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jointhedarkside
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ah, i have many problems, i hope you guys can help me with this.
Here are my computer specs (That i know):
Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz
512 Kingston RdRam
BFG geforce 5700 OC
<dont know brand> 120 gb hd
A 300W PSU that came with the case
Ive had this computer for about 4 years and it has been reliable.
Recently (maybe 2 weeks ago), my computer has started to freeze while i am gaming, which had never happend before. I would normally be playing (CS, CS:Source, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, etc..) for maybe an hour, then it would freeze. This seemed like the classic symptoms of an overheating graphics card. But, why would it start overheating now in over 2 years of use, during the cold winter climate, and while the cards fan has been blown dustless by compressed air? Well anyway, I redirected my case intake fan to blow on the graphics card. (i have an intake fan on the side of my case, and one exhaust fan in the back) But, after i turn off and let my computer cool down again, then boot it to play again. I play for maybe 30-45 minutes and suddenly, my computer freezes again. Instantly i open the side of my case and feel the heatsink on the card and the back of the card. Cold as ice (well not exaclty, but bearly warm to the touch
).
oh noes, what could be wrong now? , i think to myself.
I just leave it alone and ask a few people at school, but they have no clue.
Now fast forward to yesterday and today. My little brother has been gaming on the computer, and when i come home, he complains to me that it keeps freezing every 10 mins or so. hmm interesting... I know that the processor shouldnt be overheating as it is at around 50 Degrees C while gaming.
I am afraid because my darling computer has this problem, so i boot the computer and stress it by playing a game. It eventually freezes, but this time, i hear clicks and the sound of somethign spinning really fast, similar to the instant you turn on your computer and you hear your case fans kick in. I slide open the side of my case and listen to the clicking. It seems to be coming from my hard drive.
The sounds seem go *click* *click* *sound of something spinning fast* *click click*... and it keeps going. It seems like the magnetic disk is spinning really fast and clicks are coming from it. I boot again and after seeing an intel deskboards screen (from my mobo) i hear some more clicks and spinning and it displays "Boot Failure: System Halted"
So now... i think my harddrive is dying on me. But sometimes it does load, then freeze when i do specific things, like opening Nero (Which it never did before).
But, ive also been looking through the video card section of the forum for ingame freezing, and it also made me think that maybe my PSU crapped out on me and is not pumping out enough juice for the harddrive to spin its disk, and that is why its not spinning at a constant speed.
So... ive narrowed it down to 3 scenarios:
1. Graphics Card is Overheating in someway
2. HardDrive is dying. (worst case scenario)
3. Bad PSU
What are your opinions? Has anyone experienced a similar harddrive problem? Sorry the explaination, but i am very concerned about my computer. Thanks for listening and for any help you can give me.
Here are my computer specs (That i know):
Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz
512 Kingston RdRam
BFG geforce 5700 OC
<dont know brand> 120 gb hd
A 300W PSU that came with the case
Ive had this computer for about 4 years and it has been reliable.
Recently (maybe 2 weeks ago), my computer has started to freeze while i am gaming, which had never happend before. I would normally be playing (CS, CS:Source, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, etc..) for maybe an hour, then it would freeze. This seemed like the classic symptoms of an overheating graphics card. But, why would it start overheating now in over 2 years of use, during the cold winter climate, and while the cards fan has been blown dustless by compressed air? Well anyway, I redirected my case intake fan to blow on the graphics card. (i have an intake fan on the side of my case, and one exhaust fan in the back) But, after i turn off and let my computer cool down again, then boot it to play again. I play for maybe 30-45 minutes and suddenly, my computer freezes again. Instantly i open the side of my case and feel the heatsink on the card and the back of the card. Cold as ice (well not exaclty, but bearly warm to the touch
). oh noes, what could be wrong now?
, i think to myself. I just leave it alone and ask a few people at school, but they have no clue.
Now fast forward to yesterday and today. My little brother has been gaming on the computer, and when i come home, he complains to me that it keeps freezing every 10 mins or so. hmm interesting... I know that the processor shouldnt be overheating as it is at around 50 Degrees C while gaming.
I am afraid because my darling computer has this problem, so i boot the computer and stress it by playing a game. It eventually freezes, but this time, i hear clicks and the sound of somethign spinning really fast, similar to the instant you turn on your computer and you hear your case fans kick in. I slide open the side of my case and listen to the clicking. It seems to be coming from my hard drive.
The sounds seem go *click* *click* *sound of something spinning fast* *click click*... and it keeps going. It seems like the magnetic disk is spinning really fast and clicks are coming from it. I boot again and after seeing an intel deskboards screen (from my mobo) i hear some more clicks and spinning and it displays "Boot Failure: System Halted"
So now... i think my harddrive is dying on me.
But sometimes it does load, then freeze when i do specific things, like opening Nero (Which it never did before).But, ive also been looking through the video card section of the forum for ingame freezing, and it also made me think that maybe my PSU crapped out on me and is not pumping out enough juice for the harddrive to spin its disk, and that is why its not spinning at a constant speed.
So... ive narrowed it down to 3 scenarios:
1. Graphics Card is Overheating in someway
2. HardDrive is dying. (worst case scenario)
3. Bad PSU
What are your opinions? Has anyone experienced a similar harddrive problem? Sorry the explaination, but i am very concerned about my computer. Thanks for listening and for any help you can give me.