My computer came back to life!

blossom30

Hi I thought I would ask the excellent techie folk here for their opinion on what happened to my desk top computer. A month ago my mouse stopped working and I changed the batteries (an old mouse) anyway after changing the batteries ,it still wouldn't work. Then my computer gives out this shrieking noise and dies. I take it to the repair man who said I was lucky to have had my computer so long (7 years) and said it needed a new mother board £200. I thought that I would rather invest in a new one. Anyway ,this week I was trying to get my printer to recognise my laptop but as it was set up with the desk top it wouldn't recognise my lap top so just by chance I turned the desk top on to see if it would help and it came back to life again, working fine. I couldn't believe it. I could have spent £200 on repairs that were not necessary. Does anyone know what happened here. Did the computer reset itself in some way ? I would be grateful for any comments

McKneff

sometimes it just happens.

last year our telly died, no picture but sound. Friend lived over at York and said he would take it to a shop he knew who mended them.
While he was there he rang me to say that they wanted £40 before they even took the back off. I just told him to bring it back and i would take it to the tip myself.

You can guess what happened, turned it on, it worked perfectly and has done ever since.

Just accept it, smile smugly and think about the cash you save.

aerostar

It could be that the cooling fan on the processor has worn bearings and was either not running or running slowly, and screeching, causing the processor to over heat, and then the system closing itself down.

Now it has been off for a while and restarted it could well run for a while, but I would not trust it for long periods.

Take the side of the computer off and see if you can see the fan on top of the processor and see if it is easily removeable. (some can be a bit of a pig to remove), replace the fan and the machine could well be OK. Also you would need to CAREFULLY remove the dust that usually accumulates on the cooling fins, this also causes the processor to overheat.

BackOnTrack

Could even be something has come loose I wouldn't necessarily bet on it working for long but it could last another 7 years.