Question Desktop PC randomly freezes ?

[jakob.olsson04]

My computer randomly freezes and stays frozen until I restart it with the power button. This is a new problem since I have used the same computer without changes a few years now. This can happen at the login screen or after some time running. The interesting thing is, it happens with Windows 10 installed, as well as Ubuntu. I'm assuming this points to it being a hardware problem?

Consequently of the previous statement, I've also performed clean installs of Windows, but the problem still persists. I'm suspecting a Motherboard or PSU hardware problem, as MEMTEST yields no RAM errors.

Any ideas on how to troubleshoot and determine the actual problem?

Specs
MOBO : MSI 970 Gaming MS-7693
CPU : AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-core
GPU : Geforce GTX 1060 6GB
RAM : 16GB

 

[Misgar]

CPU : AMD FX(tm)-6300 Six-core

I have a friend with an FX6300. It's an old processor, released October 23, 2012.

If your power supply is the same vintage, it's probably well past end of warranty. The electrolytic capacitors are probably getting dry, or may have burst leaking brown goo. Result will be high ripple current and possible low voltage on 12V/5V/3.3V rails.

You don't mention the manufacturer and model number of your PSU, but it's the first thing I'd change when fault finding.