Stormweasel
11-30-2008, 08:46 AM
Well, this is typical, I finally get my new rig to start 5 boxing with and it's playing up.
After an hour or so of playing, the PC is crashing to reset, the fans go crazy and there's a mild smell like TCP coming out the back as the fans work hard. Naturally I shut the power off and 5 minutes later, restart, the fans run normally (ie very lightly) and Vista boots.
Getting 3 beeps as well from the reset - if my memory serves me correctly this is a video card issue isn't it? Perhaps overheating and not getting the fan.
Rather than going through the bloody rigmarole of getting this collected, taking a day off work and then taking another day off work for re-delivery, is there anything I can do to rectify this myself or am I at the mercy of the supplier?
Thanks for any help can be provided.
John
After an hour or so of playing, the PC is crashing to reset, the fans go crazy and there's a mild smell like TCP coming out the back as the fans work hard. Naturally I shut the power off and 5 minutes later, restart, the fans run normally (ie very lightly) and Vista boots.
Getting 3 beeps as well from the reset - if my memory serves me correctly this is a video card issue isn't it? Perhaps overheating and not getting the fan.
Rather than going through the bloody rigmarole of getting this collected, taking a day off work and then taking another day off work for re-delivery, is there anything I can do to rectify this myself or am I at the mercy of the supplier?
Thanks for any help can be provided.
John