Dammit Angelus! Wat is wrong with you?

[luckykaa]

Main PC - Angelus seems to be getting sicker and sicker.  Still not sure what the solution is.  Graphics card is probably not the culprit.  hard to say.

Symptoms:

Occasionally refuses to turn on. 
When it turns on, it boots up okay, and crashes after a few minutes.
Crash is sometime black screen, sometimes flickering different shades of blue.
After crash, I need to powercycle.  Front power button has no effect.
Didn't crash when I tried running Linux.
Did crash when I tried installing Windows (different drive.  just wanted to see if it was a software issue).
PSU seems to have more than enough juice (330W, and the most I could possibly need is 270 or so)

Had a problem before.  Similar but different.

So  is it the motherboard or CPU again?  Is there something fundamentally broken in the PSU?  How do I diagnose?

Anyone have any suggestions?

Or do I just say hang it and buy myself a new PSU AND Motherboard AND CPU?

Comments

[pewterfish.livejournal.com]

Hmm. My default recommendation is PSU, followed by motherboard: I've never known a CPU to go bad without refusing to boot at all. See if you can borrow a PSU from a friend? Or grab a cheap one from Maplin, maybe. Sadly, I don't have one sp... Actually, I might be able to free one up to loan to you. One of my old servers is due to be decommissioned over the weekend. If you're interested, I could probably get it up to the Sunday-pagga?

[mizzykitty.livejournal.com]

In the past, whenever I've had weird fucked up issues that were difficult to diagnose, it always wound up being the RAM.

[squirrel-dreams.livejournal.com]

It's protesting because it wants a less effeminate name than Angelus. Change its name to Lexington Steele and log onto Porn Hub for a couple of hours, it'll be your best friend again in no time.

[blue-sun-scribe.livejournal.com]

Given the whole Angel/Angelus thing I reckon it either needs some fresh human blood or play it Mandy by Barry Manilow.