Weird PC crashing problem.
Posted: 19 Feb 2013, 19:16
Hi.
So I've got a rather odd problem. My PC seems to randomly crash and then have trouble restarting. It's been doing this for about a month. It'd get stuck at the "Start Windows in safe mode" screen and then just keep repeating that, or make strange noises and so on. It was literally impossible to get into Windows itself. I took it to the store where I bought it, and it worked fine there, which was rather confusing to all involved.
It happened again about a week or two later, so I took it back to the store, and once again, it worked fine there. No one could explain why.
I figured maybe it had something to do with the whole process of actually taking it to the store, which involved unplugging the computer, so the next time it happened, I unplugged the machine, then plugged it back in again. I noticed that when I moved the connector for the screen onto its plug thingey on the computer itself, it started making sparking noises, and little sparks were produced around it. I figure that this must have something to do with the problem.
Later, I had to plug in a printer from another machine, so I had to remove a two-pronged plug from a fan, and replace it with the printer plug, and I got the same crackling, sparking noise, and received a minor shock.
Obviously this has something to do with the problem, but I have no idea what, and how to actually fix it.
A new problem I encountered today is that when I leave the PC alone for a bit, the screen turns black (it usually does this after it has gone into screen saver mode and been going for a while), but it doesn't respond to mouse movements or keyboard commands. It also somehow made some Steam games uninstall themselves, meaning I had to "reinstall", but it just found some files and downloaded whatever was gone (or something, I'm not really sure how it works).
It crashes when I play games, and is really annoying.
Any help would be appreciated.
So I've got a rather odd problem. My PC seems to randomly crash and then have trouble restarting. It's been doing this for about a month. It'd get stuck at the "Start Windows in safe mode" screen and then just keep repeating that, or make strange noises and so on. It was literally impossible to get into Windows itself. I took it to the store where I bought it, and it worked fine there, which was rather confusing to all involved.
It happened again about a week or two later, so I took it back to the store, and once again, it worked fine there. No one could explain why.
I figured maybe it had something to do with the whole process of actually taking it to the store, which involved unplugging the computer, so the next time it happened, I unplugged the machine, then plugged it back in again. I noticed that when I moved the connector for the screen onto its plug thingey on the computer itself, it started making sparking noises, and little sparks were produced around it. I figure that this must have something to do with the problem.
Later, I had to plug in a printer from another machine, so I had to remove a two-pronged plug from a fan, and replace it with the printer plug, and I got the same crackling, sparking noise, and received a minor shock.
Obviously this has something to do with the problem, but I have no idea what, and how to actually fix it.
A new problem I encountered today is that when I leave the PC alone for a bit, the screen turns black (it usually does this after it has gone into screen saver mode and been going for a while), but it doesn't respond to mouse movements or keyboard commands. It also somehow made some Steam games uninstall themselves, meaning I had to "reinstall", but it just found some files and downloaded whatever was gone (or something, I'm not really sure how it works).
It crashes when I play games, and is really annoying.
Any help would be appreciated.