@Mario..New Thread would be appreciated..But it's your first so..welcome to the league I had the problems a lot on my P4...But solved it each time doing the following things...
1)take out the HDD's IDE connector to the motherboard..insert it again and voila...
2)if that doesn't work take out your RAM's blow into the socket and then tightly replace them in their..
these two did it for me everytime until i got fed up and got my current rig..
The last option is to buy a new PC though it will cost you a bit..if you are fine with that start a new thread fill this template..*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/pc-components-configurations/128247-pc-build-questionnaire-template.html
You said 7 years??p4 7 years back must have cost a BOMB.....just let it R.I.P..you already have sucked all the juice out of it...
Before my old rig completely died out, it was causing a lot of problems..(read BSODs and abnormal restrats)....Guess what, few days later the HDD crashed..I replaced it..It ran fine for some 15 days, with the occasional BSOD (but with less frequency).......Then it died completely...I did the RAM blowing thing also..doesn't help..........
I am pretty sure my problem is different than yours. Thanks for the reply though!!
New rig? Yeah, bought one....already!! (i3/Asus P7H55MLX/XMS3 2 GB/VX550/Reaper)
7 years back, it cost me 25K approx...well definitely a BOMB for me then or rather for my Dad.... ...but not many ppl would consider that a BOMB!!
Ya I know I did suck all the juice out of it, but I just feel like it will run again if I replaced any one component, just not sure which one to replace!!!