Computer crashed, won't post.

[smoothness]

So I was sitting around playing WoW, chattin' it up, whatever. Then the computer crashes. I first figure that it's the 6800gt AGP, cause it's been wonky lately, with the card overheating and fritzing out. I turned the computer off, cleared out the dust, and tried to boot. Nada. The hard drive is still working, there's no scratching; I believe that's all in good shape. I checked the NB, the CPU, and the GPU and none show signs of burning out. The PSU doesn't sell like burnt plastic, neither does the rest of the case. I've got two SATA drives, two DVD drives, one Hauppage. I systematically removed one part after another till all i was left with was a functioning hard drive and a DVD drive. Nothing has popped on the screen, despite the whole thing powering up. The CPU = P4 2.6 s478. Anyone else have a suggestion as to what might be wrong? I'd rather fix this hunk of junk than buy a whole new rig. tyvm.

 

[leSLIe]

first try to clean your video card connectors and the AGP slot and push the card a little into the agp slot

well, since your PC is kinda old, it could be several things, like your RAM, Mobo, CPU or vid card, so the best way to check for problems is to test your hardware in another computer. if your CPU wasn't cooled properly it could've died, remove the heatsink, clean the HS and cpu and reapply the thermal compound

 

[smoothness]

Thanks for replying. I already tried to reseat the AGP card, and I don't have any thermal paste on hand (at school without supplies). I also don't have another computer to check my hardware on - I was thinking of going to my school's IT department and begging them for some ghetto AGP card out of the trash so that I can find out if it's my graphics card xD.