Urgernt: Please help

Meloco · 27 Jul 2009 at 07:51

Last night I had to restart my PC as it froze unexpectedly. Next thing I know when it tries to turn on the fans are whirling, then suddenly spin down. This repeats 3 times then the whole PC turns off again, and then switches itself back on, even after I hold down the power button! Could some-one please tell me why this is happening and how to fix this?

Many thanks...

Meloco · 27 Jul 2009 at 13:16

It turned out to be a memory problem. One stick of ram was dodgey!

Meloco · 27 Jul 2009 at 14:19

SMN said:
Strange - sounds like what my mobo (the gigabyte DS3P) does when you overclock it with settings it doesnt like.

funny enough i had overclocked the memory ... Hmm

Meloco · 27 Jul 2009 at 19:17

SMN said:
Have you tried changing the slot in which the RAM was / reset the BIOS? Whenever i push too hard on my gigabyte board it reboots about 4-5 times then starts with a flattened BIOS (Default) but with some elements kept from my OC, e.g. the lowered multiplier. Just a thought.

Ye I checked the ram, it was definitely dead. Strange thing that just happened though:

The fuse box and everything in the house just went, including the doorbell ringing?! Could this be due to my PC? Possibly a surge from it?

edit: I've ordered some new ram, so hopefully that will rule out any dodgey ram left over.