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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1026620">I think you mean &quot;new to you,&quot; since the QuickSilver hasn't been made in like eight years now.As for &quot;standard cpu maintenance&quot; I am sorry for your problem but I have to laugh at that statement. Oh you PC users! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />Yeah, Macs never need to reapply thermal paste and applying it incorrectly causes problems -- as you've discovered. But to answer your question:The answer is &quot;you don't.&quot; You can certainly purchase a whole new logicboard or a replacement quicksilver (the latter is likely to be the cheaper option, actually), and you might possible find someone still selling a processor upgrade kit for that machine, but other than that you're probably out of luck.Not meaning to be unduly negative, but a machine that old isn't worth sinking any money into, at least not on the scale you'd need to to resurrect it. If it really is a QuickSilver, that's a machine from 2002 and worth perhaps $100 (well, WAS worth $100).Sorry.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1026620"] I think you mean "new to you," since the QuickSilver hasn't been made in like eight years now. As for "standard cpu maintenance" I am sorry for your problem but I have to laugh at that statement. Oh you PC users! :) Yeah, Macs never need to reapply thermal paste and applying it incorrectly causes problems -- as you've discovered. But to answer your question: The answer is "you don't." You can certainly purchase a whole new logicboard or a replacement quicksilver (the latter is likely to be the cheaper option, actually), and you might possible find someone still selling a processor upgrade kit for that machine, but other than that you're probably out of luck. Not meaning to be unduly negative, but a machine that old isn't worth sinking any money into, at least not on the scale you'd need to to resurrect it. If it really is a QuickSilver, that's a machine from 2002 and worth perhaps $100 (well, WAS worth $100). Sorry. [/QUOTE]

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