[OT] flaky power supply?

[Vu Pham]

On 11/04/2009 10:10 AM, Andrew Gould wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> When I booted up my sister's computer, I heard an occasional click.
> It reminds me of circuit breaker tripping, but not as loud.  When it
> occurred while Windows is booting, the "busy" light that goes back and
> forth paused, then continued, but the computer didn't finish booting.
> When it occurred after boot up was complete, the computer would pause,
> then everything would go flaky (Windows Explorer would fail, for
> example.)
>
> The computer no longer successfully boots up as a config file is now "missing".
>
> Is this most likely a power supply problem?  Could it be a hard drive
> or motherboard problem?
>

The click may be from the harddrive, too. You can unplug the harddrive 
and turn the PC on and check if you still hear the clicking sound.

Vu