I left my PC unattended for a few hours with Civ 5 running accidently. When I came back the pc had frozen on the win 8 lock screen. I reset the PC and it booted up and BSOD'ed. But, again it froze because it said it would collect information about the crash and the percentage never went up. The error message was Machine_Check_Exception.
Now, the computer won't turn on - the lights light up but it won't boot and it just makes 2 clicking sounds every 5 seconds or so.
I've cleaned out all the insides incase dust was causing it to overheat but this did not fix the problem.
The specs of my system:
Intel i7 930
Seagate ST31000528AS 1TB Hard Drive
Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL SATA Optical Drive
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9(9-9-9-24) 1.65V
Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 iX58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Geforce GT 210
Coolermaster Elite 460W PSU
What could the problem be?
Also - I was looking to upgrade my system anyway with the following items: http://www.ebuyer.com/lists/list/205893
Would these items fix my problem?
Is the AMD stuff better than the Intel stuff?
Would my current PSU be able to support these things?
Are all of these upgrades necessary? I'd obviously rather not buy too much stuff.
Now, the computer won't turn on - the lights light up but it won't boot and it just makes 2 clicking sounds every 5 seconds or so.
I've cleaned out all the insides incase dust was causing it to overheat but this did not fix the problem.
The specs of my system:
Intel i7 930
Seagate ST31000528AS 1TB Hard Drive
Samsung SH-S223 22x DVD±RW DL SATA Optical Drive
Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9(9-9-9-24) 1.65V
Gigabyte GA-X58-USB3 iX58 Socket 1366 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard
Geforce GT 210
Coolermaster Elite 460W PSU
What could the problem be?
Also - I was looking to upgrade my system anyway with the following items: http://www.ebuyer.com/lists/list/205893
Would these items fix my problem?
Is the AMD stuff better than the Intel stuff?
Would my current PSU be able to support these things?
Are all of these upgrades necessary? I'd obviously rather not buy too much stuff.