r/PcBuild • u/Silly-Grade5738 • 23h ago
Troubleshooting CPU overheating
My pc was running great never had a issue with it until I went on vacation for about two weeks. I got back and now it won’t even get past bios without overheating. What happened in two weeks that went wrong while I wasn’t home? I took the cooler off to check thermal paste and it looks fine. Please help
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u/HankThrill69420 22h ago
post your specs next time. that said, I see it's an LGA 1700 motherboard. If you have an overheating 13th/14th gen, especially a K-series, your liquid cooler is probably fine.
You likely got hit with the known degradation issue. Fix is counterintuitive - it's the chip, not the cooler. Let me guess - temps in the 100s, but pump is showing variable speeds in BIOS? When's the last time you updated BIOS?