Hardware maker Fractal Design is halting product sales and issuing a recall of its Lumen AIO-series watercoolers (starts in brand new tab) after “user reports of a upsurge in CPU conditions.”
Two facets can be evoking the increase in Central Processing Unit conditions, in accordance with Fractal Design (starts in brand new tab) (via HotHardware (starts in brand new tab)): the “soldering product found in the aluminum radiator” and “impurities introduced during production.”
The business states why these elements might cause “a response using the chemical structure associated with cooling fluid,” that may induce “sediment build-up” inside Central Processing Unit block, causing a rise in CPU conditions. It states that Lumen AIOs that do not have thermal dilemmas remain safe to utilize, but it will pull them from shop racks until quality criteria improve.
Fractal Design included it is “working for a brand new variation by having an updated radiator plus brand new fluid formula, produced following revised procedures and instructions for installation.”
Last 12 months, Fractal Design must remember the fan hub of its Torrent Case (starts in brand new tab) due to a problem that may possibly create a quick circuit. Fractal had been fast to deal with that situation.
Fractal Design is asking any clients with possibly impacted AIO coolers to complete this webform (starts in brand new tab) to request an upgraded; all you have to do is locate the serial amount of the Lumen situated on the quick part associated with radiator. It hopes to deliver replacements out to clients, suppliers, and resellers in about six months.
