power cycling

Forum discussion tagged with power cycling.
  1. twgamerbuilder

    Question My PC keeps randomly power-cycling ?

    My PC at random will completely shut down and instantly turn back on again. Thing's ive already tried that haven't helped: 1. New outlet and power cord 2. Replacing the Power Supply with a 850w (I've been running a 750w for years) 3. Resetting Windows 10 and the CMOS 4. Reseating, the RAM, CPU...
  2. Abdul_Razzaq

    Question PC keeps restarting/turning on & off by itself/Boot Loop/Power Cycling ?

    I know this question has been asked one too many times on Different platforms but I’m posting it again here in thoughts that someone might offer a new insight and get me out of my predicament. I have a PC that I’ve been using for more than 4 years now. It's an HP Z220 CMT Workstation that...
  3. M

    Question PC is boot cycling every 30 seconds

    I just built my first PC and when I turned it on all the fans and a few lights on the motherboard turned on but after about 30 seconds it all turned off for 2-3 seconds then repeated. The lights turning on where not any debugging lights and where hidden under part of the motherboard. The...
  4. Jfb924

    Question PC restarts when playing games

    So I have a friend who’s pc keeps power cycling while playing the new COD and Overwatch 2. The PC is a couple years old, but the PSU and GPU are both two years old and the CPU cooler is brand new and was installed yesterday with brand new thermal paste. I thought originally it was a thermal...
  5. Samuel hut

    [SOLVED] Higher frequency RAM unstable with lower frequency mobo

    I recently built a PC, specs: Processor:i7 8700 Mobo:Gigabyte B365 DS3H Kingston m.2 512GB Gskill Ripjaws 16*1 3200Mhz 256Gb SSD Cooler master 850w PSU, gold edition The PC power cycles randomly but consecutively, making it very frustrating to use. I've replaced by RMAing everything i.e, mobo...
  6. Proxiez

    Question Random Power Cycling on First Build

    Hello, Long time site user, possibly my first post despite using this site for tech help from as far back as 2013-14, I recently built my first ever PC after using a pre build for 9 years and upgrading it with building tips from other posts n friends, However with this build I've had 0 hiccups...
  7. Z

    Question Pc power cycles with new ram and motherboard

    Hello. I just bought a new motherboard and ram for an upgrade. The cpu works fine and so does the ram. But the thing is it power cycles non stop. It also doesn’t boot. New motherboard: Asrock B360 Gaming K4 CPU: Intel core i5 9400F New ram: Corsair vengeance rgb 2x8
  8. F

    [SOLVED] PC sometimes power cycles after pressing the Power Button

    So i had fixed one of my other Problems where my PC was freezing with a buzzing sound playing through the Headphones(the issue was the graphics drivers) and now i got another Problem. After around 1 week of succesfully using my PC i went to turn on my PC and it just Power Cycled. Next day i...
  9. P

    [SOLVED] Windows 10 successful boot happens only randomly ?

    Good day! I have been experiencing a problem with my computer for quite some time now. I want to make a reservation right away that the computer was assembled recently, all the components are relatively new (bought in the beginning of this year), and the diagnostics of its individual parts with...
  10. D

    [SOLVED] Bad motherboard?

    I'm genuinely at the end of my rope. I cannot figure this out for the life of me. My PC has been shutting down unexpectedly and it does it in the weirdest ways. I'm doing this from my phone so forgive me. I've chased event ID after event ID and nothing really adds up. And now it'll shut down on...
  11. H

    [SOLVED] New build power cycling?

    I recently put together my first build, CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K Graphics: RTX 2070 ARMOR 8G OC Motherboard: MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC Memory: Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO 2x8GB SSD: Samsung 970 EVO SSD 500GB x2 Cooling: ML240R RGB AIO CPU Liquid Cooler I've looked for answers but cant seem to...
  12. E

    Question Computer Motherboard Boot Loops when PC turned off

    For some reason, my motherboard continuously cycles power after it's turned off. It turns on the lights to my usb hub and my ext drive boots and shuts off boots and shuts off forever, I can even see the lights on the motherboard cycling as well, but the computer is powered off and idle. Anyone...
  13. T

    Question PC Power cycling when playing graphically demanding games?

    I've got a custom build pc (Will list specs if needed) and starting about a month ago it would turn itself off while playing games such as Battlefield 4, PUBG, Halo Reach, etc, but would be fine on games like Hearthstone (Card game). I've checked the temperatures of the CPU and GPU while gaming...