Hi All,
Can anybody help?
I have had my laptop a little over a year and it has recently become unusable.
A few days ago I heard what can only be described as a crackling sound coming from the rear left of the machine - not good! It lasted a couple of seconds but afterwards I couldn't notice any performance problems - which just made me nervous.
I don't use it every day but I turned it back on at the weekend and after a short period of basic use (browsing steam games) an alam started sounding with a clear beep every second or so.
I shut down.
Now every time I turn it on I get a single beep as the pic specialist logo appears on the screen, after which it appears to boot up fine. A minute or so later the alarm returns and shortly after that it turns itself off.
Any ideas?
I haven't had any other issues in the last year, other than ( and I don't know if this is relevant) 3-4 months ago when my young daughter lent on the usb mouse cable almost directly on the socket. The white plastic bar (I don't know if it has a proper name) in the middle of the socket snapped but there was no other obvious damage as a result.
The usb socket was also rear left of the machine but this could just be coincidence.
Thanks in advance for any help
Ben
Can anybody help?
I have had my laptop a little over a year and it has recently become unusable.
A few days ago I heard what can only be described as a crackling sound coming from the rear left of the machine - not good! It lasted a couple of seconds but afterwards I couldn't notice any performance problems - which just made me nervous.
I don't use it every day but I turned it back on at the weekend and after a short period of basic use (browsing steam games) an alam started sounding with a clear beep every second or so.
I shut down.
Now every time I turn it on I get a single beep as the pic specialist logo appears on the screen, after which it appears to boot up fine. A minute or so later the alarm returns and shortly after that it turns itself off.
Any ideas?
I haven't had any other issues in the last year, other than ( and I don't know if this is relevant) 3-4 months ago when my young daughter lent on the usb mouse cable almost directly on the socket. The white plastic bar (I don't know if it has a proper name) in the middle of the socket snapped but there was no other obvious damage as a result.
The usb socket was also rear left of the machine but this could just be coincidence.
Thanks in advance for any help
Ben