- May 23, 2013
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Hi, I've had a homebuilt computer for a year and a half now, with the specs as listed below. It worked great initially, but after 8-10 months I started experiencing random shutdowns, where the power cuts off suddenly and the PC then restarts. Sometimes they would happen after the computer had already been on for some time, sometimes the shutdowns wouldn't happen for days, other times they happened non-stop, within seconds of turning the computer on.
I took everything apart and cleaned everything and put it back together, tested everything and was unable to pinpoint any specific problem. Still, the problem went away for many months. Now, it's back with a vengeance. I live in Japan in he middle of nowhere so it's hard for me to find someone I can swap parts with, it breaks my heart. I need to get it up and running again, but it constantly "snaps" off, like a power cut.
I've done the paperclip test, I've run tests on the RAM, GPU etc. and apparently everything is functioning properly. I just don't know what to do anymore. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to this. Nothing like this had happened for months and now it's non-stop, even though I can't think of any changed that were made. Could it be the motherboard? Why has there been such a long period of stability and now, all of a sudden, the problem has returned?
I suppose the weather got a bit hotter and more humid here recently, but temps are apparently fine. I just don't get it. My computer just seems to be stuck in a perpetual shutdown and restart cycle. It all happens so quickly. Everything is updated, though at this stage I can't even get to BIOS.
The only other thing I can think of is that my apartment building gets an unstable supply of power through the wall, though I have no evidence of this from other sources. It would have to be pretty damn unstable to be constantly knocking off my computer like that though, right?
Anyway, if anyone has any experience in this matter, I'd greatly appreciate some advice. I don't know an awful lot about building and repairing computers, so I'm sort of kicking myself for making my own now.
CASE: Antec Ninehundred two v3
MOBO: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO
CPU: Intel i7 2600K: Y24900
GPU: Asus ENGTX550 Ti DC/DI/1GD5
HDD: WD5002AALX x 3
RAM: CORSAIR DDR3 1600MHz 8GB 2x240 DIMM Unbuffered 9-9-9-24 Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 x 2
PSU: Power Supply ATX JP Version CMPSU CORSAIR HX 850 W-850HXJP
I took everything apart and cleaned everything and put it back together, tested everything and was unable to pinpoint any specific problem. Still, the problem went away for many months. Now, it's back with a vengeance. I live in Japan in he middle of nowhere so it's hard for me to find someone I can swap parts with, it breaks my heart. I need to get it up and running again, but it constantly "snaps" off, like a power cut.
I've done the paperclip test, I've run tests on the RAM, GPU etc. and apparently everything is functioning properly. I just don't know what to do anymore. There doesn't seem to be any pattern to this. Nothing like this had happened for months and now it's non-stop, even though I can't think of any changed that were made. Could it be the motherboard? Why has there been such a long period of stability and now, all of a sudden, the problem has returned?
I suppose the weather got a bit hotter and more humid here recently, but temps are apparently fine. I just don't get it. My computer just seems to be stuck in a perpetual shutdown and restart cycle. It all happens so quickly. Everything is updated, though at this stage I can't even get to BIOS.
The only other thing I can think of is that my apartment building gets an unstable supply of power through the wall, though I have no evidence of this from other sources. It would have to be pretty damn unstable to be constantly knocking off my computer like that though, right?
Anyway, if anyone has any experience in this matter, I'd greatly appreciate some advice. I don't know an awful lot about building and repairing computers, so I'm sort of kicking myself for making my own now.
CASE: Antec Ninehundred two v3
MOBO: ASUS P8Z68-V PRO
CPU: Intel i7 2600K: Y24900
GPU: Asus ENGTX550 Ti DC/DI/1GD5
HDD: WD5002AALX x 3
RAM: CORSAIR DDR3 1600MHz 8GB 2x240 DIMM Unbuffered 9-9-9-24 Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 x 2
PSU: Power Supply ATX JP Version CMPSU CORSAIR HX 850 W-850HXJP
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