Hardware upgrades on 12 year old stationary PC

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(2019-02-11 23:28)MariusMM Wrote:  Double post, sorry.

So after a lot more troubleshooting, its working...

I installed an old BIOS version(1.11, newer version then the original I was using), and PC started to behave normal again. Put in new CPU (Q9550) and it actually worked! Got quite high temperatures at first so I put on some more thermal paste and now I'm getting stable temperatures of 35-40-45 degrees. Better not jinx it, but finally done.

For future reference, just buy a new ready to use PC. I'm not doing this upgrade in 12 years again. Thanks for the help to the guys who did, Barney life saver.

Generally older hardware is quite a mess for custom builds/upgrades indeed, but generally newer hardware is basically plug and play, so if you ever want to get a new computer just go for new hardware and don't worry about it, it will almost certainly work. Glad you got it working though!