I have an old computer which I am now using as a headless PC to run tasks, and bots and sometimes light gaming in the living room. It randomly shutdowns during high loads and I suspect it could be the PSU or Graphics Card. I don't have a new PSU to test if the cause is the psu but I did disconnect the GPU and its been 1 hour and no random shutdowns yet. Also, when it does shut down randomly, I can not turn it back on until I have unplugged the power cable from the PSU and drain the electricity by pressing the power button first.
Can the PSU Degrade overtime where it can not handle the GPU anymore? I was thinking it could also be the GPU drivers being so old and there isnt much I can do about it as the graphics card isnt getting anymore driver updates from nvidia since its at its End of Life cycle. Has anyone have this problem before or can someone suggest how I can determine what the cause is?
Specs are:
PSU: ThermalTake Smart M 750W Gold+
Motherboard: gigabyte z77-d3h
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 570
CPU: Intel i5 3570k (Not overclocked)
Ram: Corsair Vengeance Blue 16 GB (2X8 GB) DDR3
Can the PSU Degrade overtime where it can not handle the GPU anymore? I was thinking it could also be the GPU drivers being so old and there isnt much I can do about it as the graphics card isnt getting anymore driver updates from nvidia since its at its End of Life cycle. Has anyone have this problem before or can someone suggest how I can determine what the cause is?
Specs are:
PSU: ThermalTake Smart M 750W Gold+
Motherboard: gigabyte z77-d3h
GPU: Nvidia Geforce GTX 570
CPU: Intel i5 3570k (Not overclocked)
Ram: Corsair Vengeance Blue 16 GB (2X8 GB) DDR3
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