JJ
May 17th 04, 06:06 PM
My IBM desktop has been freezing. Then, when I try to
restart it, nothing happens. The tower is silent, the
screen is black. If I let it set for a couple of hours,
most of the time it will restart. If I try to restart it
before the 2 hours is up there is a huge loud popping sound
emiting from the speakers. Sometimes that pop is followed
by a swooshing sound which becomes louder each time I
restart. All of these sounds coming from the speaker are
occuring when I have the sound turned off. The freeze
happens at various times. Sometimes it is after the
computer has been left on for more than 18 hours. But other
times it has only been on an hour or so. I had a fatal
exception error/blue screen of death at the end of the
Maintenance Wizard (which included the short scan). In
attempting to run the thorough scan, separate from the
maintenance wizard, it freezes part way through. If I shut
down and restart a couple of hours later, each time I start
the thorough scan it goes a bit farther than the previous
time before it freezes. I have yet to complete the scan.
Is this a hardware issue? The computer is 5 years old.
Thanks so much for your help! JJ
restart it, nothing happens. The tower is silent, the
screen is black. If I let it set for a couple of hours,
most of the time it will restart. If I try to restart it
before the 2 hours is up there is a huge loud popping sound
emiting from the speakers. Sometimes that pop is followed
by a swooshing sound which becomes louder each time I
restart. All of these sounds coming from the speaker are
occuring when I have the sound turned off. The freeze
happens at various times. Sometimes it is after the
computer has been left on for more than 18 hours. But other
times it has only been on an hour or so. I had a fatal
exception error/blue screen of death at the end of the
Maintenance Wizard (which included the short scan). In
attempting to run the thorough scan, separate from the
maintenance wizard, it freezes part way through. If I shut
down and restart a couple of hours later, each time I start
the thorough scan it goes a bit farther than the previous
time before it freezes. I have yet to complete the scan.
Is this a hardware issue? The computer is 5 years old.
Thanks so much for your help! JJ