Intel Core i7-6700K Overheating reaching 100 degrees

Sovietandrew

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Hello I was wondering if someone could help me. This was my first time building a Gaming PC and it turned out great. It's been over a month, then one day I got back from school and turned on my PC and the temperature was instantly at 100 degrees Celsius. I don't know why this happend I've watched videos on this topic and have done what they've said of dusting of the cooler, and replacing the thermal paste.( My cooler is a Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler.) ( The paste I used was TG-7.) after putting it on it heated up slower. Just by sitting on my menu screen brings it to 100. I'm starting to think my water cooler broke. But would like to know for sure if it is the cooler. I've tried to see if I mounted it on incorrectly but it's on correctly. Also the fans on it are spinning as fast as possible to. I'm I suppose to hear the water running through the tubes of my cooler? Because I'm not. I'm not sure if the base broke or if it's the tubes.

Current PC specs

Intel Core i7-6700K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor
Corsair H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
MSI Z170A XPOWER GAMING TITANIUM EDITION ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory
Samsung 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING
Western Digital Black 5TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Azza CSAZ-8000B ATX Full Tower Case
EVGA SuperNOVA 1000G2 1000W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
LG UH12NS29 Blu-Ray Reader, DVD/CD Writer
Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit
TP-Link Archer T8E PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter
AOC U2879VF 28.0" 60Hz Monitor
Logitech G910 Orion Spark Wired Gaming Keyboard
Logitech G502 Wired Optical Mouse
Corsair VOID 7.1 Channel Headset
Logitech Z200 0W 2ch Speakers
EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 FTW GAMING ACX 3.0, 08G-P4-6276-KR, 8GB GDDR5, RGB LED, 10CM FAN, 10 Power Phases, Double BIOS, DX12 OSD Support (PXOC)

Any help would be appreciated, and thank you for taking the time the read this.
 
Solution
Check that the pump is functioning correctly and the Cooler is seated onto the CPU properly.

Also, ensure the protective sticker on the CPU plate (Copper plate) was removed before the cooler was mounted.