I built a computer to use as my plex server and it worked fine for 2 years then it started freezing after 1-4 hours of up time and I have to yank the power to reset it or hold the power button down. I've tried everything I can think of.
- checked the event viewer and saw nothing after a freeze up until a critical power loss event after it was powered back on
- fresh installed windows 10 on the SSD and even activated it with a legit key
- disconnected all the HDDs
- took out the graphics card and used onboard graphics only
- swapped the power supply from a 550w EVGA to a new 600w EVGA and power draw never even went over 100w during testing
- ran 3 out of 4 passes of memtest86 (froze at 4.5 hours in but showed zero errors)
- swapped the ram (but had to swap it back since i needed it in my main computer)
- bought a new Z390-A Pro mobo (then dropped my screwdriver in the socket of the old one and bent pins)
- new M.2 (fresh installed windows again and realized I have to contact Microsoft support cause the key is already in use)
It has to be the CPU right? It's an i3-8100 that I bought new just over 2 years ago and i can't think of anything else it could be. I just need someone else to tell me I've tried everything before I try to warranty it.
- checked the event viewer and saw nothing after a freeze up until a critical power loss event after it was powered back on
- fresh installed windows 10 on the SSD and even activated it with a legit key
- disconnected all the HDDs
- took out the graphics card and used onboard graphics only
- swapped the power supply from a 550w EVGA to a new 600w EVGA and power draw never even went over 100w during testing
- ran 3 out of 4 passes of memtest86 (froze at 4.5 hours in but showed zero errors)
- swapped the ram (but had to swap it back since i needed it in my main computer)
- bought a new Z390-A Pro mobo (then dropped my screwdriver in the socket of the old one and bent pins)
- new M.2 (fresh installed windows again and realized I have to contact Microsoft support cause the key is already in use)
It has to be the CPU right? It's an i3-8100 that I bought new just over 2 years ago and i can't think of anything else it could be. I just need someone else to tell me I've tried everything before I try to warranty it.