My personal computer is down :(

The illness my computer contracted when I tried to do a system update about a fortnight ago is more serious than I thought. At first I thought it was only the power supply unit (PSU) that had fried. Now it seems that my motherboard is affected. It fails to power up even after I put in a new PSU. So I guess there's nothing more I can do except to get a new PC. Should I build a new one with whatever parts I can salvage or should I buy a full system off the shelf? The Eee PC from Asus looks tempting since I mainly use my computer at home for emailing and surfing the Net. Any heavy-duty stuff like programming I can make use of my notebook from work (though I don't bring it home everyday).

Repair

Ay, I have just replaced my PC's power supply box. I really dislike opening up my PC's casing as it is rusty and dirty. Too bad I don't have extra money to get a nicer casing. Oh well, as long as it is still usable, I will leave it alone and save up for a new notebook.

My Computer

Alright, my computer is back in business. Well, at least partially as I am still in the midst of installing a lot of stuff. One of the Windows patch doesn't seem to be updating... Hopefully I can get everything I need to be working properly over the weekend.

Oh, one more event I should have wrote down if not for my computer being down (relax, not with SARS though). The top 3 choices of my module selection has been allocated and I will be reading them.

No Luck

Luck doesn't seemed to be on my side these few days. I tried to upgrade my own computer with the old parts my brother salvaged from his PC as well as other old computers but a problem was encountered which I have no solution for.

When I finished the installation process for Windows 2000, it refuse to boot. My guess is that the motherboard or its settings are not compatible with the OS but I can't figure out what is wrong. What am I suppose to do right now?