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Zello · 02-19-2004, 11:53 AM

OS: WindowsXP SP1
Processor: P4 1.6ghz
RAM: 256MB PC133 (2 sticks)
HD: 80Gig

I doubt the above is relevant, but it is requested so might as well include.

Just an hour before hand I had taken my hardrive and cd-rom out and put them back in (very easy 5 minute demonstration speech). No big deal, I have done it before and everything has been fine.
(just a note hookup was identical except I used a different power connector on the cd-rom, one that hadn't been used before)

Anyway I get it back to my room, hooked it up and began playing a game. About 10 minutes into it I heard a rather loud pop (spark?) which I don't think came out of my speakers. It followed up with my game locking up and me immediatly shutting it off.

I opened it up, switched out the power connector with the one it has always used (just because it fits better) and so without seeing any damage I hooked it back up.

That was 20 minutes ago and it seems to be running fine right now. Also the room was abit warm, I turned on A/C incase something may have started to over heat. It is 2 years old and I have noticed the CPU fan spinning up to help cool it off.

I think I listed about every single thing I can that could have been involved. Any ideas what may have happened?

02-19-2004, 11:53 AM	#1 (permalink)
Zello Crazy Location: Vincennes, IN	Loud pop followed by locking up. OS: WindowsXP SP1 Processor: P4 1.6ghz RAM: 256MB PC133 (2 sticks) HD: 80Gig I doubt the above is relevant, but it is requested so might as well include. Just an hour before hand I had taken my hardrive and cd-rom out and put them back in (very easy 5 minute demonstration speech). No big deal, I have done it before and everything has been fine. (just a note hookup was identical except I used a different power connector on the cd-rom, one that hadn't been used before) Anyway I get it back to my room, hooked it up and began playing a game. About 10 minutes into it I heard a rather loud pop (spark?) which I don't think came out of my speakers. It followed up with my game locking up and me immediatly shutting it off. I opened it up, switched out the power connector with the one it has always used (just because it fits better) and so without seeing any damage I hooked it back up. That was 20 minutes ago and it seems to be running fine right now. Also the room was abit warm, I turned on A/C incase something may have started to over heat. It is 2 years old and I have noticed the CPU fan spinning up to help cool it off. I think I listed about every single thing I can that could have been involved. Any ideas what may have happened? __________________ Sorry, you can not add yourself to your own list.