My current plan is to replace the motherboard under warranty (I have an RMA# now.), and upgrade the cpu from an Athlon 64 3500 to a dual core athlon x2 3800 if I can find one in socket 939. They are not too expensive. I know that intel has superior dual core processors, but then I have to buy a new motherboard and memory as well. God, RAM gets expensive these days!

I am also getting increasingly suspicious of the power supply, which I can run a few tests on with a multimeter--I plan on doing that this weekend. So, if all goes well I'll have my box up and running with an upgraded cpu in a couple of weeks.

It is tempting to upgrade everything, but that costs money. And I might be doing a travel position in a month which will necessitate a laptop. Ah well.

Thanks to everyone for all of the helpful advice.

The question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer?
~Jeremy Bentham