Some issues after cleaning.

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The rear fan in my case started rattling this morning so while i was disconnecting it i decided to give the whole inside of the PC a good clean. Did everything the same as normal, no gunk from compressed air got on anything etc but when booting back up i couldn't get a display on either the monitor or the TV it's hooked to, booting into windows fine but just no display.

I reseated the GPU a few times and tried different leads but had no joy, so the next stop was to reset the CMOS. This got the displays working but the BIOS was giving me a warning message about corrupt overclock and the voltages may not be the same. Is this just a standard message after a CMOS reset on an overclocked system or is it something i should be worried about? It's been a good 2 or 3 years since i last overclocked this PC and don't remember ever seeing that message.

It's an old z68 board with a 2500k if that matters.
 
Have the voltages and overclock been set back to stock?
Guessing its just a message to say it's been reset or its unable to load it from the saved settings.

Does the PC now boot?
 
Yeah everything is reset. It was booting fine the whole time, just the displays weren't working. They are working since the CMOS reset and no problems so far though.
 
You just have to press on the same time Ctrl + Alt + delete you will see something in you display. Try it
 
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