Time to upgrade some components

[Jan Kyster]

Originally Posted by Oberon

It could well be on the bottom of the cooler, there is a strange pad like design on it..

That is the thermal paste. And it's perfectly adequate

Originally Posted by Oberon

...firstly the DVD is now out of commission because it's too old for the mobo...

That is just plain silly. Of course your mb has an IDE slot.

Originally Posted by Oberon

the plug from the on/off switch at the front isn't the right type for the mobo

That doesn't make sense either.

Standard types...

Originally Posted by Oberon

the PSU wasn't giving enough power to start the mobo up.

What? Didn't you update your mb only? How many Watts is the PSU?

But good luck!