Hmmmmmm PC doctors can I get a consult please?

Matblack · 24-12-2009, 11:49

OK, main rig is dying

Can in the other day and it had stuck, nothing would move it from the desktop total freeze. Restart and it gets it working but after 10 minutes it blue screens, restart again and it dies quicker, next restart it won't post.

Frustrated I leave it off whilst I think about a solution, a couple of hours later I switch it on again and it posts and gets to the desktop for a while before it dies, I have to say I was suprised, it then proceeds to die over time to a point where it won't post again

Two days later I try again and it works for 15 minutes before dying again.

No other symptoms apart from a very quiet high pitched squealing which I hadn't noticed before.

Now my bet is on the power supply, would a power supply recover itself after a few days for another effort. My second guess is the mobo. I suspect the squealing is a capacitor dying but I'm no expert.

Second opinions?

MB

24-12-2009, 11:49	#1
Matblack Baby Bore Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Svalbard Posts: 9,770	Hmmmmmm PC doctors can I get a consult please? OK, main rig is dying Can in the other day and it had stuck, nothing would move it from the desktop total freeze. Restart and it gets it working but after 10 minutes it blue screens, restart again and it dies quicker, next restart it won't post. Frustrated I leave it off whilst I think about a solution, a couple of hours later I switch it on again and it posts and gets to the desktop for a while before it dies, I have to say I was suprised, it then proceeds to die over time to a point where it won't post again Two days later I try again and it works for 15 minutes before dying again. No other symptoms apart from a very quiet high pitched squealing which I hadn't noticed before. Now my bet is on the power supply, would a power supply recover itself after a few days for another effort. My second guess is the mobo. I suspect the squealing is a capacitor dying but I'm no expert. Second opinions? MB __________________ "we had roots that grew towards each other underground, and when all the pretty blossom had fallen from our branches we found that we were one tree and not two"