Just today my computed started acting a little weird. I was playing counter-strike and the game started freezing up for a period and then running again for a short time (~2s) before freezing again. Everything would freeze--video, sound, input devices. I exited to windows, and everything was fine (alt-tabbing worked too). After a few minutes, it started doing the same thing in windows. I noticed that the freezes coincided with the hard drive revving up, and then the freeze would stop when it started acessing data (as far as my ears can tell). I shut down the computer (which took a long time), and opened up the case. I found that a molex connector between my video card and the leds on my case was very hot and brown, and smelled burned. I tried to turn the computer back on to see what would happen, and the screen flashed a red bar saying that my VC didn't have power and the mobo beeped rapidly. I plugged the VC into another connector and the computer worked. What is the problem? The hard drive is brand new (WD 120GB 7200rpm 8MB cache), the VC is a Radeon 9800, and the PSU is an offbrand, 350w. I don't know if that specific molex connector is bad, or if there is a problem with the video card, or if there is a problem with the PSU as a whole. I was monitoring the voltages while the computer was acting up, and they were stable. I was just wondering if this is at all a commonplace problem, and what was done to rectify it.
Thanks in advance for any/all replies!
Thanks in advance for any/all replies!
