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- Apr 13, 2011
Hello all! I haven't formally introduced myself or my new setup in the welcome thread, but I'm having a little issue.
I put together a new rig a few weeks ago and everything has been going swimmingly. Today I just switched out the stock cooler for a new Corsair A70 heatsink. I'm a first-timer on most of this pc-build, so I was very concerned when, while cleaning the old thermal paste off the CPU, (outside the mobo if you're wonder how newbie lol) I got some on a couple pins. I just cleaned it extra well, with Q-tips and isopropyl alcohol, til I could see no trace. I plugged everything back in, and thank God nothing seems to have "fried."
When I booted up, my mobo came up with black screen full of white text, and at the bottom, a message: "New CPU Installed!" with options to enter BIOS or load defaults. No biggie, I thought. I was headed into BIOS anyway, but didn't see any options for the 2 huge CPU fans this Corsair A70 has. Oh well. I saved & exited. The computer rebooted. This time I hit a black screen with only that message and the options to enter BIOS, or load defaults. Vicious cycle. The only way I can continue booting is to load defaults now. When it does boot, Windows says it installed the new driver for the newfound hardware just fine, but upon restart it-- you guessed it-- yet again thinks it's a new CPU.
Any ideas or things I could check/try?
Here's at least the important specs:
Mobo: M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T BE
Need more info, lemme know.
I put together a new rig a few weeks ago and everything has been going swimmingly. Today I just switched out the stock cooler for a new Corsair A70 heatsink. I'm a first-timer on most of this pc-build, so I was very concerned when, while cleaning the old thermal paste off the CPU, (outside the mobo if you're wonder how newbie lol) I got some on a couple pins. I just cleaned it extra well, with Q-tips and isopropyl alcohol, til I could see no trace. I plugged everything back in, and thank God nothing seems to have "fried."
When I booted up, my mobo came up with black screen full of white text, and at the bottom, a message: "New CPU Installed!" with options to enter BIOS or load defaults. No biggie, I thought. I was headed into BIOS anyway, but didn't see any options for the 2 huge CPU fans this Corsair A70 has. Oh well. I saved & exited. The computer rebooted. This time I hit a black screen with only that message and the options to enter BIOS, or load defaults. Vicious cycle. The only way I can continue booting is to load defaults now. When it does boot, Windows says it installed the new driver for the newfound hardware just fine, but upon restart it-- you guessed it-- yet again thinks it's a new CPU.
Any ideas or things I could check/try?
Here's at least the important specs:
Mobo: M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3
CPU: AMD Phenom II x6 1090T BE
Need more info, lemme know.