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Hello! I'm not affiliated with Acer in any way, but would you mind telling what the problem is? With any luck, the people who frequent this forum can help you. Especially if it has anything to do with temperatures. As for finding a replacement motherboard, your best bet would be to try to find one from sites like eBay or…

Some pastes need some curing time (or heat cycles) to work properly. Not sure how much of a difference it will make in degrees, because I don't remember seeing any tests or data about it. Cheers!

Have your tried to look for a manual? Scroll down to "Documents" ⇒ "User Manual." Looks easy enough to me. https://www.acer.com/gb-en/support/product-support/Predator_PO5-625s

It's normal for CPU temp to jump around a bit. Were those temps recorded while gaming or stressing the CPU with some benchmark? If you were just sitting on the desktop doing nothing, then you need to remove the cooler and check that the thermal paste was spread evenly on the IHS. Remove the paste and apply it again. If you…

If you searched the forum, you should already know that there's no need to remove the motherboard. Of course you can do it, but that's just more work. Anyway, you may need buy four tiny machine screws to attach your Noctua heatsink to the exsisting backplate, though. Just take your time, check everyting twice, and I'm sure…

Morning! Two things may have caused this. Either the air flow in the case is that different now, which I kinda doubt. More likely now that your CPU isn't temp throttled anymore, the GPU has more to work with and thus works harder ⇒ higher GPU temps. Here's what I'd do. Well, actually did on my PO3-620. Get better and…

I know you want to use Fan Control, but there should be a way to edit PS config file so that you can manually control all fans. The following video was done on a PO3-620, but it might work for you as well. Just try different numbers and see which will work the best for you. There must be more talk about this "hack" on this…

[Ignore what I said below. Somehow I missed that you CAN control GPU fans but that the other fans can't be controlled. Sorry! I'd guess that the PredatorSense doesn't allow Fan Control to work. Try disabling PS and see if Fan Control sees them now.] Can you use MSI Afterburner to control those fans? If you can, then you…

Hello! The pic is there just to help you find the settings I was talking about. In some cases not running at High Performance mode can cause performance issues, but that's naturally mostly gaming related. On a desktop I turn off all power savers etc, because they can cause lag and unresposiveness. For example, I don't want…

If the culprit is the GPU, the only way to be sure is to try another GPU and see if the noise goes away. It'd be best if you can borrow one for free, but if the PC is meant for making music (no video or photo editing, no gaming), then almost any cheap passively cooled GPU from Intel, AMD or nVidia will do. Just be certain…

Latencymon didn't say something was wrong? Audio popping, hissing and cracking can be real pain in the derriere to solve, as you have already noticed. Often they are caused by some grounding issue, bad cable or bad connection. Your "little friend" is so constant and even in frequency - almost like a fan was causing some…

It won't make a lot of difference, but could you tell us the exact model you have?

The EU has very strict laws and regulations in place concerning buying and selling goods. Here is something that should help you in case the seller tries to weasel out. "The trader is responsible for any damage to your goods from the time they are dispatched until you receive them. So, if when you receive an order you made…

Sorry to hear that. Is it too late to get a refund? The least they could do is to send you a completely new unit.

No worries, mate! Good that you found an alternative solution and have now shared it with the forumites. The reason many recommend Noctuas to various models of PO3s and PO5s is that they have been proven to work. Not only do they fit, are relatively easy to install, keep the CPU cool, but are also quiet. What this forum…

Unlike most forumites here, I had NH-D9L in my PO3-620 (i5-10400f) and the results were very good. I did some other mods as well. Sure. OP can do it the hard way and remove the motherboard, backplate and that sticky tape that keeps backplate in place. It's certainly no brain surgery, but it comes with risks - especially if…

Hello! Why are you doing this? PC is not fast enough anymore? Unfortunately changing a motherboard and getting faster/more RAM won't make it that much faster. Yes, you could re-use your CPU, GPU, storage device(s), and those small terrible fans. But since the Acer mobo in your Predator has a non-typical power delivery…

I'm not so sure it's coil whine either. I believe you have two fans on the AIO and three on the GPU. Try to see if something is between a fan and the radiator. I don't know how and where the AIO fans are connected, but if possible unplug one fan and see if the noise goes away. If not, replug it and try the other one. For a…

Morning! What is the model of your PC? What CPU and GPU do you have? Are you sure that there's nothing hitting any of the fans, a cable or something like that? Do the fans spin easily when you manually flick them with your finger (a bearing might be shot)? Is it possible that the sound comes from the water pump? There…

Sorry to hear about your problems. If possible, can you try your GPU in another PC to make sure that it is actually not working?