Hey everyone, Didn't know which segment I had to post this but I reckoned it's something to do with my RAM or motherboard... Hear me out!!!
Yesterday I was on my computer when I accidentally kicked my PC case (it’s placed under the desk). At that moment, my computer immediately turned off, and proceeded to restart by itself again.
However ever since that moment my computer would shut down at random points during my time on the computer, and usually, that time period of usage is fairly short. Everytime it shuts down my pc actually restarts itself, which brings me back to the login screen.
I felt that the cause is probably by a hardware issue since the cause was my accidental kick. Here are a few solutions I have tried:
CPU: Ryzen 3600
MotherBoard: TUF B450-M Plus Gaming
GPU: GTX 2060 s 8GB/256 BIT
PSU: Corsair CV650 (80 Plus Bronze)
RAM: ADATA DDR4 2666(19) 8GX8 U-DIMM [8GB Ram, two of these in my set up]
Note: My PC is only three weeks old
Note 2: The restart process is abrupt; the screen suddenly turns back, and proceeds to start up like any normal PC
UPDATE 1: Tried disconnecting the reset switch- still getting constant restarts
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Hope I can count on everyone of the tom's hardware community. Cheers!
Yesterday I was on my computer when I accidentally kicked my PC case (it’s placed under the desk). At that moment, my computer immediately turned off, and proceeded to restart by itself again.
However ever since that moment my computer would shut down at random points during my time on the computer, and usually, that time period of usage is fairly short. Everytime it shuts down my pc actually restarts itself, which brings me back to the login screen.
I felt that the cause is probably by a hardware issue since the cause was my accidental kick. Here are a few solutions I have tried:
- Take out heat sink fan and CPU, clean it and place it back.
- Took out two 8GB ram sticks, cleaned and placed back in.
- Literally took out all parts and rebuilt the PC
- Reset CMOS by taking out the motherboard lithium battery.
- Have only one 8GB RAM chip inserted to see if one of the two RAM chips are causing the issue. Tried this process for both processors individually- still no luck (In fact, the restart happens even before I get to the log in screen)
CPU: Ryzen 3600
MotherBoard: TUF B450-M Plus Gaming
GPU: GTX 2060 s 8GB/256 BIT
PSU: Corsair CV650 (80 Plus Bronze)
RAM: ADATA DDR4 2666(19) 8GX8 U-DIMM [8GB Ram, two of these in my set up]
Note: My PC is only three weeks old
Note 2: The restart process is abrupt; the screen suddenly turns back, and proceeds to start up like any normal PC
UPDATE 1: Tried disconnecting the reset switch- still getting constant restarts
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Hope I can count on everyone of the tom's hardware community. Cheers!
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