• System hanging, black screen, repeating sound
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So I've had this for a while actually, sometimes when I play intensive games I guess, my computer will sometimes lock up with a black screen and repeating sound (kinda like a drill noise, in audio output, not in the machine itself.) It just happened now after I quit The Forest and attempted to open Chrome. The usual happened, but I decided to keep this state going for a while to see what would happen. The computer gave off 4 short beeps. Anyone know what this means? I Googled and heard something about RAM issues but these RAM sticks aren't terribly old. Does anyone know for sure? I suppose my specs may be relevant so, here: Motherboard: ASUS P8Z77-V LX Graphics card: Asus GeForce GTX770-DC2OC-2GD5 2GB Processor: Intel Core2 i5-3570K @ 3.40GHz Memory: Corsair Vengeance Low Profile DDR3 PC12800/1600MHz CL9 2x4GB (8GB) DVD drive: LiteOn DH-20A1L Hard drive: SAMSUNG HD103UJ, 1TB OS: Windows 7 Ultimate [editline]05:46PM[/editline] Think I figured it out for anyone reading this in the future. My power supply is some cheap brand that probably doesn't hold up under pressure. Gonna buy a good brand one with some power behind it to see if things change. [editline]10:53AM[/editline] There's been a development. Just now after a round of BF3 I shut down the game and immediately opened Chrome and opened a few tabs. The system hanged (with no looping sound this time) and the screen flashed different colors followed by 4 short beeps. I Googled around and it does seem like it has to do with power supply. I have not bought a new one since my last edit.
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