PC won’t boot after thermal paste clean.

[Javo___]

To start I’m still learning with computers, but let’s begin. I was playing on my pc and it had been having awful stutters for about two weeks and I finally got fed up and asked a friend what could possibly be wrong, to which he told me to check the core temp, which was a nice and cool 93 C. I went ahead and took off my H60 and went to cleaning off the gunk, unplugging the power cord, the heatsink 4 pin and the heat sink fan 3 pin before starting. Finished up and I had to reset CMOS because my PC wouldn’t boot and I am now met with my PC booting but displaying a signal to my monitor and the EZ Debug lights on the motherboard cycling white light:

 

CPU —> VRAM 

 

Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I feel like the CPU might be shot after dealing with the heat for that long, but hopefully that isn’t the case. 

 

CPU: Intel i5-6600k

RAM: Crucial 4G x2

GPU:MSI 1060 6GB

Mobo: B250 PC MATE

Heatsink: H60 Corsair

Monitor: VG248QE

 

[IPickle]

Hi there,

Hope you are doing well.

Have you tried reseating the CPU by any chance? when cleaning the CPU, the chances are you might have put a little too much pressure on it. also perhaps check to see if all the motherboard pins are intact.

I had this exact issue on x99 and it wouldn't register memory because of it

also remount the cooler, and screw the screws only finger tight, tight enough to get a good mount of force, but not too much

Also don't panic, I don't think your CPU is dead

Keep us all posted and I hope it goes well for you!

 

[LIGISTX]

9 minutes ago, Javo___ said:

To start I’m still learning with computers, but let’s begin. I was playing on my pc and it had been having awful stutters for about two weeks and I finally got fed up and asked a friend what could possibly be wrong, to which he told me to check the core temp, which was a nice and cool 93 C. I went ahead and took off my H60 and went to cleaning off the gunk, unplugging the power cord, the heatsink 4 pin and the heat sink fan 3 pin before starting. Finished up and I had to reset CMOS because my PC wouldn’t boot and I am now met with my PC booting but displaying a signal to my monitor and the EZ Debug lights on the motherboard cycling white light:

 

CPU —> VRAM 

 

Does anyone have any idea what this could be? I feel like the CPU might be shot after dealing with the heat for that long, but hopefully that isn’t the case. 

 

CPU: Intel i5-6600k

RAM: Crucial 4G x2

GPU:MSI 1060 6GB

Mobo: B250 PC MATE

Heatsink: H60 Corsair

Monitor: VG248QE

 

Was it 93 under load or at idle? I know someone who never even plugged the power into his H100, FOR MONTHS, and it lived... I was shocked, and unsure how the fluid didn't boil and ruin the pump.... Crazy I know.

 

But, if it was 93c under idle, that can't be good. But, if it worked before, it should work now............. its possible the CPU needs a reseat, but hard to know. If it is yelling baout VRAM, maybe just take your GPU out and try with it unplugged. Use the onboard video and see what happens.

[Javo___]

18 hours ago, LIGISTX said:

Was it 93 under load or at idle? I know someone who never even plugged the power into his H100, FOR MONTHS, and it lived... I was shocked, and unsure how the fluid didn't boil and ruin the pump.... Crazy I know.

 

But, if it was 93c under idle, that can't be good. But, if it worked before, it should work now............. its possible the CPU needs a reseat, but hard to know. If it is yelling baout VRAM, maybe just take your GPU out and try with it unplugged. Use the onboard video and see what happens.

It wasn’t 93 C idle I had subnautica open when I was looking at the program, I didn’t bother to see what it was like afterwards because I immediately shut it down and went to work. I’m thinking that the cpu just needs to be reseated and that it may be shorting on the heatsink cover so I’ll take it off and retry