I fired up my home PC last night, after dinner, and continued playing BG, exploring the Hall of Wonders & looking for a particular telescope
.
Shortly into playing (not more than 5 minutes, I guess), I smelt a strange acrid odour. I thought it was coming in from outside (a container port is just across the road from where I live), and continued playing.
Not long after, the PC just switched itself off. At first I thought it crashed, but my worst fears were confirmed when all the blinky little lights were off. I couldn't switch it on again.
It's not a blackout (as the room lights, etc were still on), neither was it the fuse (the monitor & speakers still had power). I suspect it must be the internal power supply, which I just changed a few months ago.
Can anyone confirm my diagnosis? Or if it's wrong, suggest other possible causes?
Say!! Maybe thi'd be the perfect excuse to get a new computer...
Seriously, I need some information so that I can decide whether to shoot the poor thing or get it repaired.
[ 07-15-2002, 09:18 PM: Message edited by: Hayashi ]