st Storage Drive 4TB Samsung 870 QVO 2.5" SSD, SATA 6Gb/s (up to 560MB/sR |
530MB/sW)
2nd Storage Drive 6TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 5400RPM, 256MB
CACHE
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable 1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead, 1.0mm Core)
Processor Cooling PCS FrostFlow 240 Series RGB High Performance Liquid Cooler (AMD)
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Extra Case Fans 2 x 120mm Thermaltake TOUGHFAN 12 Case Fans
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card NOT REQUIRED
USB/Thunderbolt Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT
PORTS
Operating System Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Languag

Full specs if that helps. Thanks

 

[steaky360]

When you say flashing white, is the PC flashing white (ie the fans etc.), is it like a 'spark' flashing white inside the case... or is the monitor briefly showing a white screen?

When does it occur? On the desktop or (for example) only when playing games etc.

 

[TonyCarter]

I might be wrong, but doesn't that indicate a failed/failing pump on the Frostflow cooler?

It'll still be under warranty, so I'd call PCS and get them to RMA it. They may offer to swap it out by mail if you're comfortable fitting a new one yourself, otherwise you'll have to send it in.

 

[steaky360]

I might be wrong, but doesn't that indicate a failed/failing pump on the Frostflow cooler?

It'll still be under warranty, so I'd call PCS and get them to RMA it. They may offer to swap it out by mail if you're comfortable fitting a new one yourself, otherwise you'll have to send it in.

I have re-read the OP can't believe I missed the very clear message that it was the cooler flashing

Cheers!

 

[TonyCarter]

I have re-read the OP can't believe I missed the very clear message that it was the cooler flashing

Cheers!

Don't worry, I did something similar for work this morning.

Received an email asking lots of questions about some analysis I had done a couple of months ago, and so replied in minute detail...only to realise an hour later that I'd already answered the questions months ago and I was simply being asked to forward the original report document file as the recipient had misplaced it.

 

[Martinr36]

Don't worry, I did something similar for work this morning.

Received an email asking lots of questions about some analysis I had done a couple of months ago, and so replied in minute detail...only to realise an hour later that I'd already answered the questions months ago and I was simply being asked to forward the original report document file as the recipient had misplaced it.

Been there done that