Delapidated1

Hi everyone, my laptop mouse is frozen in the centre of the screen, system repair, start up repair, nothing works. Opened up reged and it seems that the mouse registry has no value. Any idea of how to fix this problem without wiping the c drive, losing all of my files and reinstalling Vista from the backup? Is there a freeware vista data recovery program which I could try to get the files back incase I have to clear the system?

You wanted to know about my CPU, Motherboard. Thank you for the replies. The CPU is an AMD Athlon 64, the motherboard is a Gigabyte K8 Triton Series AGP8X/ Dual Channel DDR400 nForce 3 It also supports the AMD Athlon 64 FX. I got it built in a shop a few months before the 2 core and dual core processors came out. So in a nutshell you are telling me that because one pin is broken and a few others bent that I will have to buy a new one? Could it be repaired in a shop? There are no pins stuck in the socket as the pin broke when attempting to straighten it out. Is it easy to remove the CPU from the heatsink? I read on the net to bring it to a jewellers for them to put in 14k gold pins for the ones bent and the one broken. Surely a repair shop in the Philippines could repair it for me when I go there with my girlfriend in a few weeks if it can be removed from the heatsink? :confused:

Hi to all, l I recently decided to clean my pc and removed the fans and the heatsink as it was full of dust and fluff and rather noisy. My very first time to ever open a pc, ventured in to the unknown I didn't realise that the CPU is directly under the heatsink and goes in to a socket. After I put the heatsink back in and closed everything up the computer wouldn't start. I then proceeded to check under the heatsink and saw that several gold pins on the cpu were bent so I straightened them as well as I could and put it back in to the socket and fastened the two locks for the heatsink. It turned on this time but now there is no display on the monitor, leds light up, fans work and the dvd rom makes a knocking or clicking sound in one second intervals. Opened it up again and broke a pin on the cpu. Can the pins be fixed on the cpu or do I have to buy a new cpu and a special heat paste for my pc to work properly again? I feel like a complete fool and like kicking myself after breaking my computer. Where do I go from here with this predicament please?