ILikeTrains
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- Aug 17, 2015
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This problem has happened a couple of times now over the past couple of days.
At a seemingly completely random time (just browsing the internet, no high stress situation), the computer will instantly shut down. Pressing the start button might not do anything initially, then I'll come back in a few minutes, press it again and it'll work fine. Today, it happened again and pressing the power button made a little eletricity sound, like when you plug in a cable half way or something. I don't wanna turn it on again in case it breaks some hardware even further.
So what could it be? I'm usually good fixing computer problems but I'm not sure where to even start here. The cables seem to all be plugged in just fine. I've popped the computer open and all the things seem to be correctly placed in, and I'm not noticing anything off like popped capacitors.
Some info about the computer: it's ~2,5 year old, MOBO: Gigabyte GA-b75m-d2v, CPU: Intel i3-3220, GPU: HD 7770, PSU: Corsair CX500, RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8gb
I recently installed Windows 10. Probably not related, but figured I'd mention it. That's the only major thing that's changed with the computer recently. No hardware changes.
At a seemingly completely random time (just browsing the internet, no high stress situation), the computer will instantly shut down. Pressing the start button might not do anything initially, then I'll come back in a few minutes, press it again and it'll work fine. Today, it happened again and pressing the power button made a little eletricity sound, like when you plug in a cable half way or something. I don't wanna turn it on again in case it breaks some hardware even further.
So what could it be? I'm usually good fixing computer problems but I'm not sure where to even start here. The cables seem to all be plugged in just fine. I've popped the computer open and all the things seem to be correctly placed in, and I'm not noticing anything off like popped capacitors.
Some info about the computer: it's ~2,5 year old, MOBO: Gigabyte GA-b75m-d2v, CPU: Intel i3-3220, GPU: HD 7770, PSU: Corsair CX500, RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8gb
I recently installed Windows 10. Probably not related, but figured I'd mention it. That's the only major thing that's changed with the computer recently. No hardware changes.