Hey guys, I'm really worried about my PC and I highly suspect my PSU is the culprit but please hear me out.
Symptoms:
1) When gaming, my screen would go black suddenly (like when my PC is off). However, I can still hear sound but everything would be unresponsive.
At first, I thought this was an overheating issue as I would remove my casing's cover and it would run smoothly after that.
It's happened on and off for the past couple of weeks.
2) When the screen goes black, I wondered if it could be my GPU. So I updated my display drivers and ran Windows update. I had no problems for a few days after that so I thought I'd fixed it.
3) Today, it happened again when I was playing Diablo. Removing the casing did not help, so I googled my problem and decided to run Windows Diagnostics for a memory test but the same thing happened midway! Screen went black so I powered off and on and entered the BIOS and it would die on me after a few seconds! I can still hear my fan running though.
4) Event viewer shows kernel power event ID 41.
I can boot to Windows no problem but am not sure how long that may last...
Here's my setup (2 yrs):
Core i5-3570k
G.skill RipjawsX F3-12800CL9D (8gbXM)
Sapphire HD6850 1GB DDR5
PSU Silverstone ST45SF 450W
Any ideas on what I should do?
Symptoms:
1) When gaming, my screen would go black suddenly (like when my PC is off). However, I can still hear sound but everything would be unresponsive.
At first, I thought this was an overheating issue as I would remove my casing's cover and it would run smoothly after that.
It's happened on and off for the past couple of weeks.
2) When the screen goes black, I wondered if it could be my GPU. So I updated my display drivers and ran Windows update. I had no problems for a few days after that so I thought I'd fixed it.
3) Today, it happened again when I was playing Diablo. Removing the casing did not help, so I googled my problem and decided to run Windows Diagnostics for a memory test but the same thing happened midway! Screen went black so I powered off and on and entered the BIOS and it would die on me after a few seconds! I can still hear my fan running though.
4) Event viewer shows kernel power event ID 41.
I can boot to Windows no problem but am not sure how long that may last...
Here's my setup (2 yrs):
Core i5-3570k
G.skill RipjawsX F3-12800CL9D (8gbXM)
Sapphire HD6850 1GB DDR5
PSU Silverstone ST45SF 450W
Any ideas on what I should do?
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