CPU light goes red and other issues

[saltedm8]

Hi

I built this pc around a month ago and have not had any trouble with it..

I have however noticed two things, but I should tell you that I have the 9900k with an Asus Z390-e mobo and a corsair 240 pro AIO

I noticed that when I run Cinebench 20, the red CPU light on the motherboard switches on and stays on until the test is finished, I have no idea if this is normal or not
Secondly, the cooler pts score in the bios was at 80, and after a CLRTC jump, that went up to 80, still not great, but I was curious if that could be due to swapping the fans to Noctua NF-A12x15 (as I have read that the 15's might not be powerful enough). The AIO cables are vibrating so I assume it is working.

Lastly, even though I have very little idea on what I am doing, I have tried to manually overclock, but when I do, despite following specific numbers from this forum, I seem to be unsuccessful in improving anything even crashing it once instantly on boot unless I use the AI-overclock...

So, if you have some time, I am very software capable but this is the first machine I have built and I can't seem to solve those questions, thanks

 

[Vayra86]

Few question marks.

1. Your Cinebench 20 'red light'. Can you show us what red light is showing up on the board? Is it the mem OK! one? Consult your MB manual when in doubt.
2. What do you mean by cooler pts score in the bios, and also, in your OP it says it was 80 and now 'went up to 80'. Does not compute
3. Manual OC; we would have to know what you've tried to say what you might have missed.

One at a time! (meaning: don't start OC'ing until your other questions are resolved)

 

[X71200]

Cinebench SSE instructions heat up Intel chips like that high, you're probably hitting the 80C limit set in BIOS, which is lighting up the red light.

You can increase that limit to 105C if you want.

 

[saltedm8]

Few question marks.

1. Your Cinebench 20 'red light'. Can you show us what red light is showing up on the board? Is it the mem OK! one? Consult your MB manual when in doubt.
2. What do you mean by cooler pts score in the bios, and also, in your OP it says it was 80 and now 'went up to 80'. Does not compute
3. Manual OC; we would have to know what you've tried to say what you might have missed.

One at a time! (meaning: don't start OC'ing until your other questions are resolved)

1) As stated above, it's the CPU light
2) Apologies, I was meant to say it went up to 86, but it has actually decreased to 56 now. This is in the 'prediction' section in the bios
3) With the manual overclock, followed this https://rog.asus.com/forum/showthread.php?112443-Stable-OC-5-0Ghz-Guide-on-i9-9900k

Cinebench SSE instructions heat up Intel chips like that high, you're probably hitting the 80C limit set in BIOS, which is lighting up the red light.

You can increase that limit to 105C if you want.

Seems as if some of the cores are reaching 84 - 85, how do you increase the limit and can it be done with the AI-Overclock enabled? Thanks

 

[X71200]

Just dive to BIOS, go to Max CPU Temperature from CPU Settings and type a higher number over 80C.

 

[saltedm8]

Just dive to BIOS, go to Max CPU Temperature from CPU Settings and type a higher number over 80C.

Done, it was set to auto so i’m assuming 80 was auto.. thanks, it’s seems to be not on but i’m going to test in a few more things first, like Heaven