Did my motherboard go bad?

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computerguy1994

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I have a dell inspirion 521(OLD but am trying to fix it for a friend)

I have a quick question about my motherboard I just want to know did it go bad because everytime I start the computer it loads pass the little load up part then is starting up and boom shuts off I downloaded windows 7 a long time ago on it and it took me so long just do that so I recently formatted it and then am trying to do it over I also did ram test with a software and then also took out the hdd and put it into my new computer it worked fine

So it wasnt ram/hdd/The power supply have yet to check probably will get one tomorrow but i dont think its that because i left it on bios screen the whole night and it stood so only things i think it can be is the processor/heatsink/ or mobo

So basically should i try to take everything out and put more paste on the procesor and buy a more modern heatsink with a more usuful powersupply
 
System shutting down is usually signs of overheating. But you said it stayed on the bios screen for a long time and was fine. Then I'm inclined to say that this would be a hardware issue somewhere. Could be HDD or other hardware. Are there any temp readings in the bios?
 
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