PC randomly crashing and restarting

[dani.koeberl98]

Since about one month my gaming pc started to randomly crash about every hour and reboot directly afterwards. Now this crashes happen already about 20 seconds after the start so most of the time I can't even log into windows.
I was already monitoring the temperature. Also i was trying to use a live system to boot the pc. Still crashes after a few seconds. I haven't changed any hardware since the crashes started.
It also crashes in safe mode, but it doesn't crash when I am in the bios(UEFI).
I would appreciate help a lot.

 

[Mark RM]

If temperatures are OK, I'm always inclined to think it's the PSU first and foremost.

What are your system specifications?

 

[dani.koeberl98]

If temperatures are OK, I'm always inclined to think it's the PSU first and foremost.

What are your system specifications?

Well but if the PSU is the problem wouldn't it also crash in UEFI?

Specs:
Corsair VS650
Intel i7 4*4GHz
16GB DDR3 RAM
Asrock Z97 Motherboard

 

[Mark RM]

Not likely, the load is so low at that point as to be inconsequential, once window fires up and puts stress on the GPU, things start getting taxed.

The VS line is known for not holding the voltage stable.

 

[dani.koeberl98]

Not likely, the load is so low at that point as to be inconsequential, once window fires up and puts stress on the GPU, things start getting taxed.

The VS line is known for not holding the voltage stable.

Yea but it was working since 2 years. Also I already tried to start without the graphics card (removed it) but it didn't help. The other thing I don't get is that yesterday I was able to play games for about an hour before it crashed and today I can't even come to the login screen most of the time.

 

[Mark RM]

So you're saying a low quality PSU may be failing after two years.

Actually, that's what I'm saying. The events you describe are inline with my thinking.

 

[jankerson]

I am surprised the VS lasted that long before having issues.

 

[dani.koeberl98]

So you're saying a low quality PSU may be failing after two years.

Actually, that's what I'm saying. The events you describe are inline with my thinking.

I kinda disagree. I don't think that the quality of the PSU is that bad. However you are probably still right. How can I check if it's really the fault of the PSU? I don't want to buy a new one without being sure.

 

[jankerson]

So you're saying a low quality PSU may be failing after two years.

Actually, that's what I'm saying. The events you describe are inline with my thinking.

I kinda disagree. I don't think that the quality of the PSU is that bad. However you are probably still right. How can I check if it's really the fault of the PSU? I don't want to buy a new one without being sure.

No way to tell unless you have a good known PSU to test in the machine.

But yes the VS is that bad.

 

[Mark RM]

test it in another computer with a similar load would be the one road open to you for testing .

I don't mind if you disagree, it's your computer, you asked us for advise, that doesn't mean you have to take it.

 

[dani.koeberl98]

So you're saying a low quality PSU may be failing after two years.

Actually, that's what I'm saying. The events you describe are inline with my thinking.

I kinda disagree. I don't think that the quality of the PSU is that bad. However you are probably still right. How can I check if it's really the fault of the PSU? I don't want to buy a new one without being sure.

No way to tell unless you have a good known PSU to test in the machine.

But yes the VS is that bad.

Oke I kinda was trusting the customer ratings when buying this. However I can't really find anything on the internet about crashes because of this PSU. I mean some have this problem when playing games and putting the system under high preasure mine even crashes without GPU and sometimes 5 seconds after booting.

 

[jankerson]

So you're saying a low quality PSU may be failing after two years.

Actually, that's what I'm saying. The events you describe are inline with my thinking.

I kinda disagree. I don't think that the quality of the PSU is that bad. However you are probably still right. How can I check if it's really the fault of the PSU? I don't want to buy a new one without being sure.

No way to tell unless you have a good known PSU to test in the machine.

But yes the VS is that bad.

Oke I kinda was trusting the customer ratings when buying this. However I can't really find anything on the internet about crashes because of this PSU. I mean some have this problem when playing games and putting the system under high preasure mine even crashes without GPU and sometimes 5 seconds after booting.

Replace the PSU defiantly.

Don't even power it on until it's replaced, unplug it from the power and let it sit.

As far as customer reviews go, well anything cheap will get good reviews so that's not saying much. Customer reviews aren't normally worth the time it takes to read them. Plus anyone buying a cheap unit like that doesn't know enough to actually review one or even say anything about it. If they did know anything they never would have bought the unit in the 1st place.

For PSU's only trust professional reviews.

 

[Mark RM]

Oke I kinda was trusting the customer ratings when buying this. However I can't really find anything on the internet about crashes because of this PSU. I mean some have this problem when playing games and putting the system under high preasure mine even crashes without GPU and sometimes 5 seconds after booting.

I'm not going to spend time convincing you that PSU is a POS when google is full of such narratives.

 

[dani.koeberl98]

Im gona get a PSU for testing in the next days. I hope this will help.