I was in the middle of working with MS Word on Sunday when my computer started to make a loud whining sound. It then froze for a few minutes, the screen starting making these odd waving ripples, and then the computer shut down. When it tried to start up again, it said "error could not load OS" (or something to that effect). I tried hitting the restart button, but the error message popped up again. I then shut down the surge protector and restarted, and everything was fine. I was just sitting at my computer (Friday), and it started to whine and froze once again. However, it did not shut down, and unfroze after about one minute. I have heard this whining noise in the past, but it was always at night while I was going to sleep, not on the computer (i.e. there was no computer activity), so I never realized that there was anything to be worried about. Is my power supply going, or does the fan just need a good cleaning, and is there any diagnostic software that will let me know?
Tagged with: computer activity • diagnostic software • error message • few minutes • ms word • power supply • ripples • sleep • surge protector
Filed under: Computer Diagnostic Software
HDD may be going out
that sound can be created by either fan problem, power supply error or hard drive error.However try fixing the OS first. you can also check the ram slot.
It may be your hard drive.
I had this happen to me and I just opened my tower and one of my cables were loose on my hard drive so I just plugged it in.
before you go to bed I would probably unplug my computer if it is making a noise when not even on
If you are able to boot into bios, set boot priority as your optical disk drive and try repairing the o/s with you o/s installation disk.
Sounds like either the power supply or hard drive… depends upon which one was making the noise.
First step would be clearing out the CPU fan and power supply with compressed air, see if things improve. If you do need to replace the power supply, those aren’t too expensive.