>audio suddenly develops rhythmic electrical pops
>think it's a spotify issue, try youtube and local audio files
>still there
>restart PC because how the fuck should I know what's wrong here
>PC doesn't boot back up
>shows that "-" sign in upper left corner and that's it, it's just stuck on a black screen and I can't even get to BIOS
>restart PC again, maybe it's just some odd hang up
>same shit happens
>it's over, motherboard must be fucked
>unplug PC completely off the grid because I'm crashing out
>enter bargaining phase some time later, plug everything back in and hope for a miracle
>PC boots into Windows with no issues
As long as it works I guess...