Hi all, my trusty gaming pc suddenly started having what appear to be hardware issues today, out of the blue
I've had it now for about 6 years and it's had infrequent minor upgrades like SSD's etc
Spec is -
GA-X99-SLI
Intel i7-5820k
16gb of Ram
Nvidia GTX 970
Windows 10
Samsung 850 Pro 1tb
Samsung 850 Pro 256gb
Samsung 850 Pro 256gb
The only minor issue/concern i've had up until recently is Windows identifies my 1tb Samsung pro as a 256gb drive, but it's not a fake ssd, as it's over half full and magician says it's genuine.
Today when just casually working and not doing anything intense, the pc just restarted (As if I'd hit a reset button)
It booted up and was a little sluggish for a few minutes, but then worked fine for a few hours
Then about 20 minutes ago, I had a 3d game minimized and a youtube video playing and the monitor went into standby, the music video and game were still running in the background, as I could hear the music from youtube and the background drone in the space game I was playing
I tried alt+tabbing, alt+f4 to try and close apps, but nothing
So I ended up having to hit the power button to soft shut down.
I've just installed the latest nvidia drivers just incase, but i can't think of a reason why it's suddenly acting up.
Any thoughts?
I've had it now for about 6 years and it's had infrequent minor upgrades like SSD's etc
Spec is -
GA-X99-SLI
Intel i7-5820k
16gb of Ram
Nvidia GTX 970
Windows 10
Samsung 850 Pro 1tb
Samsung 850 Pro 256gb
Samsung 850 Pro 256gb
The only minor issue/concern i've had up until recently is Windows identifies my 1tb Samsung pro as a 256gb drive, but it's not a fake ssd, as it's over half full and magician says it's genuine.
Today when just casually working and not doing anything intense, the pc just restarted (As if I'd hit a reset button)
It booted up and was a little sluggish for a few minutes, but then worked fine for a few hours
Then about 20 minutes ago, I had a 3d game minimized and a youtube video playing and the monitor went into standby, the music video and game were still running in the background, as I could hear the music from youtube and the background drone in the space game I was playing
I tried alt+tabbing, alt+f4 to try and close apps, but nothing
So I ended up having to hit the power button to soft shut down.
I've just installed the latest nvidia drivers just incase, but i can't think of a reason why it's suddenly acting up.
Any thoughts?