Hey /g/, right now I have two components in my pc that I'm

>>58611014
read the sticky part about tech support
next, install gentoo
thirdly, go ask stupid questions in a stupid questions thread
finally, delete this thread.

>>58611034
Just looking for possibly anyone with a similar experience, you aren't required to leave your os war shitposting threads you know

>>58611163
>installing Gentoo
>shitpost
4chan is 18+ my man

>>58611327
There's literally no one in existence that uses gentoo unironically, not even richard stallman himself. prove me wrong.

>>58611014
Replace heatsink compound you retarded faggot. Now fuck off.

>>58611574
>implying I didn't do that already
I've already troubleshooted everything, I just want opinions on whether you think it's the board or the psu

>>58611616
yes

>>58611014
check your drives. corrupted drives will usually cause intermittent restarts more then anything else.

Open cmd and type:
wmic
diskdrive get status

>>58611014
> emachine motherboard
OP wonders what's the problem

>>58611014
its the fucking board retard

>>58611616
If your shit's still fucked up, you obviously haven't troubleshot everything then.

>>58611014
>my computer will run for a random amount of time and then turn off randomly and then not turn on for a random amount of time
Sounds like the PSU. I had the same problem (6 year old PSU and motherboard), plus my computer would also randomly turn on sometimes. But I tested the computer with another PSU to see if it was the problem before buying the new PSU to make sure.