- Mar 31, 2015
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Hello,
My computer has been randomly restarting for between 2 to 4 weeks now. There are no errors in the event logs other than the kernel-power 41's basically just saying that the computer shut down unexpectedly.
I had originally thought it was my ssd going bad because when I booted back up every once in a while there were a ton of orphans and fixes chkdsk found (it used to run chkdsk every 3rd shutdown or so).
Another oddity is that if I turn it back on immediately after it shuts down, it turns off as it's initially trying to boot up, but if I wait a few minutes it usually boots back up.
There was one time where it kept shutting down a bit after it got into windows (had like 6 to 8 shutdowns in a row) which then it did a system restore to a previous safe point, and it became more stable, but still was restarting...This might have just been luck, or a conflict?
Someone said there were 2 windows 7 updates that are known for issues, so I uninstalled them, and it still was shutting down so I reinstalled them.
I tried to run a memtest but it crashed after almost completing a first pass.
I'm thinking PSU or Mobo?
Possibly an unrelated issue, I bought a new power cord and surge protector to see if this was the issue (i noticed my power cord was being crushed by my desk...just wanted to try it) but it was still shutting down. Since then a couple times my monitor wasn't detecting my GPU, I took my comp apart and cleaned out what dust I could from the heatsinks of the vid card and reset it, including taking out and putting the plugs back in.
Any thoughts?
*edit #1* One thing I forgot to add, when my computer boots up my chrome seems to be forgetting passwords and login information.
*edit #2* So, I noticed my cpu's temp peaking at 70's while opening multiple chrome tabs, I cleaned out the dust from the heatsinks and the temp seems to be more manageable. When I tried to turn the computer back on after that it didn't detect my gpu again, I took it out, and reset it and it detected it again..but when I got to the windows login screen my screen went dark....then came back 1 or 2 minutes later, this is now happening each time I boot up, and some wonky stuff is going on with the graphics of some games. I'm thinking I either destroyed my cpu or my gpu.
My computer has been randomly restarting for between 2 to 4 weeks now. There are no errors in the event logs other than the kernel-power 41's basically just saying that the computer shut down unexpectedly.
I had originally thought it was my ssd going bad because when I booted back up every once in a while there were a ton of orphans and fixes chkdsk found (it used to run chkdsk every 3rd shutdown or so).
Another oddity is that if I turn it back on immediately after it shuts down, it turns off as it's initially trying to boot up, but if I wait a few minutes it usually boots back up.
There was one time where it kept shutting down a bit after it got into windows (had like 6 to 8 shutdowns in a row) which then it did a system restore to a previous safe point, and it became more stable, but still was restarting...This might have just been luck, or a conflict?
Someone said there were 2 windows 7 updates that are known for issues, so I uninstalled them, and it still was shutting down so I reinstalled them.
I tried to run a memtest but it crashed after almost completing a first pass.
I'm thinking PSU or Mobo?
Possibly an unrelated issue, I bought a new power cord and surge protector to see if this was the issue (i noticed my power cord was being crushed by my desk...just wanted to try it) but it was still shutting down. Since then a couple times my monitor wasn't detecting my GPU, I took my comp apart and cleaned out what dust I could from the heatsinks of the vid card and reset it, including taking out and putting the plugs back in.
Any thoughts?
*edit #1* One thing I forgot to add, when my computer boots up my chrome seems to be forgetting passwords and login information.
*edit #2* So, I noticed my cpu's temp peaking at 70's while opening multiple chrome tabs, I cleaned out the dust from the heatsinks and the temp seems to be more manageable. When I tried to turn the computer back on after that it didn't detect my gpu again, I took it out, and reset it and it detected it again..but when I got to the windows login screen my screen went dark....then came back 1 or 2 minutes later, this is now happening each time I boot up, and some wonky stuff is going on with the graphics of some games. I'm thinking I either destroyed my cpu or my gpu.
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