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Here are a few pictures now the new Corsair cooler is installed. I powered on and kept my hand on the pump block and radiator, they were nice and cool. Temperature still says 127C but it doesn't increase nor decrease at all. Which comes to the conclusion that the little scratch on the board that I did right next to the CPU socket may have been a voltage and temperature sensor strip. Either way, the CPU does not actually get hot at all. I'm going to try and flash the BIOS to update/reinstall a fresh update on it just in case. I can do this via the BIOS with ASUS EZ Flash. I have my MacBook here (on it right this second) so I can use that to download the BIOS flash file.
I may have to purchase a new motherboard, however.