Question PC suddenly powers off after moving apartments.

[BBessas]

I recently moved apartments and have been having trouble with my PC. It powers on and boots fine, but will suddenly power off after about five minutes. There is no blue screen or "shutting down" message it just turns off. I know things can get jostled around during a move, but I'm not sure what else I should be checking.

I don't think the power supply is cutting out because I haven't noticed the LEDs on my motherboard going out. Additionally, my secondary monitor wasn't being recognized, which I don't think is related, but I'll mention it just in case. After some troubleshooting, I got the second monitor to work on my last boot. Also, on my last boot, it seemed like the case fans sped up right before it powered down.

So far I have:

• Removed AIO, cleaned and reapplied thermal paste to CPU
• Removed RAM and reseated to ensure it seated well
  • The stick nearest my AIO tube feels like it's going in fine, but I only notice one audible click while my others seem to have two. I plan to remove and reinsert this one again.
• Removed the GPU and reinstalled it (this was mostly just to try to get the other monitor to work)

What should be my next steps? I almost feel compelled to pull everything out and just try to freshly rebuild it, but this was my first build and I haven't really touched it for a few years so I'm not feeling super confident.

 

[stonecarver]

May or may not help you. I had a person bring me there pc to add a SSD. I always ask people to bring it sitting on there back seat. Nope brought in her trunk that slid back and forth on the carpet the whole ride.

Ended up having to pull the motherboard battery, let sit for a little while and than replaced an it booted right up. YMMV

You seem to get it to boot so you could try the battery trick if it comes to that.

 

[ohio_buckeye]

Could be the psu. I say that because I work as a tech and I’ve had a system that was winning and booting in the past suddenly not boot after carrying it to another floor of the building to hook it up. So that’s not out of the question.