I picked this computer up from its owners to repair it and heard a
rattle. Turns out the motherboard had shed its northbridge heatsink,
which will cause problems.
I actually managed to *find* that stupid little clip in the case and
solder it back on. This video details the fix and its effectiveness. I
don't think there has been any lasting damage.
After booting Memtest, I booted a minimal version of Knoppix Live Linux
on CD (as I only had 650MB CD-RW blanks handy) and that ran fine as
well.
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