Computer Died ?

[Ares210]

Well my friends computer all of a sudden died a few hours ago and I am not sure why. I haven't seen it, I have only been told what had happened. It is a Dell (not sure what kind but it runs XP) and my friend was away from it for about a half hour and when he came back the screen was black so he shook the mouse and the screen started flashing black and white and making a humming noise and shut off. When he tried to turn it back on the same thing happened.

Any ideas what is causing this?

 

[FragTek]

PSU took a dump perhaps? I don't know what Dell uses for PSU's but my guess is that they're some total crap.

 

[Ares210]

PSU took a dump perhaps? I don't know what Dell uses for PSU's but my guess is that they're some total crap.

Lol most likely crappy psi. But you think the psu might be the culperate?

I was thinking more on the lines of possibly hdd cause of the hum but the psu is a possibility because if it was the hdd it would have went to the bsod. Any chance it is software related?

 

[FragTek]

Well it's a Dell, so it could be anything related

Sorry, that was no help at all