Desktop automatic restart

sambuca

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My 1 year old desktop keeps restarting suddenly every 10-30mins.
What are the possible causes? PSU? Ram? Fans seem working fine to me.
Want to troubleshoot myself but not sure how. :s11:
 

m.garz

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My 1 year old desktop keeps restarting suddenly every 10-30mins.
What are the possible causes? PSU? Ram? Fans seem working fine to me.
Want to troubleshoot myself but not sure how. :s11:


I had this problem before with my old rig and it turned out that the mobo was causing it.. and yes it was a year old that time as well..
 

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my possible theory conclusion is

1) The place where your computer is, is very dusty. Your PC is overheating due to intake/heatsink being clogged by dust. (open your case and have a look)

2) Your power supplying your PC is causing damage to your Mobo/PSU. If you are using your old PSU from the previous motherboard it could be that its not delivering proper voltage(voltage spikes) and causing damage to your motherboard/components.

I'm just giving a theory.

And possible that RAM could be the cause too.
 

yusoffb01

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i had restart prob before. turns out issue was faulty psu and ram
 
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