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My PC is being really odd lately. It's always been a bit off (too many convos open in MSN makes it freeze, or restart, or go black and white, that kinda thing) but it's getting worse. It keeps restarting randomly. I don't think this is a virus because I have Norton Anti-Virus (but it doesn't seem to work so great all the time...). Also, every time it restarts, the plug/socket makes this crackling noise. My mother says it's probably not a problem with the electrics because we have a circuit breaker, so if there was any danger the electricity on the whole of the floor my PC is on would cut out.
Does anyone know what is wrong or how I could make it better?
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It is possible that there is a short in one of the wires. If so I would say try not to use it a lot and try to get it checked out at a computer store.
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~*MaRiYa*~
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Hello there,
There is a definite problem here. Either the socket/plug is defective or your computer is drawing too much current(amperage.)
The circuit breaker that your computer is plugged into is probably 15 or 20 amps, and your computer uses, at most, 4 amps with a big old fashioned monitor.
That crackling sound is the beginning of an electrical fire. This is not a joke, I have been doing this (computer repair) for 23 years and have never seen someone lucky enough to get a warning sign like this before something really bad happens.
Usually it is an insurance inspector asking me how, exactly, a computer set the house on fire. I have seen that a dozen or so times.
Don't let your good fortune go to waste, get the computer to a shop and have them check it out while you have time. There is a high probablility that the power supply is having serious problems, as nothing else in the computer could draw so much power without the computer's power supply dying.
Short answer: To the shop with it immediately. Your mother is wrong about the circuit breaker failing before it can start a fire. Totally wrong. Call your local fire marshall and tell them what you posted here, if you need confirmation.
DangerNerd.
P.S. Would you mind if I added your question to my blog?
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jail
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I think you'd be better off taking your computer in to a repair shop to be looked at.
♥ Lorelei
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