What the hell happened?

IsaacMM

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So i was playing a bit of Warcraft 3 and then i left the game. 5 minutes or so go by and then my speakers (z5500) start to do a strange noise, then my computer freezes up.

I turn it off and turn it on again, but now it won`t display anything on the monitor. Ok then i thought it must be the sound card, so i remove it and turn the computer on again. Nothing changes.

Then i remove one stick of 2gb ram and try to see if anything changes. Nothing. Then i test with only the other one and it works.

Ok then it must be the ram i think, so i put the sound card back on again. But the same problem comes back. So i decide to add the other stick back and see if it works just for the sake of it. Surprisingly , it works.

I plugged my speakers back and now the computer is running fine. Then what the hell happened? My computer is now running fine with the same hardware/configuration it was when it crashed. That just doesn't make any sense.
 
Potentially something is getting too warm and giving it a break let it calm down :)
Maybe even the PSU? If so, your PSU might be getting near the end of its life.
Its good to list your kit when asking for help.
 
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