Reality
[H]ard|Gawd
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Been noticing over the past year or so that my system will either completely shut down or restart itself while I'm gaming. When I say shutdown, I mean 'Complete loss of power' shutdown. It happens when my system is running at stock speeds, or overclocked. RAM at 1600 or 2400.
Swapped out the PSU to a brand new EVGA 1300, no change whatsoever in these symptoms.
Swapped out graphics card to a new 2080, no change.
So before suggesting it's a hardware failure with my CPU or board, is it even remotely possible that an OS reinstall could fix this?
No blown caps or any visible damage to the board or cpu. Just reapplied fresh TIM, and my cpu temps are well below average (40-50c at 4.7ghz under load)
No viruses or malware on the system.
This happens when connected to my UPS, or directly to the wall. It happened at my old apartment and at my current place.
I'm thinking of removing all hardware and reseating everything in the case, perhaps theres a short somewhere?
I'm at a loss here with where I should go next.
The CPU, chipset and VRMs on the board have been watercooled for the past 3 years.
Swapped out the PSU to a brand new EVGA 1300, no change whatsoever in these symptoms.
Swapped out graphics card to a new 2080, no change.
So before suggesting it's a hardware failure with my CPU or board, is it even remotely possible that an OS reinstall could fix this?
No blown caps or any visible damage to the board or cpu. Just reapplied fresh TIM, and my cpu temps are well below average (40-50c at 4.7ghz under load)
No viruses or malware on the system.
This happens when connected to my UPS, or directly to the wall. It happened at my old apartment and at my current place.
I'm thinking of removing all hardware and reseating everything in the case, perhaps theres a short somewhere?
I'm at a loss here with where I should go next.
The CPU, chipset and VRMs on the board have been watercooled for the past 3 years.