BSOD issues

TimTaine · 8 Aug 2023 at 16:25

Ok so I may have identified something. The thermal paste seems to have spilled over and into the CPU socket on the motherboard slightly. I cleaned the CPU, cooler and gently tried to dab off the socket with alcohol wipes. Booted up, intel diagnostic ran fine, temps seemed ok. But, got another whea uncorrectable error shortly after, while idle.

Is my motherboard done for?

wookiee87 · 8 Aug 2023 at 16:26

TimTaine said:
Ok so I may have identified something. The thermal paste seems to have spilled over and into the CPU socket on the motherboard slightly. I cleaned the CPU, cooler and gently tried to dab off the socket with alcohol wipes. Booted up, intel diagnostic ran fine, temps seemed ok. But, got another whea uncorrectable error shortly after, while idle.

Is my motherboard done for?

any paste make into the socket, which type of paste are you using?

TimTaine · 8 Aug 2023 at 16:30

Artic mx6 - one of the socket pins did have it on - which I think I've just about cleaned off now.

wookiee87 · 8 Aug 2023 at 16:31

TimTaine said:
Artic mx6 - one of the socket pins did have it on - which I think I've just about cleaned off now.

need to look at the underside of the cpu in that area and make sure the pads are clean and no signs of damage to the cpu, if your still getting errors its either the cpu or the board that might have coped it

TimTaine · 8 Aug 2023 at 17:28

Not seeing any signs of damage, but I'll have to open it back up and give it a proper clean and take some photos while I'm at it. Thanks

Tetras · 8 Aug 2023 at 18:00

TimTaine said:
Ok so I may have identified something. The thermal paste seems to have spilled over and into the CPU socket on the motherboard slightly. I cleaned the CPU, cooler and gently tried to dab off the socket with alcohol wipes.

If it is only on the socket then it is probably fine, especially if the paste is non-conductive.

TimTaine said:
But, got another whea uncorrectable error shortly after, while idle.

While idle? Have you ever tried locking the CPU at a fixed clock (the same way extreme overclockers do)?

Since WHEA errors are commonly a CPU problem, you might want to try a crappy Celeron/Pentium with some slow old and stick of DDR4, especially if that three letter second hand store is nearby.

Can you take a screenshot of any WHEA errors in the event viewer?