Hi rose2948, we'd need a bit more info please such as pc specs and details of your current PSU. Also, did you ever get any 'blue screen of death' errors (BSODs)? If yes, can you remember any details please? Can you hear any beeps when you power up the machine? If yes, how many and their duration please? Are you able to access BIOS at all?

 

no i never got a blue screen it just turned off light and all as if i had shut it down. i was just a plain black screen that you have when your computer is turned off. and yes i did hear beeps when i started it up but i thought they were normal. but there was one thing a month are so ago it would start making sounds like ding ding ding, i'd restart it and it would stop for the the time being. about the specs and the BIOS i'd have to ask the guy who fixes the software part. hope this helps some. as for the beeps i don't know how many it just beeped some as it was turning on.10-12 maybe, thanks, rose2948

 

Other things to consider would be faulty RAM, CPU or other hardware issues such as overheating or loose or faulty wiring.

 

i'm allmost certain it's not any of them because it was checked by my computer guy who fixes mostly the software part of my computer, he did have to clean it because of dust (quite a bit i might say), and i know for sure it's not from over heating because i had been gone for a day and night and when i came home and turned it on, it shut down in less than ten minutes. i got it started back up but it soon shut down again. it ran well when it was up but it shut down in the next few days many times. i didn't know not to keep turning it on until the computer guy told me to just leave it off tell he checked it, but it was to late by that time. let me know what other info you need and i'll see if i can get it for you, thanks, rose2948

 

Hi rose2948...there are many things that cause overheating and it's something which can affect machines which are only on for a short amount of time (hence why some shutdown on their own). You mentioned that the inside of the machine was heavily clogged up with dust and this alone is a major cause of overheating. Regardless that the machine has since been cleaned, the fans could be permanently damaged, thus not cooling/extracting air from the unit in the correct manner. Also, if some hardware is faulty, that can cause overheating too.

At this stage, i'd advise asking your friend to check that the RAM and graphics card are seated correctly. If they both are, the next step would be checking the integrity of your RAM which can be done using a utility called memtest86 which can be downloaded [here]. Please note that this test can take a couple of hours to complete. If you have multiple modules of RAM, it would be best to test them one at a time and if any errors are found, that would be the problem.

Also, knowing the exact number of beeps may help find out what is wrong as the number is specific to the fault....but they also differ depending on motherboard/BIOS versions so that would be handy too please.

Hope that helps :smile: