Hello, I'm a first timer and built my PC at the end of 2018. I remember having an initial issue when I was seating the motherboard, but after carefully reading the manuals It posted first try and was great from there
However, maybe a year after I started having problems where pc would reboot if I bumped,slammed, or shook the desk. It has honestly become something I'm very conscious of and it's kinda silly how careful I have to be. I have dusted it several times a year and wiggled everything to make sure it is securely in place. I added another ram stick like a year ago and I have 32gb total because I initially only built with 1x16gb
The bump restarts are the first issue, the other is random freezes that have occurred. The game Gears Tactics specifically will hard freeze my pc when I close it guaranteed. About 30 seconds after I close the game no matter how long I've played it my pc will just lock up and have to be hard reset with the power button on the case. It has also frozen a few times where I don't believe I bumped it and it just kind of froze for no particular reason. These events are rare but concerning to me because I rely heavily on my pc.
Specs
Asus prime z390-A motherboard
Intel i7 8700k
Nzxt AIO cooler
Corsair vengeance lpx 2x16gb ddr4 3000
Adata m.2
2x 1tb ssd
Evga gtx 1070ti
Nzxt h500i case
Evga supernova g3 750w gold psu
Win10
A few other oddities to note:
-Sometimes when I boot up my ethernet isn't detected and I have to disable and re enable it for it to work or reboot
-Sometimes when I boot up my color settings are my monitor and not my gpu and sometimes Nvidia control panel won't launch to fix this and I have to reboot
-Pc is kind of loud on startup but virtually silent after
Things I have tried:
-Update gpu drivers
-Disable auto restarts
-Secure all physical connections
-Verify files
I appreciate any help, especially since this is a very generic problem that is difficult to troubleshoot by someone as inexperienced as I am. I mentioned all the issues because I can't help but think they may be related. I should also note I live in a location with somewhat regular power outages. One hasn't occurred at a crucial moment but I feel obligated to say that not every shutdown has been on purpose.
However, maybe a year after I started having problems where pc would reboot if I bumped,slammed, or shook the desk. It has honestly become something I'm very conscious of and it's kinda silly how careful I have to be. I have dusted it several times a year and wiggled everything to make sure it is securely in place. I added another ram stick like a year ago and I have 32gb total because I initially only built with 1x16gb
The bump restarts are the first issue, the other is random freezes that have occurred. The game Gears Tactics specifically will hard freeze my pc when I close it guaranteed. About 30 seconds after I close the game no matter how long I've played it my pc will just lock up and have to be hard reset with the power button on the case. It has also frozen a few times where I don't believe I bumped it and it just kind of froze for no particular reason. These events are rare but concerning to me because I rely heavily on my pc.
Specs
Asus prime z390-A motherboard
Intel i7 8700k
Nzxt AIO cooler
Corsair vengeance lpx 2x16gb ddr4 3000
Adata m.2
2x 1tb ssd
Evga gtx 1070ti
Nzxt h500i case
Evga supernova g3 750w gold psu
Win10
A few other oddities to note:
-Sometimes when I boot up my ethernet isn't detected and I have to disable and re enable it for it to work or reboot
-Sometimes when I boot up my color settings are my monitor and not my gpu and sometimes Nvidia control panel won't launch to fix this and I have to reboot
-Pc is kind of loud on startup but virtually silent after
Things I have tried:
-Update gpu drivers
-Disable auto restarts
-Secure all physical connections
-Verify files
I appreciate any help, especially since this is a very generic problem that is difficult to troubleshoot by someone as inexperienced as I am. I mentioned all the issues because I can't help but think they may be related. I should also note I live in a location with somewhat regular power outages. One hasn't occurred at a crucial moment but I feel obligated to say that not every shutdown has been on purpose.