System Crash

[Hudah]

I wasn't sure exactly where to post this, I apologize if this is the wrong forum.

My co-worker has a custom built machine, Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe mobo, AMD X2 Cpu (not exactly sure of the clock speed), 2 GB's of RAM (not sure of the brand), Nvidia 7800GTX, (2) 250GB drives, not RAID'ed (Not sure of the brand either). As well as a 550W PSU. He doesn't remember all of the specs.

I have yet to see this machine, I will be diagnosing this machine over the weekend.

He stated after a day or so of leaving the machine on the screen goes to a blank green or blue screen and an upside down exclamation point is on the left hand side of the screen.

I have never seen a machine crash to this nature, nor could I find any info on the subject.

Any ideas to what the cause of this issue may be?


Much thanks!
-Hudah

[EzyStvy]

Not very much info...Does pressing the space bar or moving the mouse wake it up?

[Cricket]

Almost sounds like a virus or some other sort of malware has gotten to the computer.

Cricket

[Hudah]

No the system requires a reset to restore functionality, then after a day or so the problem once again arises.

I'm more interested to see if anyone has see this type of failure before. An upside down exclamation point with only a blue or green screen seems very odd.

I will have the machine in my possesion this weekend to perform a full diagnostic.

Thanks for the reply!