Computer shuts off

[newuser]

it winds up sounding like one of those infurating musical greeting cards.

hAHAhahaha !!


I bet by now you've got that fixed. We all dieing to know wht the problem was, can you plz tell us?

[polokid69]

I have the same problem with my PC. It will make this siren sound like that of a european police siren, high and low tone. It does this and then shuts down the computer. You then have to unplug and reconnect the power cord before it will reboot. I recently installed a TV video card and thought maybe that was it but removing it did not fix the problem. I also installed a agp video card but don't believe this is the cause either. I did recently install WIN DVD, a program for the TV card, I'm wondering if this could anyway cause the issue. It happened again a little while ago. I pulled the cover with it still making the noise to see if I could find what is making the noise but could not be for sure. I do not believe it is the fan for the cpu or the fans on the power supply or the fan on the video card. Anyone have any ideas ?

[monosodium]

nah, the beep codes usually mean something hardware related is busted.

If the operating system could get in there an intercept it to give you a more friendly message then it would. Also the fact that you can't reboot is a sure fire sign.

You could *try* removing all the cards & cables and then re-seating them (put them back in) one by one, just in case there is a connection issue there somewhere.

You should back up your data too. But then you should always back up your data dvd writers go from about 20 quid and tesco does rewritable dvds in spindles of 25 for about 12.50.. So you'll get no sympathy from me if you lose anything