[SOLVED] Troubleshooting PC freezes and shutdowns ?

[fobos8]

Hi guys

My PC would shut down about once every few weeks to start with and then gradually over 2 months started shutting down every 5 minutes.

I installed a new 1000watt PSU, did MemTest86, checked disks and all seemed okay, which seemed to point to either a Windows problem, Motherboard , CPU, or Graphics card problem.

Anyways, to get me back up and running (I used PC for work) I bought bits to build a new PC. I could do with 2 PCs for work in the long term so I'm happy to build another.

So the new PC consists of new motherboard, new CPU, new RAM, new Graphics card. In the new PC I put my old system SSD and data SSD.

The new PC works great and now I need to fix the old PC .

As the new PC which contains the broken PCs system and data drive does this means that problem in the broken PC must be either Graphics card, Motherboard or CPU?

Kind regards, Andrew


OLD AND NEW PCs
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Ryzen 5950x
128GB Dual-Channel Corsair Vengeance @ 1599MHz (16-20-20-38) 4 x 32GB stick
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. MEG X570 UNIFY (MS-7C35) (AM4)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (MSI)
7452GB Seagate ST8000DM004-2CX188 (SATA ) 36 °C
465GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB (Unknown (SSD))
953GB Sabrent (Unknown (SSD))
1863GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB (Unknown (SSD))
Corsair RM750x PSU

 

[Lutfij]

In the new PC I put my old system SSD and data SSD.
Did you reinstall your OS after the migration?

What parts are old and what parts are new? BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time?

 

[fobos8]

In the new PC I put my old system SSD and data SSD.
Did you reinstall your OS after the migration?

What parts are old and what parts are new? BIOS version for your motherboard at this moment of time?

Hi Lutfij

In my new PC I put in the old SSS's containing the system and data. I didn't reinstall windows, I did a straight swap.

The bios in the new PC was the latest on from MSI, the one in the old PC would have been from late 2019.

Kind regards Andrew

 

[Lutfij]

I didn't reinstall windows, I did a straight swap.
If you changed the platform, there's your problem. You're advised to reinstall the OS.

 

[fobos8]

I didn't reinstall windows, I did a straight swap.
If you changed the platform, there's your problem. You're advised to reinstall the OS.

Yes but you see there is no problem. The new PC works great with the system SSD from the old PC. I haven't re-installed Windows, just did a straight swap and it works great.

 

[Lutfij]

Sigh, what was your older motherboard's make and model?

https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...c-freezes-and-shutdowns.3772759/post-22763108
^ You didn't answer my questions. You were supposed to parse a before and after of your system's specs.

 

[fobos8]

Sigh, what was your older motherboard's make and model?

https://forums.tomshardware.com/thr...c-freezes-and-shutdowns.3772759/post-22763108
^ You didn't answer my questions. You were supposed to parse a before and after of your system's specs.

Sorry - here are the specs. New PC works great. Its almost an exact replica

OLD "BROKEN" PC
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Ryzen 5950x
128GB Dual-Channel Corsair Vengeance @ 1599MHz (16-20-20-38) 4 x 32GB stick
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. MEG X570 UNIFY (MS-7C35) (AM4) bios from 2019
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (MSI)
7452GB Seagate ST8000DM004-2CX188 (SATA ) 36 °C
465GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB (Unknown (SSD))
953GB Sabrent (Unknown (SSD))
1863GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB (Unknown (SSD))
Corsair RM1000x PSU


NEW PC
Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Ryzen 5950x
128GB Dual-Channel Corsair Vengeance @ 1599MHz (16-20-20-38) 4 x 32GB stick
Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. MEG X570 UNIFY (MS-7C35) (AM4) latest bios
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1600 (MSI)
465GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB (Unknown (SSD)) ** TAKEN FROM OLD PC - Had windows already on it from old System***
953GB Sabrent (Unknown (SSD)) ** TAKEN FROM OLD PC - had data on it from old PC **
1863GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB (Unknown (SSD)) ** TAKEN FROM OLD PC - had data on it from old PC ***
Corsair RM750x PSU

 

[Lutfij]

Now it makes sense.

You could drop in your now known working CPU onto the older board, flash it to the latest BIOS version, then use a spare drive to install the OS(or any other OS) onto it. At this point, you know what you have in your running system to be up to snuff, so you need to transplant parts onto the old board until you come to the conclusion that this one part caused the issue.