Hope you can help with suggestions - this is a problem I had earlier in the year - in September the processor went into the shop for the exact problem. Now its occuring again...
I've put the system details below - if you need anything else as well as asking can you tell me where to find the info please - competant in using the PC but the technical side of things baffles me:
The problem started when I was using the game Farmville - you can hear the PC pick up speed, the fan comes on and the whole thing slows down. There is a 'whispering' sound from the processor then the power suddenly shuts off. Over time it got worse so when I was only doing college work in Word it would shut down without warning. The repair shop cleaned it and did a system restore because Windows was out of date and corrupt data as it kept shutting down during the updates. No viruses or anything were found.
I asked about more memory but was assured that as the game is online and flash based it isn't greedy and it just needed a clean. That was September. Its just started doing it again so does it need a £35 clean again? Its only doing it on Farmville at the moment but I hear the 'whisper' at other times- even when I logged on here.
What I'm using is below:
Fujitsu Siemens SCALEO T (around 4yrs old - I've had it a year)
Intel ® Pentium ® 4 CPU 3.40GHz 1.00GB of RAM
Local Disk C Total size 232GB Free Space 212GB
I'm using XP Home Edition 2002 service pack 3, browsing with Firefox
I have SKY broadband though a phone line and use Avast Anti Virus, I update everything as and when required
All the PC has on it is internet, browser, email, a few photos and documents and Microsoft Office - its mainly used on the Net
Can anyone suggest anything that may be causing it and any solutions - I could just give up Farmville but I fear I'd need counselling first :)
Thank you!