Help with PC, random shutdowns/restarts

kampela

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Hey. I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask. For a few months now my PC has randomly shut down, mostly while playing a game. A different game each time. The Longest Journey, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Prey, ClickRaid and now twice on Dying Light. I think one time it shut down when I wasn't doing anything. After it shuts down, I can hear this clicking sound inside the PC and the GPU (1080) led is flashing red. Then it sounds like fans are trying to start but instantly fail or something. Sometimes the PC restarts by itself real soon, other times there's like at least 20 clicks/led flashes before it does that. No diagnostic tool I've tried has told me there is anything wrong with anything. That said, I cannot read any logs because I don't understand about such things.

Palit GeForce GTX 1080 GameRock Premium Edition
Corsair 860W AX860i, ATX2.31 80+
Noctua NH-D15
G.Skill 16GB (2x8GB), Ripjaws V, DDR4 3200MHz, CL16
Asus PRIME Z270-A
Intel Kaby Lake i7-7700K
 
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Ok, thanks, temperatures are not bad, in fact, they are OK.
So problem lays somewhere else.

Try to run Memtes so you can see if the problem is RAM memory as I had similar problems with RAM.
Also, I had problems with GPU which acted in weird way(similar like yours - shutting down PC, lagging, etc.).

So 1st try testing RAM, and after that, try GPU in friend's PC or carry it to service.

salerhino

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Ok man, 1st thing would be to download temperature checking Software like Speccy and printscreen the report while idle and when you are in game.
After that, upload picture and we will see if the temperatures are high/low and then act accordingly.
 

salerhino

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Ok, thanks, temperatures are not bad, in fact, they are OK.
So problem lays somewhere else.

Try to run Memtes so you can see if the problem is RAM memory as I had similar problems with RAM.
Also, I had problems with GPU which acted in weird way(similar like yours - shutting down PC, lagging, etc.).

So 1st try testing RAM, and after that, try GPU in friend's PC or carry it to service.
 
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