Hello everyone,
UPDATE : http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1684273/random-shutdowns-possibly-hardware-related.html#10905578
First off : thank you for taking the time to read this.
I've been experiencing a curious case of random shutdowns for the past couple of months, my computer is 2 years old and performed flawlessly until then. It is truly random : my computer can handle modern games (bioshock 3) just fine for hours or shutdown 5 minutes after launching game. It also crashed while working or watching a video.
I'm no stranger to troubleshoot PC problems but I find myself puzzled by this one.
My rig
MB : Asus X58 Sabertooth
Proc : i7-950
GC : GeForce 460GTX Cyclone
Ram : 3Go corsair
PSU : corsair 750W
HDD : hybrid SSD 1To
■ Full Description
Everything stops without warning, sit in off state for 5 secondes and then boot back up automatically. In rare cases, during boot, the computer shuts off again only to reboot and shutdown again. It happened maybe twice but looped like this a few times until I got the cable off myself.
The weird part is that I can use my computer normally for extensive periods - 10+ days - until I get 3 shutdowns in a couple hours.
■ What I already looked into
My first guess was heat obviously so I opened the case, cleaned it up and ran HWMonitor while gaming a few times. The processor temp was around 60°C while graphic card was at 40°C so no real evidence of overheating; even when using low ressources the computer was shutting down nonetheless.
The fans all seem to be working normally.
Next step was the Event Viewer. The critical log was just stating the obvious : computer did not shutdown correctly so I looked in log I could find.
No events happened at the time of the shut down or none that I could link at least.
■ Next steps ?
I have yet to run MemTest or proceed to switch my PSU - I have a rather tight budget and no access to another PSU so I'd like to be confident this is the problem before doing so
If you have any idea what to do next, I'd be grateful.
Thanks !
UPDATE : http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1684273/random-shutdowns-possibly-hardware-related.html#10905578
First off : thank you for taking the time to read this.
I've been experiencing a curious case of random shutdowns for the past couple of months, my computer is 2 years old and performed flawlessly until then. It is truly random : my computer can handle modern games (bioshock 3) just fine for hours or shutdown 5 minutes after launching game. It also crashed while working or watching a video.
I'm no stranger to troubleshoot PC problems but I find myself puzzled by this one.
My rig
MB : Asus X58 Sabertooth
Proc : i7-950
GC : GeForce 460GTX Cyclone
Ram : 3Go corsair
PSU : corsair 750W
HDD : hybrid SSD 1To
■ Full Description
Everything stops without warning, sit in off state for 5 secondes and then boot back up automatically. In rare cases, during boot, the computer shuts off again only to reboot and shutdown again. It happened maybe twice but looped like this a few times until I got the cable off myself.
The weird part is that I can use my computer normally for extensive periods - 10+ days - until I get 3 shutdowns in a couple hours.
■ What I already looked into
My first guess was heat obviously so I opened the case, cleaned it up and ran HWMonitor while gaming a few times. The processor temp was around 60°C while graphic card was at 40°C so no real evidence of overheating; even when using low ressources the computer was shutting down nonetheless.
The fans all seem to be working normally.
Next step was the Event Viewer. The critical log was just stating the obvious : computer did not shutdown correctly so I looked in log I could find.
No events happened at the time of the shut down or none that I could link at least.
■ Next steps ?
I have yet to run MemTest or proceed to switch my PSU - I have a rather tight budget and no access to another PSU so I'd like to be confident this is the problem before doing so
If you have any idea what to do next, I'd be grateful.
Thanks !