oil cooling older computer

[Guest Linux-Is-Best]

The computer is over 10+ years old, and I only surf the web, stream movies, and play games on it.

 

•  Motherboard: BIOSTAR Group - N68S3B
• CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) II X4 630 Processor
• Ram: 8GB DDR3
• Video card: Nvidia 710 (I use the hdmi port)

 

I cleaned the heatsink and placed it back on the CPU. I converted my computed to ail cooling to oil cooling and was doing fine.

 

The only issue was the motherboard read a bad checksum which was fixed by reloading defaults. The next issue was the hardware clock kept reading a month behind (Nov 21, 2021). I couldn't enter the bios to fix it because my wireless (USB) keyboard wouldn't catch before hitting Grub after I loaded defaults the first time. No matter, I changed the time from within the OS. The computer stays on nearly 24/7 anyways. So no biggy.

 

The computer froze, and now when I turn it back on, the hard drive spins, but I notice hard drive status lights do not blink, so I assume it's not even trying to boot. The CPU fan is spinning, but no display. This is odd because my monitor detects it, reports no signal, then goes to sleep.

 

Thoughts?

[svmlegacy]

Have you replaced the CMOS battery yet? Easiest thing first.

If that doesn't solve your issue, I'd suggest finding a different AM3 motherboard next.

[Guest Linux-Is-Best]

54 minutes ago, svmlegacy said:

Have you replaced the CMOS battery yet? Easiest thing first.

If that doesn't solve your issue, I'd suggest finding a different AM3 motherboard next.

But would the battery cause the display to go out and the hd status light suddenly shows no status?  Do you think my motherboard is the problem?

 

I should note both the hard drives (1 ssd, 1 hdd) and the power supply are not in oil.

[svmlegacy]

18 minutes ago, Linux-Is-Best said:

ut would the battery cause the display to go out and the hd status light suddenly shows no status? 

It's possible, and it's easy. Worth a try. Sometimes not having the correct voltage at the battery causes issues with the OS.

19 minutes ago, Linux-Is-Best said:

Do you think my motherboard is the problem?

Yes. I've had many AMD motherboards of that era die on me.

 

One other thing to try is the swap the memory out, or at least reseat it.

[Guest Linux-Is-Best]

1 hour ago, svmlegacy said:

It's possible, and it's easy. Worth a try. Sometimes not having the correct voltage at the battery causes issues with the OS.

Yes. I've had many AMD motherboards of that era die on me.

 

One other thing to try is the swap the memory out, or at least reseat it.

I am going to assume it may be the motherboard then. When I said the display is out, I mean I do not even see the bios or load screen anymore (no display at all).