[Haoming]

Hello,

My dad's having trouble with his computer and I guess I'm the most techy person in the family - I have no clue what the problem is though. Maybe a virus or a hardware problem? When he tries to scan with AVG free, the program shuts down. Yet, the comp. is quite old - about 4 years, so it could be something malfunctioning due to age.

Basically, the computer can turn on fine, everything runs smoothly like normal. But, when he tries to turn it off, the monitor will shut down (with the screen going black, which is normal) but the comp. will not shut down. Instead, the comp will make a clicking sound from the speakers. When I unplugged the speakers, the sound stopped and the computer shut off fine yet I do not think it's a problem with the speaker. I think it may be virus related instead because AVG free still gets killed when we try to scan the computer.

The computer's an Emachine running on XP home.

Thanks very much!

[peterhuang913]

The post is over here: Comp won't shut off - weird clicking sound
That is where it would belong.

[Haoming]

Thanks very much!