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/g/ help me, my computer might be dying
When I first start it up, it"ll run for awhile. Then abruptly shut off. This is after being off for awhile, or being asleep
When I try to start it back up it will turn off after shorter amounts of time. It will make all the noise it usually does then a *blip* and its shut off
The weird thing is, eventually when I got it to stay on, it stayed on, for like 3 days. I played games, browsed, watched movies, everything I could to stress it, and it was fine.
I then turned it off again, then 8 hours later I try to turn it back on and same problem is happening. I've given up on getting it back on and am now using my laptop
I really don't have a clue on what it could be. Overheating seems obvious, but then why did it stay on for so long with no problems
My cpu is amd fx 8350 and GIGABYTE GA-990FXA mobo on windows 7
I've had the rig for about 4 years now, and I kept it in decent shape, why would it do this to me now?
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I had the same problem so i just unassembled my rig, cleaned it and then assembled it back. Cleanliness is important.
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>>60175516
Yeah it seems I will have to go that route
I feel like the parts warming up trigger the auto shutdown. Because once they are in use it doesnt seem like theres a problem
It happening so suddenly I'm really concerned its a part gone bad. Is this common at all when say a mobo goes bad or something like that?
I don't have alot of computer knowledge, I built this rig but it was alot of touch and go
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Usually its not the motherboard so u dont have to worry about it.
Its usually some other peripheral. Also, i too, don't have a lot of knowledge but built my rig myself :^)
Also,Check the Bios settings for heat indication and auto shutdown.
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>>60175434
Maybe your power supply is on its way out.
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ok 90% sure I panicked over nothing
I believe the CPU fan was just dying. It was having trouble getting started on spinning. So it wouldn't start because it kept overheating but the one time it did the fan spun right
At least that seems right, I replaced the fan with a spare I had, and it working ok for now. I think I'm going to invest in an AIO cooler or something
Anyway I hope thats it, I still need to disassemble and clean it for good measure. I was pretty spooked it would be a serious hardware failure that I couldn't afford. But I don't think I would be posting with it right now if that were the case
I think I should run some tests as well though, like how could I see if my PSU is working well?
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>>60176111
congrats on solving the mystery! Good luck on your new cooling solution if you go that route.
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