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Hi guys,
Last night my computer mysteriously died. Knowing the amount of experience and expertise on these forums, I am posting here from my brother-in-law's laptop, in the hope that someone will be able to help me identify which part has gone FUBAR.
Here are the specs first of all:
AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
2 GB Crucial 3200 DDR RAM
BFG NVIDIA 7600 with 512RAM
Audigy 2 ZS
This machine was built in July 04, but received a rebuild after my GFX card fried at the very beginning of 05.
Symptons:
I was playing Soldner - Secret Wars on Saturday evening, and suddenly a funny noise came through my speakers, like when you are tuning a radio in, then the computer locked up. I was forced to do a manual restart, and then it booted up normally, but then froze when I tried to load Soldner again.
After this, I could only load XP in safe-mode. But it froze 5 minutes or so after loading. Now, it won't load at all. It powers up automatically (without me touching the power switch) as soon as I turn the plug on, and then turns itself off 3-4 seconds later. I tried reseating the GFX card, soundcard and RAM, but this has not fixed the issue. Power seems to be getting to the GFX card and chip, as the fans on both are spinning. I think ir may be the chip, but I wanted to see what you guys thought before 'doing' anything.
If you need anymore information, feel free to ask, and I shall provide any details that I can.
Cheers fellas...
Last night my computer mysteriously died. Knowing the amount of experience and expertise on these forums, I am posting here from my brother-in-law's laptop, in the hope that someone will be able to help me identify which part has gone FUBAR.
Here are the specs first of all:
AMD 64 3400+
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
2 GB Crucial 3200 DDR RAM
BFG NVIDIA 7600 with 512RAM
Audigy 2 ZS
This machine was built in July 04, but received a rebuild after my GFX card fried at the very beginning of 05.
Symptons:
I was playing Soldner - Secret Wars on Saturday evening, and suddenly a funny noise came through my speakers, like when you are tuning a radio in, then the computer locked up. I was forced to do a manual restart, and then it booted up normally, but then froze when I tried to load Soldner again.
After this, I could only load XP in safe-mode. But it froze 5 minutes or so after loading. Now, it won't load at all. It powers up automatically (without me touching the power switch) as soon as I turn the plug on, and then turns itself off 3-4 seconds later. I tried reseating the GFX card, soundcard and RAM, but this has not fixed the issue. Power seems to be getting to the GFX card and chip, as the fans on both are spinning. I think ir may be the chip, but I wanted to see what you guys thought before 'doing' anything.
If you need anymore information, feel free to ask, and I shall provide any details that I can.
Cheers fellas...