Thanks for the responses. I may have overstated the “dying” part of my computer, but at the time I wrote the post, I was pretty concerned about losing data. I’m sure whatever is going can probably be fixed.
It’s an approx 4 year old PC running Windows 7. A couple of weeks ago I noticed that in the morning (I leave the computer on all the time) the monitor would have a black screen and the power light on the monitor would be flashing, as if the computer were shut down or the monitor cable was disconnected. However the computer was on and I checked all of the cable connections. I would have to do a cold boot to bring the computer back up. Everything would be fine until the next morning, then I’d find it in the same state. It didn’t always happen everyday, but it started happening more frequently.
The night I wrote the post, it was suddenly going into that “state” every hour or so, even while I was actively using the computer. I checked all of the “sleep/idle mode” type settings and they were all off. I feel like the computer is getting plenty of air flow and externally, it’s dust free. I think my next step will be to take the case cover off and clean it up inside, just in case it’s overheating.
I shut it down two nights ago and didn’t bring it back up until this morning, and so far everything is fine. I'm bad about backing up data, and I think I need to get a back-up done and then I won't be so paranoid about it.
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