MSI GX630 does not boot

[sadbluescreener]

Hi I have a MSI GX630. it has a AMD Athlon X2 QL-62 processor @ 2.0GHz, 4GB of RAM but I'm running a 32-bit version of Win7 and a 9600m GT GPU with 512MB VRAM.

Up until recently I used it to play games such as Call of Duty 4 and Call of Duty 6, but then I began to have temperature problems where I saw the CPU at 100 degrees and more for simple web-browsing while the graphics card was at 50 degrees. I came to this forum and was advised to change the thermal compound (as I had had my heat sink lifted off in an attempt to fix the overheating problem).

Upon changing the thermal compound I saw great results and my temperatures were great! When I played games my max temp for both CPU and GPU were 80 or maybe a little bit more in harsh conditions. I thought that was the end of my worries but after playing some CoD one day I realised that the computer froze. I thought this was just because I had played for too long and so I did a forced shutdown and left it to cool off. However, when I tried to turn it back on, nothing came up on the screen. The Caps-lock light and Hard Drive light flickered once and then were gone and the machine just sat there, not booting anything. The fan is spinning but I can't tell if the HD is working in there.

is there anyone that could help me with a fix or fill me in on why my machine refuses to boot? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[raybay]

Methinks you ran it too hot too hard too long... damaging the CPU or CPU cooler, and making a boot nearly impossible. You likely need an onsite tech to take a look to see if your CPU or motherboard are damaged.

Running that CPU at 100 degrees and then a 80 degrees is sure to have been harmful to the CPU and perhaps to the motherboard as well.

Did someone tell you it was ok to run it at those extremes?

 

[sadbluescreener]

I never actually used it for long when it was at the high temps like 90+, i just turned it on and saw that the temps were high while just trying to do simple web-browsing and then i shut it off. No wait, there were sometimes when I had to finish some programming and I had no other machine to use so I used it while it had high temps. Noone told me it was ok, but I had work to do, I never played games with it before I changed the compound.
If I have damaged my CPU/mobo then should I assume there's no fix to that?

 

[raybay]

Most often, you can repalce the CPU with a used one... but you have to figger out what is wrong, and why it failed... you might benefit from the observations of a local tech-smart friend who can look your system over and run some simple tests.

 

[sadbluescreener]

Ah, those I do have. Tech-smart friends that is. Can a laptop CPU be replaced so easily though? :S