BIOS Messages, Etc

[Eluros]

Greetings,

So, my last X58 motherboard had some issues, and I received another one through RMA. Ever since I received the second one, I've had all sorts of problems, several of which are still occurring. I've never done any overclocking. I have an i7 920, 6GB of Corsair DDR3, and two EVGA GTX460 in SLI. The PSU is a Corsair 750w. I'm running Windows 7 x64.

Ever since I got the new board, I have consistently (about 1 in every 4 boots) received the following message before booting into the OS:

"Warning! CPU has been changed. Please re-enter CPU settings in the CMOS setup and remember to save before quit!"

I've glanced in the BIOS, and nothing seems to be out of whack. The date/time are correct, so I don't think CMOS has been reset (although I may be misunderstanding something). I tried replacing the CMOS battery; no success. My CPU is idling at about 63 degrees Celsius, which seems awfully high.

I've never care for messing with CPUs and heatsinks, but is that what I need to do? Think it's a problem with the heatsink?

I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for your help! If there's any more information you need to help, I'm glad to provide it.

 

[smakme7757]

Greetings,

So, my last X58 motherboard had some issues, and I received another one through RMA. Ever since I received the second one, I've had all sorts of problems, several of which are still occurring. I've never done any overclocking. I have an i7 920, 6GB of Corsair DDR3, and two EVGA GTX460 in SLI. The PSU is a Corsair 750w. I'm running Windows 7 x64.

Ever since I got the new board, I have consistently (about 1 in every 4 boots) received the following message before booting into the OS:

"Warning! CPU has been changed. Please re-enter CPU settings in the CMOS setup and remember to save before quit!"

I've glanced in the BIOS, and nothing seems to be out of whack. The date/time are correct, so I don't think CMOS has been reset (although I may be misunderstanding something). I tried replacing the CMOS battery; no success. My CPU is idling at about 63 degrees Celsius, which seems awfully high.

I've never care for messing with CPUs and heatsinks, but is that what I need to do? Think it's a problem with the heatsink?

I appreciate your thoughts. Thanks for your help! If there's any more information you need to help, I'm glad to provide it.

Idling at 63c is WAYYYY to high so i'd apply new thermal paste and reseat the heatsink. Additionally i'd update to the latest BIOS revision for your board.

 

[Eluros]

Idling at 63c is WAYYYY to high so i'd apply new thermal paste and reseat the heatsink. Additionally i'd update to the latest BIOS revision for your board.

Alright, thanks. I'll give it a go. I'll be honest-- in every PC I've built (around 4), I always hate the CPU. They never seem to work well with me. What's the forum standard on thermal paste for i7s? Thin straight line across the center? Pea-sized blob?

 

[boran]

I actually apply a thin layer using a credit card or something like that. But I still used my leftover artic silver 2 for my i7 which was quite solid in consistency.