Ric kube wrote:
>
> I have a new New World computer Pent 266, etc.  The problem is it runs
> fine for a few days then starts making a horendous noise and b;lacks
> out, but the fan is still going, or it just locks up, with the noise it
> has to be shut down to get rid of it & then it's ok for a while
>
> It's running Win95, we've reformatted the disk & that hasn't helped


When you say the fan is still running, are you
talking about the power supply fan? The cpu fan
can make a lot of noise when it starts to fail. If
the cpu fan fails, your cpu could be overheating.
Brad Britton