BIOS Update possibly causing CPU to overheat?

Hey guys,
First of all I have been on holiday for a week, so sorry if I forget some details.
I upgraded my BIOS on my Z68A-GD65(B3) from V22.2 -> V25.8
The flash seemed to go well, no problems with that. I started using OC genie and that seemed fine for a while too but suddenly my CPU temps started spiking up and it was getting really hot (I have an i7 2600k).
My CPU temps went from a stable 30°c up to 90°c!
So I turned off OC Genie but that didn't do the trick, I tried replacing the thermal paste but this didn't work either. I have tried resetting CMOS but this hasn't worked. I have looked over my BIOS and to be honest I am not 100% familiar with it to be honest. I see a lot of the settings in overclock say auto and many settings I can't access or change, is this normal? I am a little scared to try change anything from this point without assistance which I should have asked for before hand  .
As of writing this forum post I have no programs running and it's basically sitting at 60°C idle.
Any help on this would be much appreciated!
Thanks
- Tom.

Quote from: flobelix on 04-October-13, 21:44:58
Then there is no issue anymore as far as I can see. With that little airflow and small case as well as just single 120mm pre-built liquid cooler nothing better is to be expected.
Well the PC is from 2011, the case is the Antec 300, the picture makes the case seem a bit smaller than it is but it's true it isn't that big. When I first got it, it would run at 20°c. I bought it pre built from overlockers.co.uk, didn't build this one myself. I was hitting 97°c constant in BIOS yesterday.
Anyway, I just got a new cooler and installed it, my friend said the liquid cooler was probably busted and recommended me to get a Scythe Mungen 4 heatsink fan and some MX-2 thermal paste. Now it's running at around 22-30°c on all the cores!
I will have to do some stress testing just to be sure but so far so good! *touch wood*.
I just want to say a massive thanks to all of you for trying to help me out with my issues though, I really do appreciate it. Seems I still have much to learn. 
Thanks so much,
- Tom

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