MEGA PC 651 BOOTING/BIOS/HEATSINK PROBLEM

From this thread topic it seems really general but heres the deal...
I was recording some music with it and video editing the other night and the monitor went blank but the PC was still on.I rebooted and the PC started beeping with one long continuous beep.
From what i've found looking on here it seems to mean the RAM is faulty but i have managed to reboot for a while before experiencing the same problem which i'm guessing wouldnt be possible without any RAM
I opened up the case to inspect and noticed the heatsink clamps are broken which obviously isn't good because it means the CPU isn't being cooled as well as it could be but i have managed to sit the heatsink on the CPU with the thermal compound keeping it in place.I have emailed MSI to get some spare clamps but i'm not sure this will solve the problem.
As i have said tho i have managed to reboot the machine and work on it and then it shuts off again
The HDD light stays on when everything is powered up.Sometimes i get the continuous beep, sometimes i don't and sometimes it boots up like nothing is wrong.
Is it because the CPU is getting too hot? Or is it something else like the BIOS, the CPU or the mainboard itself?
Also...some segments are missing from the LCD display causing characters to not display properly - do i need to get a new LCD screen or can i rectify it with software or something?
Please help me
Thanks

I found someone had posted about getting spare clamps on here and they were successful in getting some from MSI
I just copied and pasted the email this user had sent to MSI to get them and they sent me some
The machine has been working again but is a really troublesome system
I still have trouble with the MEGA PC 651 - even getting it to boot even tho i had installed a new HDD and installed a fresh copy of XP
It's just problem after problem

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