So I have multiple issue with (possibly) hardware:
Hard drive makes grinding noise.
My monitor blinks off, and my computer makes this two-note tone (sometimes it just blinks off with no tone).
I upgraded my graphics card, and my power supply is not as good as my graphics card wants it to be. (How much of an issue is that?)
Also, my computer has straight up restarted without being prompted twice. When this happens, I get stuck on the Bios screen and I have to manually power down and restart to get it to fully start up.
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I want to get software that monitors (like internal temp, etc) this stuff, preferably free, but when I google that I get all kinds of answers. What's the best software for that? I figured I'd get an objective, non-biased answer here.
I also would like to get an external hard drive that plugs into USB to back up my current hard drive. Does something like that exist, and what is it called? (Googling gives me USB drives and things I'm not sure of.)
I'm an idiot when it comes to computers. I am asking this stuff here because Google is perilous, and people are trying to sell stuff.
Hard drive makes grinding noise.
My monitor blinks off, and my computer makes this two-note tone (sometimes it just blinks off with no tone).
I upgraded my graphics card, and my power supply is not as good as my graphics card wants it to be. (How much of an issue is that?)
Also, my computer has straight up restarted without being prompted twice. When this happens, I get stuck on the Bios screen and I have to manually power down and restart to get it to fully start up.
***
I want to get software that monitors (like internal temp, etc) this stuff, preferably free, but when I google that I get all kinds of answers. What's the best software for that? I figured I'd get an objective, non-biased answer here.
I also would like to get an external hard drive that plugs into USB to back up my current hard drive. Does something like that exist, and what is it called? (Googling gives me USB drives and things I'm not sure of.)
I'm an idiot when it comes to computers. I am asking this stuff here because Google is perilous, and people are trying to sell stuff.
