What's it mean when your computer starts whirring and locks up then shuts down?

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  • Marcus
    Confirmed User
    • Jul 2001
    • 3472
    #1

    What's it mean when your computer starts whirring and locks up then shuts down?

    Sometimes when I'm working my comuter just starts making a light whirring sound from the inside and my desktop freezes up, then a minute later my machine shuts down or I get that blue screen.

    Does that sound like a power surge?
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    • Dawgy
      Confirmed User
      • Jul 2001
      • 5856
      #2
      hard drive issues. backup ur shit NOW
      the revolution is coming.

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        • twistyneck
          So Fucking Banned
          • Jan 2002
          • 4660
          #3
          No, it means that your electrons are seizing up. Usually what I do is give the motherboard a light spritzing of water - use DISTILLED water only though. That will loosen them up.

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            • Chong
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2002
              • 1584
              #4
              format C:

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                • Joe Sixpack
                  So Fucking Banned
                  • Jul 2002
                  • 3793
                  #5
                  format c:

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                    • Marcus
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jul 2001
                      • 3472
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Dawgy
                      hard drive issues. backup ur shit NOW
                      perfect timing, I just bought a 60 gig external hd

                      thanks dawgy

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                        • nunny
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                          • Feb 2003
                          • 202
                          #7
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                            • Vox
                              Confirmed User
                              • Mar 2002
                              • 2710
                              #8
                              Maybe it's over heating. I had a computer die on me 2 months ago when the fan stopped working and overheated the power box.
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                                • damac
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Oct 2001
                                  • 81
                                  #9
                                  I would also say hard drive. Go to your drive makers site and get a utility to test out the drive. It might come back with an error code so you can send it back for a return. Maybe bad sectors or its dying. Either way I would return it.

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                                    • asuna
                                      Confirmed User
                                      • May 2002
                                      • 8743
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Dawgy
                                      hard drive issues. backup ur shit NOW
                                      yes, and he is NOT joking

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                                        • AM Jeff
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Aug 2002
                                          • 1320
                                          #11
                                          means the fucker is gonna blow up.

                                          I'd call the FBI and the bomb squad.
                                          Sounds like that bomb in the movie Excutive Decision with Kurt Russell.

                                          That fucker is gonna blow.

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                                            • The Truth Hurts
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                                              • Nov 2002
                                              • 15734
                                              #12
                                              Big brother has a cruel sense of humor.

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                                                • BluMedia
                                                  Confirmed User
                                                  • Dec 2002
                                                  • 3973
                                                  #13
                                                  I think that is normal for a computer running Windows.
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                                                    • Marcus
                                                      Confirmed User
                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                      • 3472
                                                      #14
                                                      btw this is an HP machine running XP in case anyone was thinking about getting one.
                                                      I'll never buy an HP again.

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                                                        • BluMedia
                                                          Confirmed User
                                                          • Dec 2002
                                                          • 3973
                                                          #15
                                                          HP here with no problems but then again I know some people that have had problems with HP. Haven't had a single problem with mine.

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                                                            • KRL
                                                              Entrepreneur
                                                              • Oct 2002
                                                              • 31429
                                                              #16
                                                              Could also be wires getting to close to the CPU fan. I had that happen once. Most likely though its your hard drive telling you I'm about to go to Heaven.
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                                                                • Lane
                                                                  Will code for food...
                                                                  • Apr 2001
                                                                  • 8496
                                                                  #17
                                                                  my CPU is running on 140F , 24/7

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                                                                    • Marcus
                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                      • Jul 2001
                                                                      • 3472
                                                                      #18
                                                                      Fuck, I bought an external hd but it needs a firewire card and I dont have one. I thought it was USB.

                                                                      hope it's stable until tomorrow, it's been crashing every 30 minutes

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                                                                        • lightswitch
                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                          • Feb 2001
                                                                          • 870
                                                                          #19
                                                                          sounds liek you might be over heating, check your fans, including the powersupply one.

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                                                                            • iwantchixx
                                                                              Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                                              • Oct 2002
                                                                              • 12860
                                                                              #20
                                                                              I'd check the cpu fan to see if it's seizing up. If it was hard drive issues bad enough to cause that, it wouldn't start at all.

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                                                                                • LiveDose
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                                                                                  • Feb 2002
                                                                                  • 25792
                                                                                  #21
                                                                                  Originally posted by Vox
                                                                                  Maybe it's over heating. I had a computer die on me 2 months ago when the fan stopped working and overheated the power box.
                                                                                  happened to me last year as well and the symptoms you are describing sound the same...

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                                                                                    • Phil21
                                                                                      Confirmed User
                                                                                      • May 2001
                                                                                      • 993
                                                                                      #22
                                                                                      Could be hard drive, or like the other said heating issues.


                                                                                      Heating is easy.

                                                                                      take off the case and boot the sucker up. Look at all the fans and make sure they are spinning. If not, that's probably it right there.

                                                                                      If everything looks cool, then backup your shit, and/or have a geek friend come over and look at it.

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                                                                                        • AM Jeff
                                                                                          Confirmed User
                                                                                          • Aug 2002
                                                                                          • 1320
                                                                                          #23
                                                                                          More than likely...its the fan thats causing the over heating.
                                                                                          Also check your fan on your power supply.
                                                                                          Very common problem.

                                                                                          Probably clugged up with shit.

                                                                                          get ya a can of compressed air and blow out all the dust bunnies inside your computer and fans.
                                                                                          It may take care of the proble

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