Could this have damaged my PSU?

[baldursgate3]

So about 5 months ago, I had a fan that was fairly old and it was connected to the same electrical outlet. A week after that I noticed that sometimes my computer would freeze once I turn on the table fan so I immediately stopped using.

Time skip of about a month and now my computer would permanently freeze until force reboot it and now it would freeze completely while Its booting complete with occasional visual artifacts.

I'm now very suspicious that my PSU is the culprit here because of those power losses.

 

[Onus]

Your Timex Sinclair was built in the 1980s, and has no doubt reached the end of its useful life.


(We'll need your complete system specs in order to provide a more useful answer)

 

[DonkeyOatie]

It's more likely that your PSU was going bad all the time, getting a little worse every month, and turning the fan on exposed that weakness. No it has deteriorated further.

What is your PSU, what are the components in your system and how old is your PSU?

It's possible, but there may be other explanations. (The fan messed with the airflow in the room, causing thermal issues)

 

[baldursgate3]

Here's the full spec list. Kinda hard to do this stuff on an iPhone

Case FRACTAL DESIGN ARC MIDI R2 MID-TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU) Intel® Core™i7 - 8 Core Processor Extreme i7-5960X (3.0GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard ASUS® X99 DELUXE: ATX, HSW-E CPU, USB 3.0, SATA 6 GB/s
Memory (RAM) 64GB CRUCIAL DDR4 2133MHz (8 x 8GB)
Graphics Card GTX 670
2nd Graphics Card NONE
3rd Graphics Card NONE
1st Hard Disk 1TB VELOCIRAPTOR WD1000DHTZ, SATA 6-Gb/s, 64MB CACHE (10,000rpm)
2nd Hard Disk NONE
M.2 SSD Drive NONE
RAID NONE
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive 24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
2nd DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NONE
Memory Card Reader NONE
Power Supply CORSAIR 1000W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Processor Cooling Corsair H80i Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Fan Controller NONE
Sound Card ONBOARD 8 CHANNEL (7.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Wireless/Wired Networking 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Router/HomePlugs NONE
USB Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 6 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Firewire NONE
TV Card NONE
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Operating System Genuine Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit

 

[DonkeyOatie]

How old? It's a Tier 3 PSU, so the main capacitors are not designed to be used in as high-performance a system as you are running. Are you rendering 24/7 or doing other demanding tasks for long periods?

 

[baldursgate3]

I'm mostly running it 24/7 and its a year old

 

[DonkeyOatie]

It could be that your main capacitors are failing. First, thought, I'd download some free software and do a thorough memory test. You have a lot of it and failing memory can behave this way too.

 

[baldursgate3]

I would do that but the chance of me booting and logging in without having my computer freezing is slim.

The computer apparently freezes faster ( crashing is inevitable ) if I leave it off for some time.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Like I say, it could be PSU, or not. Could you try booting on only two memory sticks and see if that changes anything. If it still freezes, try two different memory sticks, and if it continues to fail then, then I'd provisionally rule the memory out.

Got a spare PSU around?

 

[baldursgate3]

Booting up with 4 sticks made the boot up a bit faster and it didn't crash until I ran prime95.

Booting up to with 2 stocks also had performance increase on boot up and my computer didn't crash either. System seems more stable with 16GB of ram.

Forgot to mention that my C1 and C2 ram slot seems to be dead as none of my memory sticks are being recognised there.

EDIT:
My computer still froze but survived the longest with 2 sticks.

 

[baldursgate3]

It's either the mobo or the PSU then

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Yes. The correlation between Memory and failure time suggests more motherboard than PSU. Do you have an friend with a spare PSU? That way you could test it.

Does it run long enough to test the memory? Probably not.

 

[baldursgate3]

I'm afraid not. I will try to see what the nearest PC repair guys say and then see what they have to say.
This problem requires what is beyond of my abilities.

 

[DonkeyOatie]

I'm afraid not. I will try to see what the nearest PC repair guys say and then see what they have to say.
This problem requires what is beyond of my abilities.

Are you in Central Florida ? I have plenty of spare bits at school.

 

[baldursgate3]

I'm afraid not. I will try to see what the nearest PC repair guys say and then see what they have to say.
This problem requires what is beyond of my abilities.

Are you in Central Florida ? I have plenty of spare bits at school.

I wish :| ... I'm in UK

 

[DonkeyOatie]

Ah, well, you will need to visit the local Techno-mages then.

 

[Onus]

Long story, but if there's a Porsche parked outside, it would be best to find another shop.

 

[Someone Somewhere]

It sounds like you bought it from a pre-built company.

Have you tried talking to them? It's probably still under warranty.

 

[baldursgate3]

It sounds like you bought it from a pre-built company.

Have you tried talking to them? It's probably still under warranty.

I brought it from PCSpecialists but the warranty ran out about 2 months ago.