I meant that he though it was a PSU problem. But as you said, if that temp is in idle status. Once he load something and CPU temp hits 70 and the motherboard is set to thermal shutdown at that temp, there is one issue. :)
nododgy: try to cool your cpu more, Or turning on your case fans if you...
Pics are too small. Try Tinypic.com to up your pics...
About the ID or Sata connections: well, i dunno... maybe. But if you are saying that it freezes on "Detecting IDE drives", but after moving it the freezing stopped. It seems that it was the problem. Still need that screenshot lol. Just to...
You can try EVEREST if still not booting:
Download: http://www.lavalys.com:8081/everestultimate530.exe
Serials: http://www.mediafire.com/?mjmcztzotf3 <-- dunno if it is allow to post them here or not.
after you install them, go to
+ Computer
- Sensor
Then get me a screenshot using the PC...