Comp Not Working Since Freezing!

[Phil_D_UK]

My girlfriends family PC froze over the weekend and since then won't boot up again! The PC is a few years old & I think it was most likely heat related as the case is a small heavy metal type case with no case fans & often gets dusty & dirty inside.

When you turn the PC on now the power supply is still working and the heatsink fan spins, but thats about it! nothing else happens and the screen just sits there blinking as if it has no signal & it doesn't sound like the PC is booting up or anything

From my working PC I have tried changing componets such as the Hard Drive, Monitor, Graphics Card, Ram, IDE Cable etc but still nothing happens

If the PC gets too hot could it be possible that the CPU/mobo won't work again?

 

[Phil_D_UK]

Thanks, but I don't fancy messing around with my computer too much just to test it

The worst job ever is trying to take the heaksink off as it won't come off without pushing the metal clip down hard which will prob crush the CPU in doing so

I think I will just say the motherboards dead & suggest...

1) New case with PSU included with more space and at least two fans
2) AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail

3) Could anyone suggest a decent AMS Socket 939 motherboard which I can still use an IDE Hard Drive on rather than SATA, although both would be good

Hopefully I can use the existing hard drive, GFX card, memory etc if they still work and keep cost to a minimum

 

[Phil_D_UK]

I'm not gonna bother with the CPU & suggest...

1) Buy New case

2) Buy AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail

3) Buy New Mobo

Use Existing Graphics Card, Ram & Hard Drive - although if don't work will also need replacing

Could anyone suggest a decent AMD Socket 939 motherboard? which I can still use an IDE Hard Drive on rather than SATA, although both would be good as they already have a 160GB IDE Hard drive

 

[Phil_D_UK]

Do any of the Socket 939 motherboard still support IDE Hard Disk Drives?

 

[Phil_D_UK]

Yes it is AGP

So for just over £100 does...

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (Socket 939) - Retail (ADA3000BPBOX) (CP-117-AM)

Abit UL8 ULi M1689 (Socket 939) Motherboard (MB-079-AB)

Go together ok with...

Think the existing stuff is

RAM is DDR PC2700,
Hard drive is an IDE 160GB 7200rpm
Graphics I think is an AGP 8x GeforceFX card

 

[Phil_D_UK]

The ram should work, but it will be running on a divider which will hurt perofmrance a little... though should be ok if she is doing no gaming or heavy work on it

What do u mean by running on a divider?

Would it be better to pay abit more for the..

AMD Athlon 64 3000 Retail / Abit UL8 / 512MB GeIL Value PC3200 Dual Channel Kit - Bundle (BU-046-OK)

 

[Phil_D_UK]

It could be as simple as a dead PSU causing it not to boot which could be replaced for around the £40 mark.

See first thread

Can a PSU still power on and stay on but still be dead?