Recently I tried to clean my PC with an I5 11400F CPU. I removed the GPU and wanted to remove the CPU cooler too but couldn’t do it. I tried though and I think I might have damaged the motherboard with a screwdriver in a few places during the process (don’t ask how). Can it be the reason for the spikes? Like could I damage some sensors and now they sometimes fail and show 0°C (which is what 100°C to TjMAX means)? There are no other visible issues with the PC though so I guess it can be a just a bug. Btw I can’t add screenshots because of some weird Jerboa bug
The problem is that the cooler is absolutely massive (because cheap materials = bad heat conductivity = more volume required) and the screws are unaccessible unless I remove the motherboard and its radiators (and I’m not even sure in that). I can try but I know I may not be able to reconnect the cables (the case is not cable management friendly at all). And also I have a physical disability so I can’t do anything like that myself anyways. Oh and the cooler is some kind of noname ODM manufacturer I think so finding instructions for it is hard or even impossible