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My PC is about to fail

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YueHong

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Recently, I PC always crash. Just before it crash, I will hear noise like "tap" (the noise like we usually hear when CPU power off). The temperature is normal. Which part do you guys think is the cost of the crash? Could it be hard disk? I have 2 hard disk in it. One is 1.5 years old, and the other one is nearly 3 years old.
 
Can you give us more detail? What are the parts in your system, as specifically as you can describe them? Is there anything you do right before the crash, such as open a game, play music, etc.? Did you change anything in the system, such as install new software or hardware? Do you have any reason to suspect the hard drives might be going bad, such as with corrupt files or something?
 
I also have that sound in my computer... in my other system.

Vista Home Premium 32 bit
E6300 @ stock
Asrock 4CoreDual VSTA
x1950xt 256MB
Seagate 7200.10 500GB drive sata
2 Maxtor IDE 20GB drives
Corsair 520HX PSU


The computer won't crash on me, but I'll hear the computer shutting down sound while browsing the internet, but the computer stays on.
 
Originally posted by: tigersty1e
I also have that sound in my computer... in my other system.

Vista Home Premium 32 bit
E6300 @ stock
Asrock 4CoreDual VSTA
x1950xt 256MB
Seagate 7200.10 500GB drive sata
2 Maxtor IDE 20GB drives
Corsair 520HX PSU


The computer won't crash on me, but I'll hear the computer shutting down sound while browsing the internet, but the computer stays on.
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That's odd. I would scan for malware.
 
Originally posted by: YueHong
Recently, I PC always crash. Just before it crash, I will hear noise like "tap" (the noise like we usually hear when CPU power off). The temperature is normal. Which part do you guys think is the cost of the crash? Could it be hard disk? I have 2 hard disk in it. One is 1.5 years old, and the other one is nearly 3 years old.
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I think the cost of the crash is going to be about $90. :laugh:
 
YueHong,

Sounds to me like it may be a PSU problem.shutdowns/restarts are one of the main causes of this.and the tap sound,could just be your HD's shutting down when it loses power.
like if you hold your power button in,and the power shuts off,you may hear that tap sound.

Theres a few different things it could be however,but my guess is a PSU issue.



tigersty1e, your HD may be kicking out on you.(click/tap sound)
that would be my guess.

No clue on the Cost of the Crash though. 😉


Good luck.
 
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