PC crapped out -- Anyone know why?

[Moriarty]

FFFFFFFFFF QUIT POSTING STUFF AND TRYING TO MAKE YOURSELF LOOK LIKE YOU KNOW STUFF ABOUT COMPUTERS

I think he's been trying to say.
Check your fan! Maybe your pet broke it.

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[Chrono]

About two weeks ago, I was browsing the GameFAQs forum. I went to a link of a picture on photobucket parodying the PS3 "it only does everything" ad. After looking at the picture for about five seconds, I hit back and the computer froze. Not the kind of freezing where you can still move the mouse, everything just froze.

And I turned it off and back on again, and it just kept making a long beep without showing anything on the screen. The beep would continue until I turned the computer off.

Anyone know if this was from a virus, or just some hardware glitch/problem?

Overheated.
Give it a break, and make sure you inspect the fans.

[vv45689]

I think he's been trying to say.
Check your fan! Maybe your pet broke it.

IT HAPPENS

[Snaffle J. Bean]

!
That changes everything.
WHAT GAMES.
HOW.
WHY.
WHEN.
HOW MANY.

Steam games
Uhh, downloaded them
Because I liked the games
Over a period of two years
Uhh, maybe 20. not sure

I think he's been trying to say.
Check your fan! Maybe your pet broke it.

I knew my cat had it out for that computer. Ever since I got it I've been too distracted to feed her

Overheated.
Give it a break, and make sure you inspect the fans.

I guess that's why it did that right after I kept forgetting to turn it off at night... I gave it a two week break, and it still doesn't work. I'm guessing something is permanently damaged.

[Chrono]

I guess that's why it did that right after I kept forgetting to turn it off at night... I gave it a two week break, and it still doesn't work. I'm guessing something is permanently damaged.

Perhaps it was a major overheat and something fried before the computer shut itself off.

[Moriarty]

Steam games
Uhh, downloaded them
Because I liked the games
Over a period of two years
Uhh, maybe 20. not sure
I knew my cat had it out for that computer. Ever since I got it I've been too distracted to feed her
I guess that's why it did that right after I kept forgetting to turn it off at night... I gave it a two week break, and it still doesn't work. I'm guessing something is permanently damaged.

Ok, so only steam? Then anything suspicious downloaded you weren't sure about near that night?

[Snaffle J. Bean]

Ok, so only steam? Then anything suspicious downloaded you weren't sure about near that night?

I don't download anything from any sites that McAfee site advisor says are bad. So, no, I guess.

[Moriarty]

I don't download anything from any sites that McAfee site advisor says are bad. So, no, I guess.

Oh
Then I'm dead to you.
DEAD TO YOU!!!

[MtnDew]

SERVES YOU RIGHT FOR NOT HAVING VISTA >:C

Ib4Theps3issobaditcrashedyour computer

[Chrono]

The ps3 is so bad it crashed your computer.

[Snaffle J. Bean]

SERVES YOU RIGHT FOR NOT HAVING VISTA >:C

Ib4Theps3issobaditcrashedyour computer

I hate vista. Half the games I have on disc don't even work on it because they're so old. I don't want to upgrade to a more buggy OS and have over $100 of games that don't even work with it.

[Klayboxx]

Well, I can't really doubt that.

...I loaded that forgeter up with an assload of games.

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[Starcraftman]

Perhaps it was a major overheat and something fried before the computer shut itself off.

Ok seriously, this is the ONLY post in this entire topic with a reasonable answer. The rest is just random crap written by 12 year olds. Ignore them.

[MrBob00]

It's not even showing the black screen with white text where you can input the re-format key combo. It's just a black screen for as long as I leave the PC on.

That happened to my dad's computer and the fan was making a loud howling noise. He lost all the data, except mine* and his.

It was definitely a virus. A very deadly virus.








*My data mysteriously disappeared a few days later.

[tay104]

I'm going to go with the fans theory on this one.  And your reply isn't clear on whether or not you checked them and cleaned them if needed.