I messed with the cooling fan

[talal_tariq]

I messed up my cpu heatsinks and now the pc wont work that well.. basically i can go into bios and stuff but when the windows starts running it instantly crashes (i installed win 7 from win 10 thinking maybe it was the softwares fault as the same happened with win 10). My worst mistake is accidentally running the PC without the heatsink.. i took it out for cleaning and forgot to put it back in.. it only ran for 13 or so seconds.. the processor is an i7 and the motherboard is a gigabyte.. any and all help will be extremely appreciated
Im not sure if the cpu is fried

 

[GhislainG]

The CPU is not fried, but you need to reinstall the cooler with the correct quantity of thermal paste. If using the stock cooler, then make sure all 4 pins are fully locked in place.

 

[talal_tariq]

The CPU is not fried, but you need to reinstall the cooler with the correct quantity of thermal paste. If using the stock cooler, then make sure all 4 pins are fully locked in place.

I accidentally broke one of the pins too.. it works now but keeps crashing constantly. Cant even handle Internet explorer without overheating.. cpu thermometer shows all 4 cores have temperatures around 90-100 celcius.. it even goes above that.. usually stays at 98

 

[GhislainG]

You need to get a replacement pin or a new cooler. You shouldn't keep on using the system with the CPU running that hot.

 

[Swagrid]

Why did you mess with the heatsink? I would suggest getting a new heatsink, even if you put thermal paste on it, it probably won't be as efficient as it once was.