Hi - Sorry for my 1st post being a cry for help, but I'm having a really bad problem with my computer, which I need to get sorted quickly for my vide editing purposes.
Yesterday evening, I was replying to an email from a mate when my computer decided to restart all by itself. I thought nothing of it , then it started back up again, I logged on to Windows XP and checked to make sure my reply had succesfully sent. Then my computer restarted all by itself again. I decided to then switch off and go back to it in the morning, but just as I was going to bed, even though it was switched off, a noise like a car starting up came from the computer. then the "power on" button and the "loading buttons started flashing and a continious beeping sound followed. I tried to press the "power off" button, but it would not turn off so I then switched the computer off at the switch on the wall. I woke up in the morning and decided to go back to it, I switched it on and it did the same again with the beeping and the flashing lights. (while all this is happening there is no image on the monitor.
I then switched off at the wall again and about 15 minutes later tried again and when I push the "power on" button nothing happens, but then if you wait 5 minutes the fan begins to run and the lights flash and then the lights stop flashing, the fan still runs and a few seconds later it all stops ( again while all this is happening there is no image on the monitor)
I hope someone can help, as I have never had a problem like this before with a machine.
The computes is.......wait for it.......an Emachines (read alot about these on the forums) its an Emachines 770 UK and I;ve had it for about 3 years, no problems like this have ever occured before.
Can anyone tell me what the source/ or the problem is. Is it virus trouble ? or has something gone wrong within the computer unit.
Once again I apologise for my first post being a cry for help, but I hope someone can help. And sorry if I have posted this in the wrong section.
Cheers
Yesterday evening, I was replying to an email from a mate when my computer decided to restart all by itself. I thought nothing of it , then it started back up again, I logged on to Windows XP and checked to make sure my reply had succesfully sent. Then my computer restarted all by itself again. I decided to then switch off and go back to it in the morning, but just as I was going to bed, even though it was switched off, a noise like a car starting up came from the computer. then the "power on" button and the "loading buttons started flashing and a continious beeping sound followed. I tried to press the "power off" button, but it would not turn off so I then switched the computer off at the switch on the wall. I woke up in the morning and decided to go back to it, I switched it on and it did the same again with the beeping and the flashing lights. (while all this is happening there is no image on the monitor.
I then switched off at the wall again and about 15 minutes later tried again and when I push the "power on" button nothing happens, but then if you wait 5 minutes the fan begins to run and the lights flash and then the lights stop flashing, the fan still runs and a few seconds later it all stops ( again while all this is happening there is no image on the monitor)
I hope someone can help, as I have never had a problem like this before with a machine.
The computes is.......wait for it.......an Emachines (read alot about these on the forums) its an Emachines 770 UK and I;ve had it for about 3 years, no problems like this have ever occured before.
Can anyone tell me what the source/ or the problem is. Is it virus trouble ? or has something gone wrong within the computer unit.
Once again I apologise for my first post being a cry for help, but I hope someone can help. And sorry if I have posted this in the wrong section.
Cheers