I've had my CPU for about 5+ years now. It does have a liquid cooling unit w/ heat sink on it. I've never took it out to clean it nor have i taken it out to renew the thermal paste over the past 5+ years. Just a little background before i go into detail.
The problem started about 2 months ago. I noticed when i was playing games my frame rates would drop dramatically (Running a smooth 60 FPS then dropping to about 10 fps 15 fps constantly). So i went to download a software to check my CPU temp. The temps were about 93 degrees Celsius for the core of my CPU. All of my other temps for GPU and etc were fine and normal. And a few times my CPU would over heat so much that it automatically shut my computer down. Now i also noticed while playing games the CPU fan would make this loud rumbling sound (like it was over working its self) and that's when i noticed the frame rates would drop on my games. But i seemed to ignore the problem for a couple of months.
Well recently about a week ago I was playing a game when all of a sudden my computer just completely shut down in the middle of a game. I tried turning it back on after letting it rest for a couple of minutes (because i thought the CPU over heated again) and when i turned it back on the monitor displays a "no signal input".
So i took everything a part and took out the processor and noticed there was barely any thermal paste left on it. So i cleaned the CPU with alcohol and bought thermal paste and applied a SMALL amount and spread if around, reconnected everything but nothing. Same problem screen is still showing a "no signal input" message. I thought it was the video card also. I had another spare video card and plugged that in but same problem. Also i know its not the monitor because i tested it on other computers and it works fine. And i know its not my motherboard because the lights and everything turn on. The computer its self STILL turns on but doesn't display anything. I think my CPU just completely died.
Could this mean my CPU has just worn out and gone bad after over heating constantly for a couple of months? Help please.
The problem started about 2 months ago. I noticed when i was playing games my frame rates would drop dramatically (Running a smooth 60 FPS then dropping to about 10 fps 15 fps constantly). So i went to download a software to check my CPU temp. The temps were about 93 degrees Celsius for the core of my CPU. All of my other temps for GPU and etc were fine and normal. And a few times my CPU would over heat so much that it automatically shut my computer down. Now i also noticed while playing games the CPU fan would make this loud rumbling sound (like it was over working its self) and that's when i noticed the frame rates would drop on my games. But i seemed to ignore the problem for a couple of months.
Well recently about a week ago I was playing a game when all of a sudden my computer just completely shut down in the middle of a game. I tried turning it back on after letting it rest for a couple of minutes (because i thought the CPU over heated again) and when i turned it back on the monitor displays a "no signal input".
So i took everything a part and took out the processor and noticed there was barely any thermal paste left on it. So i cleaned the CPU with alcohol and bought thermal paste and applied a SMALL amount and spread if around, reconnected everything but nothing. Same problem screen is still showing a "no signal input" message. I thought it was the video card also. I had another spare video card and plugged that in but same problem. Also i know its not the monitor because i tested it on other computers and it works fine. And i know its not my motherboard because the lights and everything turn on. The computer its self STILL turns on but doesn't display anything. I think my CPU just completely died.
Could this mean my CPU has just worn out and gone bad after over heating constantly for a couple of months? Help please.
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