the sound I have told you about that come from the computer was makeing a mmmmm sound very lightly. it was doing the sound last night and it is doing it now. sence I have been up it will get a little bit lounder and then a tad lower again. when mike hear that he just say's that is the fan. the computer some times you do not hear that sound or any think at all. I think that sound has been on all night. if it get louder and and or get a wierd screen or a reply then I will be back.
thanks Sharon
Well, you are using Vista right?
So let us eliminate the issue of software base problem.
Sharon, the next time you open up the computer, Just power it up and don't open any programs (nothing)
Next click in order, and hold down this specific sequence of keys on your Keyboard:
Ctrl Alt Delete
When you see a screen (very lovely background color) appear. At this point let go of the keys. The screen will contain a list with five options:
-> Lock this computer
-> Switch User
-> Log off
-> Change a password
-> Open Task Manager
Move the mouse pointer and click on: -> Open Task Manager
The screen will disappear and you will see your desktop plus a window with the Heading:
Windows Task Manager
This window has multiple tabs. We are interested to see the tab marked:
Performance
Now look for something called CPU usage in this window. Mark down the percentage. (It's oscillating so just pick a moment and write down the value in percent) Do this every 10 min or so, until the computer starts making that mmmmmmm sound you described. Observe what hapens to the CPU Usage when you hear the fan louder. Does it go up? Is it constant?
Post back with questions and observations