So my mother was having problems with overheating, we put a window fan on the pc to fix it, after 2 days I went to go clean it as it's hot and i wanted the fan, cleaned out the dust (There was a lot of it, bout 2 years worth) I get it all clean, plug it in, It wont get past boot stage, it powers off with no error code, I made sure cords were plugged in to my knowledge, atleast the ones i was working around (Not very many only toward top of the mobo) If i start it, it tries to boot, and usually turns off around the windows logo, I've read other articles about this, I can't get into boot menu or bios without it turning off, I was gonna replace the thermal paste, but 1 of the 4 screws (corsair water pump) is stripped and I cant get it off, I cant even use a window fan to keep the pc going anymore, it just keeps shutting down. Super frustrated, don't know how to fix this, im thinking its either the Paste, or the PSU went out, if its the paste i probably have to buy practically a new pc since the screw is stripped.
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