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How do I determine which component is causing an issue?

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April 7, 2014 5:15:13 AM

New build on 4/6/14 using the following;


    Asus H87M PRO
    Intel Xeon 1245 V3
    Seasonic G series PSU
    Patriot Viper Extreme 16GB RAM 1600mhz (2x8 in A2 & B2)
    Crucial M500 120GB SSD
    Windows 7 Professional


All and drivers updates are installed, but it will power down unexpectedly, as if the power went out, and then restart itself saying it did not shut down properly. It tends to do it while executing some task rather than when idle.

Occassionally, instead of cycling as above, the monitors will all show horizontal multicolored lines over top of whatever is on the displays, in which case I have to force a reboot.

I have ran several benchmark and performance tests, and everything looks good, but it just is not stable.

I have tried reconnecting all cables, running on a single ram stick at a time in the various slots, the problem does not change.

How can I troubleshoot this to determine which component is causing the issue, or do the symptoms suggest something in particular?





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April 7, 2014 5:27:40 AM

If your monitors show horizontal multicolored lines, It will probably be your graphics cards side of problems.
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April 7, 2014 5:37:41 AM

There is no graphics card installed. It is running off the integrated graphics.
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April 7, 2014 5:42:13 AM

GaryD333 said:
There is no graphics card installed. It is running off the integrated graphics.


Maybe your monitors problem then..
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April 7, 2014 9:32:28 AM

Have you updated your Bios? What version are you running?
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