Any chance you've pinched a fan wire, and the PS is detecting an overload and shutting down?
No, as the only actual change was that of the fan adjusting its speed. The HS is well seated, and I am using a good paste, and there is no shutdown. Meanwhile, if it was the graphics then i would get some HD sounds, while i have tried switching ram sticks with no change, no activity, just the ever blank screen with fans running.
I am not sure if it is the AMD 6350 CPU, which i did remove and reseat correctly, or the mobo, though i am leaning toward the latter.
I have read about it being hard to get clips on some HS, and i have to loosen the screws a bit to get the clips on this one, but it is secure.
Thanks for taking an interest!. I thank God for any willing to help.
The mobo at issue is a AS Rock 970 Extreme 3 with a AMD 6350 (3.9GHZ) CPU, and 8GB ram (2 sticks).
I am now using a 2004 Sony RA840G with a 2.8GHZ, 4gb cpu, running WTP 32 bit, ver. 10074