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I will say that when I did pull the CPU cooler off, the thermal paste was dry and crusty, again not knowing any better I am not sure if that is normal or not.
As Rustys has mentioned what you describe is normal for used thermal compound as it is only spreadable for application and it hardens once it has cured by heat.
May I ask when and why the cooler was removed from atop of the CPU.
Before you can do anything else the old thermal compound must be correctly cleaned off from both the top of the CPU and the base of the cooler and then the correct amount of new thermal compound re applied before remounting the cooler, the old compound must not be scraped off as it can damage the mating surface on the CPU/cooler, you can purchase proper kits for cleaning off and re applying thermal compound examples of which you can find here.
Well the computer is still torn apart until I can figure out what the cause/issue is. Without the pc even booting up do I really need to worry about the cpu over heating atm?
If you are powering on the system in any way shape or form then yes. If you are not at all powering on the system at all then no.
Well after testing with a different CPU my buddy had sitting around, it worked again. Decided since I needed to replace mine I might as well upgrade it a little. I now have the MSI Z390 Gaming Pro Carbon Motherboard and an i7 9700K. I also swapped out my CPU cooler with a CoolerMaster one and this time it IS plugged into the pump slow on the motherboard. Thank you all for the assistance in troubleshooting. I learned a lot.
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