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Written by Sige 😺 on 2024-12-03 at 06:09

Meh. My game PC just randomly shuts itself down and reboots. No bluescreen involved. Just suddenly off. Sounds like a faulty PSU? 🤔

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Written by Colin 🐈🌱 on 2024-12-03 at 06:29

@sige

I've had those issues for a long time with my system. Sometimes multiple times a day, then months without issues. I already swapped every component except for CPU and Motherboard. It could be anything.

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Written by Sige 😺 on 2024-12-03 at 06:40

@Colin I rule out the ram tho. I'd get a bluescreen in that case...

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Written by Colin 🐈🌱 on 2024-12-03 at 08:19

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My main concern is the Mainboard at the moment. I have an Asus X370 Pro and a friend of mine told me that he had some issues with it in the past.

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Written by Lambda :neofox_flag_nb: on 2024-12-03 at 08:37

@sige @Colin is that the only evidence you have against a RAM fault? If there's a bad bit in a region that's used by firmware, it can definitely lead to shutting off before the OS has so much as a chance to notice. Did you run memtest86(+)?

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Written by Sige 😺 on 2024-12-03 at 08:45

@lambda I think it's unlikely that is the issue due to that, yeah. Either way I can definitely try running a test too.

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Written by Takios on 2024-12-03 at 06:46

@sige could also be a temperature issue

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Written by Sige 😺 on 2024-12-03 at 07:14

@takios Event logs don't indicate any throttling of the CPU before reset

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Written by Tvorsk on 2024-12-03 at 06:46

@sige "Shuts down and reboots" or just suddenly reboots/resets?

If the latter, yes, fair chance it's a PSU brownout, and yes it can easily start happening as the components age out.

Got anyone you could trade with for a day or two to see if your problem goes away without buying new parts blind?

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Written by Sige 😺 on 2024-12-03 at 06:55

@Tvorsk like click power gone. Then click is back and booting up 🤔

Not sure if I have someone with a spare

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Written by Tvorsk on 2024-12-03 at 07:07

@sige Argh. Yeah in this case it'll be really good to check with another PSU before buying a replacement. Very well can be, doesn't have to...

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Written by Sige 😺 on 2024-12-03 at 07:15

@Tvorsk might have to replace my rig anyways. It's getting kind of old at this point

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Written by Tvorsk on 2024-12-03 at 07:21

@sige Well then I guess you can get a new nice high power PSU, if it helps, great, and in either case can be then moved to your next build...

How old is old though? :p

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Written by Sige 😺 on 2024-12-03 at 08:43

@Tvorsk I think it must be close to 10 years now. Did add some ram and swapped the GPU tho.

It got an Intel i7-5820k in it

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Written by Tvorsk on 2024-12-03 at 09:14

@sige Well, yeah.

On one hand, even "this old" PCs have plenty of power to deal with basic stuff.

On the other, it's definitely old enough to have trouble with heavier work, and for hardware to start misbehaving with age.

Good luck, it's never a fun expense :(

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Written by garra on 2024-12-03 at 07:46

@sige Was the PSU for me, which was undersized by the width of a hair after I'd upgraded my GPU. Same issue you're reporting, but it'd only trigger once very blue moon (and in a game notorious for causing these kinds of issues). Bought a bigger one, problems disappeared.

I still have my old one lying around, if you'd like to try. It's a 2020 be quiet! Straight Power 11 (750W)

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Written by Sige 😺 on 2024-12-03 at 08:18

@garra that would be really awesome if I could try with that one! :blobcatheart:

I'm with Shian this weekend, so it might just be decent timing!

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Written by Cuddly Karb 🌠 on 2024-12-03 at 09:40

@sige

Sounds familiar. I had the same problem about a year ago.

And for me it actually was the PSU. It's admittedly pretty old by now and the fan just stopped working.

But when I found out I just gave it a tiny poke with a pencil and since then it started working again no problem :neodog_think:

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