ok, so i just upgraded an off-the-shelf Dell Dimension 4600 with these upgrades:
2gb Patriot Signature Ram
FSP 400W PSU
speakers
mouse.
after about 3 days of fine use, my sister tried to run sims 2... pretty labor intensive... and then turned it off.
i turned it ON, and tried to load windows. since the case is open on the floor, i heard that about every 15 seconds, there would be a distinct "ka ka ka ka" sound, then a short stop, then it would repeat 2-5 more times.
when i turned off the computer and felt the heatsinks on ram/cpu, cpu was fine but ram was hot, HDD was hot too, but i dont know how to take that out. so i cooled the ram off, waited till the HDD was cool. so EVERYTHING is completely cooled now..
i turned it on, before windows even started same problem.
any idea what this could be?
right now im on another computer (laptop) so PLEASE RESPOND..
i dont want any corruption
also, during the time when it was on with this problem, the keyboard was glitching in many ways.
thanks in advance,
Phate
2gb Patriot Signature Ram
FSP 400W PSU
speakers
mouse.
after about 3 days of fine use, my sister tried to run sims 2... pretty labor intensive... and then turned it off.
i turned it ON, and tried to load windows. since the case is open on the floor, i heard that about every 15 seconds, there would be a distinct "ka ka ka ka" sound, then a short stop, then it would repeat 2-5 more times.
when i turned off the computer and felt the heatsinks on ram/cpu, cpu was fine but ram was hot, HDD was hot too, but i dont know how to take that out. so i cooled the ram off, waited till the HDD was cool. so EVERYTHING is completely cooled now..
i turned it on, before windows even started same problem.
any idea what this could be?
right now im on another computer (laptop) so PLEASE RESPOND..
i dont want any corruption
also, during the time when it was on with this problem, the keyboard was glitching in many ways.
thanks in advance,
Phate