Hello,
Several weeks ago my PC made an electrical crackling noise on start-up. However, it booted up fine but after five minutes or so switched itself off. I restarted it without a problem and subsequently it worked as normal for the few days before I went away. Having just returned from holiday I switched it on yesterday and the green light by the on-off switch flickered and there were sounds of life but then it died after 15 seconds or so. Pressing the on-off switch has no effect. I tried different plugs on the wall and so it is not a mains electricity supply problem. The PC is as dead as a dodo. It's only four years old and prior to the issue several weeks ago I have had no problems with it. Any thoughts or advice gratefully received. Thank you in advance.
Several weeks ago my PC made an electrical crackling noise on start-up. However, it booted up fine but after five minutes or so switched itself off. I restarted it without a problem and subsequently it worked as normal for the few days before I went away. Having just returned from holiday I switched it on yesterday and the green light by the on-off switch flickered and there were sounds of life but then it died after 15 seconds or so. Pressing the on-off switch has no effect. I tried different plugs on the wall and so it is not a mains electricity supply problem. The PC is as dead as a dodo. It's only four years old and prior to the issue several weeks ago I have had no problems with it. Any thoughts or advice gratefully received. Thank you in advance.
| Case | SHARKOON VG4-W GAMING CASE (Green LED) |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel® Core™ i7 Six Core Processor i7-8700k (3.7GHz) 12MB Cache |
| Motherboard | ASUS® PRIME Z370-P II: ATX, LGA1151, USB 3.1, SATA 6GBs |
| Memory (RAM) | 16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 8GB) |
| Graphics Card | 3GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 1060 - DVI, HDMI, 3 x DP |
| 1st M.2 SSD Drive | 1TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3400MB/R, 2500MB/W) |
| 1st Storage Drive | 2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE |
| DVD/BLU-RAY Drive | 16x BLU-RAY WRITER DRIVE, 16x DVD ±R/±RW & SOFTWARE |
| Power Supply | CORSAIR 450W VS SERIES™ VS-450 POWER SUPPLY |
| Power Cable | 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead) |
| Processor Cooling | INTEL STANDARD CPU COOLER |
| Thermal Paste | STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING |
| Sound Card | ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD) |
| Wireless Network Card | 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED) |
| USB/Thunderbolt Options | MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS |
| Operating System | Genuine Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001] |
| Operating System Language | United Kingdom - English Language |
| Windows Recovery Media | Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Supplied on DVD |
| Office Software | FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365 (Operating System Required) |
| Anti-Virus | NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE |
| Browser | Microsoft® Edge (Windows 10 Only) |
