I can't see any damage to the mobo, no. And I'm pretty sure that the retention bracket just kinda disentegrated over time. Reading around on the net it seems like this is a pretty common problem with Dimension 2350's. I'm just hoping that maybe the error beeps are due to the heatsink being loose or something. For two main reasons:
1. I really can't afford to buy a new mobo/CPU right now.
2. Without a PC, I'm stuck using the Wii's Internet Channel for net access, and it sucks (I really feel for everyone who used WebTV back in the day now).
That being said, I'm just gonna hope for the best and pray that the new retention bracket will fix it. It's looking unlikely, though, considering that I didn't get the POST beeps when I turned it on after the first shutdown.
1. I really can't afford to buy a new mobo/CPU right now.
2. Without a PC, I'm stuck using the Wii's Internet Channel for net access, and it sucks (I really feel for everyone who used WebTV back in the day now).
That being said, I'm just gonna hope for the best and pray that the new retention bracket will fix it. It's looking unlikely, though, considering that I didn't get the POST beeps when I turned it on after the first shutdown.
