Hi
I'm pretty sure this is a PSU problem but wondering if you can shed some extra light on the problem?
About two months ago my PC would restart every time I shut it down. It would go through the normal logging off process, but then restart instead of shutting down. I thought 'strange' but "not to worry because I'll just turn it off at the back."
However, not long after I started to experience intermittent shutdowns/restarts (no blue screen or anything like that) mostly during games but occasionally browsing the web. This has now increased in frequency where it is no longer just an annoyance. It usually restarts immediately, although sometimes it may restart a few times before stably loading windows again.
It bugs me, why PCs that can do almost anything these days, can't bring up a message that says something like "Hey mate! I have a faulty power supply, RAM, CPU, please change me, etc."
But anyway that a side, my PSU is a good quality Corsair, but it is over 5 years old now, so it's plausible it's on its way out. The only other thing that concerns me. I recently broke one of my PCI Express slots when removing my graphics card. I have two X16 slots, and I now use the other one, but could it still cause a problem with the MB, like a shortage or something?
Thank you for reading my long winded question, and hope someone can confirm my suspicions, because I don't want to go out and buy the wrong part.
PS I read something relating to this problem which started out with some guy's PC only restarting when told to shutdown and then eventually restarting on its own. That was a PSU fault, but there are so many other conflicting arguments out there it's hard to know for certain.
I'm pretty sure this is a PSU problem but wondering if you can shed some extra light on the problem?
About two months ago my PC would restart every time I shut it down. It would go through the normal logging off process, but then restart instead of shutting down. I thought 'strange' but "not to worry because I'll just turn it off at the back."
However, not long after I started to experience intermittent shutdowns/restarts (no blue screen or anything like that) mostly during games but occasionally browsing the web. This has now increased in frequency where it is no longer just an annoyance. It usually restarts immediately, although sometimes it may restart a few times before stably loading windows again.
It bugs me, why PCs that can do almost anything these days, can't bring up a message that says something like "Hey mate! I have a faulty power supply, RAM, CPU, please change me, etc."
But anyway that a side, my PSU is a good quality Corsair, but it is over 5 years old now, so it's plausible it's on its way out. The only other thing that concerns me. I recently broke one of my PCI Express slots when removing my graphics card. I have two X16 slots, and I now use the other one, but could it still cause a problem with the MB, like a shortage or something?
Thank you for reading my long winded question, and hope someone can confirm my suspicions, because I don't want to go out and buy the wrong part.
PS I read something relating to this problem which started out with some guy's PC only restarting when told to shutdown and then eventually restarting on its own. That was a PSU fault, but there are so many other conflicting arguments out there it's hard to know for certain.
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