I think caps lock blinking means the memory isnt seated correctly. I could be wrong but its worth a shot. the gpu has a thermal pad, the cpu has spring loaded heatsink. as5 should work fine.
Ive been getting real high pings in cstrike lately, so i check my network connections and notice my 1394 adapter says its connected. Hell, i dont know what its connected to Ive never used the1394 connection for anything. could this...
take the fans out and see if the heatsink is clogged. I have to clean out fans and heatsinks quite regularly. i get 2900ish stock speeds. http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...an.htm#1000550