Hi folks, I have had to buy a new PC it is a Vista machine. I will look for a new heatsink mounting bracket as probably the PC will be ok or maybe I will need to get another processor.

since I...

Thanks Oneder with Hughv's advice as I am now a lot happier!!

Thanks for the advice. I live in England so I found another source:http://www.techfocus.co.uk/USB-Adapters-Dongles/TFA12.htm
Usual Rip Off Britain prices though 1£=1$ although for UK prices...

Is the CPU likely to be damaged? It also possibly explains why the machine has been running so slowly.

Thanks. Yes the heatsink can be pulled up with little effort. The plastic lug that secures the clip has broken. Could this be replaced? I can't see any easy way to hold the heatsink down

Thanks for that advice. I have now tried it and Knoppix loads the splash screen then when I press enter the computer switches off. I have tried again and this time pressed F2 for boot options the DOS...

My daughter has a Dell desktop with XP Pro. It has been rather slow for no reason that I could find. Over the weekend it started to switch off for no apparent reason. The were no messages. Now it...