Date: 10/19/05 (Computer Geeks)    Keywords: linux

So my computer is a custom built computer, just a very generic computer as it's all my budget could afford at the time almost 3 years ago.
I have 2 hard drives, 512 memory, pentium 4, and a ECS Elitegroups motherboard. It's done pretty well since I got it minus a few hiccups, until recently that is.
Lately it's been running super loud, and so I changed out the CPU fan and cleaned up the other fans and it kind of quieted down for awhile, and now it's extremely loud and painful sounding. It's beyond a natural loudness of an old computer.
So I'm watching my system monitor which says my CPU is constantly at 100%, I've tried reinstalling both windows and linux (I dual-boot) to see if I had a config problem but nothing seems to help. I can't afford a whole new computer yet, does anyone have any reccomendations on how I can fix it? Should I just get a new CPU or should I just replace my entire motherboard? Opinions? How long will my computer last with my CPU constantly at 100%?
Anyone got a motherboard/CPU they're willing to give up? ;) Just thought I'd ask.

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