PC randomly & suddenly shutting down - any help?

hughjanus

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Jun 4, 2014
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Hi,

I’ve been having some issues with my PC lately: it keeps randomly shutting down unexpectedly.
When it shuts down, it’s as if the PC has just lost power; there’s no “windows is shutting down”, or any kind of delay.


Where it started;
I had Google Play Music Manager installed, but ever since using it, I found the PC running very slow, and CAM showed the CPU heat was getting very hot (peaked at 80C, was usually in 60-75C range; recommended max temp of the CPU is 62C).

Note that it was only the CPU getting very hot; GPU & Mobo were well within acceptable levels.

I therefore uninstalled Music Manager a few weeks ago, and since PC hasn’t been very strained, and CPU heats are down to a more normal level (30-55C), though STILL the crashing persists.


So I’m just looking for what can I do from here, to try and identify the problem?
I have the dates & times of most the crashes, so if there’s some way I can see past history for how the computer was at that period, I could try and see what caused it?

I ran a Malwarebytes scan the other day, just for matter of principle, but as you may be able to guess, the computer powered out during...


Info on my PC;
- AMD FX6300 (6 core) based PC - running stock CPU fan
- Custom built
- approx 3.5 years old

Any help?
I can give more info on request

Thanks in advance
 
Also, does anyone know how to check what CPU temp, the BIOS/MoBo will automatically shut down the PC at?

I went into the BIOS settings @ start-up, in both the standard & advanced mode, yet couldn’t see it listed anywhere?