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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Sounds like a hardware problem, but just in case is isn't, did you run a virus scan? Is the fan working? Overheating can cause problems.  |
I just got through about half a day of fiddling with my desktop. It's a homebrew device, built from components, and the only original piece is the tower case, as motherboard, drives, and other components have been upgraded in place several times. It triple boots Win XP Pro SP3, Win2K Pro SP4, and Ubuntu 9.10.
Yesterday evening, it decided to spontaneously reboot several times, and made the "click click click" noises of a drive having severe heartburn.
Which drive was less clear, since there are five in it. It finally reached the point of refusing to power on.
Today I unplugged it, removed it from under my desk, took it completely apart, then put it back together again, reseating and checking connections for the CPU, power supply, and drives. I was thinking unhappy thoughts about having to go the the local clone shop for a new power supply, but the rebuild seems that have cured it. I powered up straight away, successfully rebooted several times after I changed how a few drives connected, and seems to be stable and happy.
Hopefully, it will stay that way a while. I really need to build a whole new system with more recent components, like upgraded video and SATA instead of IDE drives, but right now I don't have the spare cash.
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Dennis