Beep & Shutdown

[Guest]

I have XP Home SP 1. Three times this week, the computer hangs,
then I hear a "beep," and it's frozen. Control+Alt+Delete won't work.
I can't even shut it down by doing that twice.

I have to hold the power button in and shut the computer down
that way.

When I start it up again, I get a message that Windows recovered
from a device failure. I'd like to know what could be causing this,
and how to fix it.

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[Peter]

..If I understand what you are implying about the control+alt+delete
function, this does NOT, as in previous Windows OSs, shutdown the PC, it
merely brings up the Windows Task manager; not what you want I don't
imagine.

 

[Guest]

Hi.
Try to remove the last piece of hardware you installed, like an pci card?
This is if that is the problem. It could be that your computer got damaged
during a power surge. Then my advice is to contact the store where you bought
it, and check out their support alternatives.

Brgds
Hobby'en