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First time i've asked on here for any PC help. Basically I am looking to improve my PC as a lot of things have gone wrong with it and I just have not bothered to get the replacements.

Here goes...

I currently have a CD drive and DVD drive however these just do not open well one of them does but it takes a very long time (like it has been jammed) any reason as to whats caused this and should I replace both?

I was also thinking i must have done something to my hard drive as the cPU reached 99.5c the other day and windows would not load up and then my hard drive stopped working, so I am having to use my other hard drive.


Should I replace both disc drives or can these be fixed? Also I will need a new hard drive but I think it would be SATA.

Would a better cooling system work on my CPU? Its an intel pentium 3.2 ghz

I am a complete berk at PC's as I found out the other day :(
 
Board: ASUSTeK Computer INC. P5LD2-SE Rev 1.xx
Bus Clock: 200 megahertz
BIOS: American Megatrends Inc. 0405 09/11/2006

LITE-ON CD-RW SOHR-5239V ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
LITE-ON DVDRW LH-18A1H ATA Device [CD-ROM drive]
3.5" format removeable media [Floppy drive]

WDC WD1600JS-00NCB1 ATA Device [Hard drive] (160.04 GB) -- drive 0

3.20 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4

1024 Megabytes Installed Memory

Slot 'DIMM0' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM1' is Empty
Slot 'DIMM2' has 512 MB
Slot 'DIMM3' is Empty

RADEON X300/X550 Series [Display adapter]

Windows Vista as well.. forgot to add. Home Basic.
 
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Thanks for the help. My problem would be I am not sure exactly what motherboard it is and what type of socket the CPU is so I wouldn't know which CPU cooler would be appropriate? Which CPU cooler would you advise?

I think the DVD and CD drive will be a doddle to sort out so at the moment these are the least of my concerns. However I will look into the Samsung Spinpoint.
 
So the memory would be fine then with these specs?

4 x DIMM, max. 4GB, DDR2 667/533/400, Non-ECC, un-buffered memory
Dual Channel Architecture

However if I wanted to upgrade the cooler would it have to be a 775 socket cooler?
 
herr_brush said:
It should be a socket 775 so take your pick of coolers. Double check the size your case can accommodate though. Some of them are huge.
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Thanks for the help. I think for now I will just concentrate on getting a new HDD and the Memory.

I've seen some of the socket 775 coolers and they look like a tower block! :p
 
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