I was on a website and computer seemed to have frozen up. I pushed the reset button and a black screen with white letters on it came up with "General Fault Error" and then a bunch of letters = numbers. I pushed reset again and a different error message popped up on a blue screen something about "trapped something or other" I can't remember since I seem to get a different message each time I push reset; including "read DISC error - press control, alt, delete to restart".

I have always gotten some beeping upon startup (since built in July 2008) but I am not able to determine if short/long sounds and everything seemed to be working. I have noticed for a few months now that I get the "read disk error" and have to pull the SATA cable from the MB and plug back in then it is fine for a while. I don't know if this has anything to do with the issues now.

I googled the "general Fault Error" and read that it could be MEMORY, power SUPPLY, cpu or software. I need help narrowing this down. I don't have "play money" to spend on unnecessary components.

I have included my specs on my profile if this is any help at all or if there is further clarification needed, I'm happy to accommodate. I just need this issue resolved asap as I work from home on the computer and I am losing money everyday that it is down.

 I'll suggest all Free fixes to narrow things down...

DLoad and run the Free diagnostics from the HDD manuf. site...
DLoad and run MemTest to check the RAM...
Borrow a known GOOD PSU of the same or greater wattage and swap it in there overnite...I will try these. Thank you for your input. I will post whether they work or not to solve the issue. The MemTest came back passing with no errors after leaving it run 20 times overnight.
The SeaTool Diagnostic Tool for the HDD came back passing all tests.
I still have not found a PSU to try.

will u consider to system restore via cd or reformat all again? if the memtest okay. n the disk test ok... that just mean system or worst.. try system restore or repair via windows cd 1st. it will not del anything except the system folder data n such.Keep us posted...you've eliminated 2 possibilities so good job... Quote from: badai_nila on June 08, 2012, 08:57:40 AM

will u consider to system restore via cd or reformat all again? if the memtest okay. n the disk test ok... that just mean system or worst.. try system restore or repair via windows cd 1st. it will not del anything except the system folder data n such.