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Sigh... ok, so i've been having issues with my PC lately, its shutting itself off completely at random. At first, i thought ok, maybe its a PSU issue, graphics cards drawing too much power or something, because it seemed to be happening when gaming, but theres two reasons i don't think thats the case.
#1, the only game ive been playing is WoW, which i know is a lot more CPU intensive.
#2, i tested one time, when it shut down, i let it come back on and i just walked away, didn't open anything, didn't touch anything, when i came back a couple hours later, my lockscreen was up, which only happens if it restarts. if it goes to sleep, it just goes straight to the desktop when i hit a key, no lock screen.
So, more details on whats happening. Well, first it just powers down, no warning, no sounds, no anything, just straight black screen and everything off, then it powers back on after around 2-3 seconds. I don't have to manually turn it back on. I will say that it does seem to happen MORE OFTEN when i'm playing WoW. seems like about every 10 minutes. but sometimes, it'll go hours without doing it even when playing WoW, other times, it reboots several times in a row without even hitting the desktop (though this is rare).
I don't want to start pulling things apart to RMA when i have no idea what the actual issue is, so any guidance on probable causes would be great. is there any software i can use to find a log of some sort on whats happening, why it powered down last?
Sigh... ok, so i've been having issues with my PC lately, its shutting itself off completely at random. At first, i thought ok, maybe its a PSU issue, graphics cards drawing too much power or something, because it seemed to be happening when gaming, but theres two reasons i don't think thats the case.
#1, the only game ive been playing is WoW, which i know is a lot more CPU intensive.
#2, i tested one time, when it shut down, i let it come back on and i just walked away, didn't open anything, didn't touch anything, when i came back a couple hours later, my lockscreen was up, which only happens if it restarts. if it goes to sleep, it just goes straight to the desktop when i hit a key, no lock screen.
So, more details on whats happening. Well, first it just powers down, no warning, no sounds, no anything, just straight black screen and everything off, then it powers back on after around 2-3 seconds. I don't have to manually turn it back on. I will say that it does seem to happen MORE OFTEN when i'm playing WoW. seems like about every 10 minutes. but sometimes, it'll go hours without doing it even when playing WoW, other times, it reboots several times in a row without even hitting the desktop (though this is rare).
I don't want to start pulling things apart to RMA when i have no idea what the actual issue is, so any guidance on probable causes would be great. is there any software i can use to find a log of some sort on whats happening, why it powered down last?