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With no overclocking and video cards in SLI configuration, minimum recommended quality power supply is 650W. With a bit of overclocking, then minimum recommended power supply is 750W. EVGA Supernova G2 750W PSU is a highly recommended choice. The Rosewill Capstone 750M is another possibility.

A brief update. Around the time the wake up from sleep issues occurred, there was occasional starting the computer problems also. Thought it was a faulty case power switch, but by process of elimination, and by replacing the PSU (SeaSonic X-660) with another PSU I have, it seems the cause of the...

High probability that the PSU is faulty. Use the other PSU to swap out the SeaSonic X-1050 and either confirm or eliminate the SeaSonic PSU as being faulty. As an aside. My SeaSonic X-660 PSU is only two years old, only loaded to around 250W, but it is suspected of failing or being faulty...

Bypass the UPS and test system again. This will either confirm or eliminate the UPS as the cause of shut downs. That leaves the PSU and the motherboard as most likely causes. The PSU will have reduced capacity due to aging of components (capacitors in particular), and especially since it...

Possibly software/driver issue rather than a hardware problem? I had something similar occur a few years ago. It is suspected that the sound card may not be capable enough with handling some of the more intense games. The updated drivers include the latest drivers for the sound card also...

Power requirement for system with two GTX-980 video cards in SLI configuration, with no overclocking, no water cooling, and no extras would be around 550 W. Recommend high quality PSU rated at 700 Watts. If there is to be overclocking then look at a minimum of 850 Watts capacity for the PSU...

Assuming no overclocking, no water cooling and no (extra) fans, power requirement for the proposed system with a GTX-980 video card would be around 400 W. Suggest a minimum PSU capacity of 550 W. Because the Thermaltake unit has aged, it's output rating and quality, and its reliability would...

Computer maybe going into sleep/hibernate state? This would usually occur only after a period of inactivity on the computer. So if computer is being "used" or otherwise being active, sleep/hibernate should not activate. Check computer Power Options via Control Panel and see what the settings...

The PSU is possibly faulty. Can you try another good quality PSU (as a test)?

Thanks for the comments. I've looked at Windows events logs and there didn't appear to be anything (obviously) related to sleep/wake up issues. There were numerous entries for warnings, some entries for error, and some entries for critical. Most entries seem related to slowish start-up times...

Computer is about two years old. Running Windows 7 64 bit SP1, with ASRock Fata1ity Z77 Performance motherboard, Seasonic X-660 PSU, and 8GB RAM clocked at DDR3-1600. CPU is i5-3570K overclocked (on demand) to 4.0 GHz. Previously, pressing a key on the keyboard would wake my computer up from...

According to some other users, the "A0" code may be due to a "bug" in the BIOS (?). Their motherboards and OS otherwise seem to boot and work fine!! Now suspect corrupted file(s)/OS which may be causing the boot issue. Corruption may or may not be due to malware. Do a thorough wipe of the...

Reset BIOS by clearing the CMOS.

As mentioned above, try running the older games in compatibility mode (Windows XP etc). Try using older video drivers. Be sure to thoroughly uninstall current video drivers before installing different drivers.

850W is more than enough for this system which requires 450 ~ 500W. Given that the Silverstone has been used for sometime, it is suspected that the PSU is possibly failing and going out of spec (voltages/currents not as per original spec). In turn this may be causing problems and/or even...