Hey there, I'm a new poster, but I've lurked for a while, even used a couple of threads to try to troubleshoot this issue on my own, but I'm officially out of ideas.
I've had this desktop PC since 2017, and to some extent, I noticed random restarts, but it wasn't my main computer (I primarily used a macbook for school) and beyond upgrading the hard drive to an SDD in 2019, I hadn't bothered much with it. Recently, it's become my main machine because I've been doing more PC-based gaming and the restarts have been driving me bananas.
Current specs:
I never get an error message when it restarts. There’s no warning. Sometimes I’m playing a game that’s graphics heavy, sometimes I’m on Discord and browsing the web. Sometimes it’s one hour into using my PC, sometimes it’s 9 hours. Sometimes it’s once. Sometimes it’ll do it once an hour after the first time until I give up and walk away from it for the day.
I simply just am out of ideas on what could possibly be causing this. I'm happy to provide any other details that you might want. Full disclosure: up until 5 days ago, I'd never opened a tower before in my life, the hard drive upgrade was done by a professional. I'm just on vacation and the thing made me angry enough that I started down this rabbit hole, but you'd be surprised how much you can learn with rage as a motivator.
Any input is so appreciated. Thanks!
I've had this desktop PC since 2017, and to some extent, I noticed random restarts, but it wasn't my main computer (I primarily used a macbook for school) and beyond upgrading the hard drive to an SDD in 2019, I hadn't bothered much with it. Recently, it's become my main machine because I've been doing more PC-based gaming and the restarts have been driving me bananas.
Current specs:
- Windows 10 Home
- AMD FX-4300 Quad Core 3.8GHz
- Gigabyte Technology GA-78LMT-S2 (v 1.2) Motherboard
- GeForce GT 730
- 16 GB RAM (PNY -8GB 1.6 GHz DDR3 DIMM Desktop Memory x2)
- KINGSTON A400 SATA SSD 240GB
- EVGA - BR Series 700W ATX12V /EPS12V 80 Plus Power Supply DC-DC Technology
- Uninstall/reinstall Graphics Driver/checked for updates
- Checked BIOS Version, fully up to date (Award Software International, Inc. F6, 1-9-2014)
- Run a RAM-Test - no problems detected
- Run dxdiag - no problems detected
- Windows 10 is updated
- Checked/Updated motherboard chipset drivers
- Changed out my PSU (old one was a 500W)
- Upgraded my CPU cooler (Cooler Master - Hyper 212 Black Edition 120mm CPU Cooling Fan – Black) – Also monitoring my CPU temp w/ core temp, never break 25*C)
- Upgraded my memory (Originally had 8GB – 2x4GB – don’t remember brand/model)
- Replaced all cooling fans in the tower except the fan attached to my GPU, but I gave it a thorough cleaning)
- Adjusted power settings so that my CPU min is 5%.
- Turned off automatic restart
- Turned off the fast boot
I never get an error message when it restarts. There’s no warning. Sometimes I’m playing a game that’s graphics heavy, sometimes I’m on Discord and browsing the web. Sometimes it’s one hour into using my PC, sometimes it’s 9 hours. Sometimes it’s once. Sometimes it’ll do it once an hour after the first time until I give up and walk away from it for the day.
I simply just am out of ideas on what could possibly be causing this. I'm happy to provide any other details that you might want. Full disclosure: up until 5 days ago, I'd never opened a tower before in my life, the hard drive upgrade was done by a professional. I'm just on vacation and the thing made me angry enough that I started down this rabbit hole, but you'd be surprised how much you can learn with rage as a motivator.
Any input is so appreciated. Thanks!
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