CHUCK SOMETHING HAS JUST COME TO MIND ,,, DO YOU THINK I SHOULD GO INTO BIOS AND ALTER THE SPEEDS OF THE FANS, AND COULD IT BE THAT THE MB ALARM IS GOING COS OF THE SETTINGS I CONFIGURED OR IS IT AS SIMPLE AS HEAT SINK PASTE I KNOW WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT SPEAKING TO THE SUPPLIER BUT YOU ARE A FOUNTAIN OF KNOWLEDGE ;-(
I'm a little worried you're re fitting the heatsink on a 3 week old system. if it does fail now due to cooling problems you've probably invalidated your warranty.
to bbbe99 cos thats where i was at the time and cant be bothered putting it where it should be cos the person i was notifying would of seen it come in the latest post enuf said