Last night my computer suddenly shut off as if there was a power surge. But there wasn't; only my computer was affected.
I switched the power off int he back and went to bed. In the morning when I tried turning it on it started to power up and then it instantly shut off again, like it did last night. I opened the case so I could read the error code on the mobo and power cycled it again. This time it booted up with no problems.
This same problem happened about a month ago, twice in a row in fact. I thought then that my PSU was failing and it was dropping out when there was too big of a power load on my system. I tried to stress-test it by running several programs that I thought would put the GPU through its paces, including what I was working on before it died on me. But I was unable to produce the same effect.
But since it has happened again now a month later I wonder what is failing in my system. My best guess still remains the PSU, but I don't have any concrete evidence.
How can I properly test my PSU to see if it is starting to fail somehow?
I switched the power off int he back and went to bed. In the morning when I tried turning it on it started to power up and then it instantly shut off again, like it did last night. I opened the case so I could read the error code on the mobo and power cycled it again. This time it booted up with no problems.
This same problem happened about a month ago, twice in a row in fact. I thought then that my PSU was failing and it was dropping out when there was too big of a power load on my system. I tried to stress-test it by running several programs that I thought would put the GPU through its paces, including what I was working on before it died on me. But I was unable to produce the same effect.
But since it has happened again now a month later I wonder what is failing in my system. My best guess still remains the PSU, but I don't have any concrete evidence.
How can I properly test my PSU to see if it is starting to fail somehow?