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[Sosokrates]

Since upgrading to a sata ssd my Pc gets random shutdowns?

My specs are Core i7 920 @ stock

Amd r7 260

6gb ddr3 ram

Integeral sata ssd

Gigabyte EX58-UD5

Windows 10 64bit

It happens after about 15-30mins. Weather on web browser watching youtube or playing a game of command and conquer. I checked my GPU temps and they dont get higher then 42°c.

Thank you.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

I'm not an expert but it might be your SATA SSD.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Looks at the specs … it’s begging to be shutdown forever …

 

[Kuranghi]

Belly resting on top of the tower hitting the button? For me its my willy, but same thing really.

I would open it up and check all power connections as first port of call, since you were just fucking around in there you may have dislodged something from the MB or just not connected the drive properly.

 

[Sosokrates]

I'm not an expert but it might be your SATA SSD.

It is the new factor, it didnt happen with the HDD. Do you have any suggestions on how I could diagnose and solve the issue?

Would the pc even work if the ssd was faulty?

 

[Sosokrates]

Looks at the specs … it’s begging to be shutdown forever …

Its the reason why i got the ssd. All i use it for is media and old pc games ..

 

[LazyParrot]

Does it actually shut down, or is it just turning off like the power has been cut?

 

[Ulysses 31]

Faulty PSU.

Had the same happening to me once, random shutdowns while gaming or just browsing sites.

 

[Topher]

Does it actually shut down, or is it just turning off like the power has been cut?

About to ask that same question. Shutting down could be a number of things, but I would look at the PSU or motherboard as potential issues if it just turned completely off.

 

[Sosokrates]

Does it actually shut down, or is it just turning off like the power has been cut?

It will just go off and restart.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Does it actually shut down, or is it just turning off like the power has been cut?

This is what I'm wondering. If it's just straight up powering off, it could be something up with your PSU.

 

[GHG]

Looks at the specs … it’s begging to be shutdown forever …

Harsh but this is the truth. I was going to say similar but maybe with a bit of sugar coating.

Sosokrates it's most likely due to the SSD not being supported properly by the motherboard. Check your motherboard manufacturers website for bios/driver updates. While you're there check the SSD you have is within spec for your motherboard.

But for the love of god, don't put anymore money into that system. Let it die a respectful death and upgrade.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Could be a driver issue somewhere as well. Had a sound card driver do that way back in the day.

 

[Gudji]

It will just go off and restart.

When was the last time you cleaned your PC and changed thermal paste?

 

[ChoosableOne]

First time seeing a PC peasent.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

That thing is fucking old as shit, it's a wonder you are running w10 on it.

Anyway, check your event viewer at the time of the crashes, it can give some insight.
Also check your dump (.dmp) files, they sometimes explicitly mention what the cause of the problem is.

 

[Sosokrates]

When was the last time you cleaned your PC and changed thermal paste?

I cleaned it when putting in the ssd. The thermal paste got changed like 4yrs ago.
I haven't checked cpu temps, so i will do that.

 

[Hoddi]

It could be any of a million reasons. You'd need to check Event Viewer to look for errors and it might be worth using BlueScreenView to check for BSOD causes.

I had random BSODs due to a faulty SATA cable not too long ago. It's worth switching or even just replugging it in since you've just switched the disks.

 

[TxKnight7]

Since upgrading to a sata ssd my Pc gets random shutdowns?

My specs are Core i7 920 @ stock

Amd r7 260

6gb ddr3 ram

Integeral sata ssd

Gigabyte EX58-UD5

Windows 10 64bit

It happens after about 15-30mins. Weather on web browser watching youtube or playing a game of command and conquer. I checked my GPU temps and they dont get higher then 42°c.

Thank you.

Download DriverEasy update all drivers

 

[BusierDonkey]

Its the reason why i got the ssd. All i use it for is media and old pc games ..

Are you getting a blue screen on shutdown?

First thought I had was ram. If your ram is dying it can have some really strange effects or cause a shutdown. I had a mobo with a cracked DIMM which after a couple years finally fried that stick and started causing shutdowns.

Another question is about your windows install.

Is your Win-10 an upgrade from Win 7 or 8? My PC started blue screening incessantly just over a year ago and after exhausting every avenue, including needlessly replacing the PSU, I installed a fresh version of Win11 and haven't had an issue since. I'm not suggesting upgrading to Win11, I was going to regardless, but for whatever reason my issue went away.

 

[Kacho]

Could be a number of things and you would need to troubleshoot them one by one. But like others have said those specs are dreadful and you're due for an upgrade... not sure it's worth the time to troubleshoot. Take it out back and put a shotgun to it.

 

[Sosokrates]

It could be any of a million reasons. You'd need to check Event Viewer to look for errors and it might be worth using BlueScreenView to check for BSOD causes.

I had random BSODs due to a faulty SATA cable not too long ago. It's worth switching or even just replugging it in since you've just switched the disks.

Ok, will do thanks.
Is event viewer in windows or a seperate program?

 

[Topher]

Ok, will do thanks.
Is event viewer in windows or a seperate program?

In Windows. Just search for Event and it should come up.

 

[//DEVIL//]

Harsh but this is the truth. I was going to say similar but maybe with a bit of sugar coating.

Sosokrates it's most likely due to the SSD not being supported properly by the motherboard. Check your motherboard manufacturers website for bios/driver updates. While you're there check the SSD you have is within spec for your motherboard.

But for the love of god, don't put anymore money into that system. Let it die a respectful death and upgrade.

I was joking a bit and I just couldn’t come up with anything nicer .. I mean google tv stick has a faster processor than this ..

 

[LazyParrot]

Harsh but this is the truth. I was going to say similar but maybe with a bit of sugar coating.

Sosokrates it's most likely due to the SSD not being supported properly by the motherboard. Check your motherboard manufacturers website for bios/driver updates. While you're there check the SSD you have is within spec for your motherboard.

But for the love of god, don't put anymore money into that system. Let it die a respectful death and upgrade.

What's with you people? Nothing wrong with having an older PC if all you're gonna do on it is play older games and watch Youtube.

If this was a compatibility issue (which is extremely unlikely - I've installed SSDs in much older systems than that and they worked fine) the drive almost certainly wouldn't work at all.

 

[rofif]

Your pc is dying of old age.
The only thing you can replace anyway is power supply.

 

[Kuranghi]

Could be space rays affecting the RAM if its non-ECC.

I read this once somewhere and I burst out laughing, I don't care if theres a kernel of truth to it its funny regardless, god damn space rays!

 

[IFireflyl]

I second checking Event Viewer. My best guesses would be overheating causing a shutdown (but it gets super slow from throttling before that happens, so this is unlikely as you'd notice that), or your PSU is bad/going bad/overloaded.

 

[Nankatsu]

 

[Hoddi]

Ok, will do thanks.
Is event viewer in windows or a seperate program?

It's in Windows. The main Summary tab will have a list of different event types and system crashes normally appear under the Critical heading.

Just note that it might not write to the event log if the disk is the issue.

 

[//DEVIL//]

What's with you people? Nothing wrong with having an older PC if all you're gonna do on it is play older games and watch Youtube.

If this was a compatibility issue (which is extremely unlikely - I've installed SSDs in much older systems than that and they worked fine) the drive almost certainly wouldn't work at all.

Watch YouTube … with a vga connection and 480p ….


Kidding I think that card has an hdmi

 

[winjer]

Could be a faulty SSD cable or port. Also check the power cable.
Or maybe outdated sata controller drivers.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I cleaned it when putting in the ssd. The thermal paste got changed like 4yrs ago.
I haven't checked cpu temps, so i will do that.

You should change thermal paste at least once a year, imo.
Also, could be your PSU. Too many factors to determine the exact cause of the issue.

 

[Sosokrates]

Are you getting a blue screen on shutdown?

First thought I had was ram. If your ram is dying it can have some really strange effects or cause a shutdown. I had a mobo with a cracked DIMM which after a couple years finally fried that stick and started causing shutdowns.

Another question is about your windows install.

Is your Win-10 an upgrade from Win 7 or 8? My PC started blue screening incessantly just over a year ago and after exhausting every avenue, including needlessly replacing the PSU, I installed a fresh version of Win11 and haven't had an issue since. I'm not suggesting upgrading to Win11, I was going to regardless, but for whatever reason my issue went away.

It restarts. It a win10 install from a dvd.

I just switched it on now and it restarted by itself after like 4mins

 

[Ulysses 31]

Could be a faulty SSD cable or port. Also check the power cable.
Or maybe outdated sata controller drivers.

Would that lead to a shutdown though? Seems to me that the system would hang a while if it can't read the SSD well because of the faulty cable and say it can't access the drive after a while.

 

[GHG]

What's with you people? Nothing wrong with having an older PC if all you're gonna do on it is play older games and watch Youtube.

If this was a compatibility issue (which is extremely unlikely - I've installed SSDs in much older systems than that and they worked fine) the drive almost certainly wouldn't work at all.

There comes a point when a PC is too old. In that you end up with issues running basic modern software and security issues. Those PC's have no business being connected to the Internet in most cases.

He's running a version of Windows that isn't officially supported by his CPU for goodness sake.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

There comes a point when a PC is too old. In that you end up with issues running basic modern software and security issues. Those PC's have no business being connected to the Internet in most cases.

He's running a version of Windows that isn't officially supported by his CPU for goodness sake.

Big red flag, among others.

 

[Sosokrates]

It's in Windows. The main Summary tab will have a list of different event types and system crashes normally appear under the Critical heading.

Just note that it might not write to the event log if the disk is the issue.

I im in the event viewer now and i have had like 20 Kernel-EventTracing errors since the ssd upgrade.

 

[Danknugz]

try upgrading ie5

 

[Sosokrates]

There comes a point when a PC is too old. In that you end up with issues running basic modern software and security issues. Those PC's have no business being connected to the Internet in most cases.

He's running a version of Windows that isn't officially supported by his CPU for goodness sake.

Dam. Never new my cpu wasnt supported by win10.

I had no issues with the HDD apart from it being slower enough to my breakfast during startup

 

[jaysius]

I'd first got to a place on reddit that deals with PC issues, as we just mainly bitch about games here, not fix pcs.

FUCK... what kind of harddrive did you have in there before? Is Windows still on it, or did you format it before removal? Why not use this SSD as a secondary and see if the thing still runs.

 

[bender]

There comes a point when a PC is too old.

 

[Ansphn]

is your power supply faulty? is it powerful enough to run that graphics card?

 

[Sosokrates]

It's in Windows. The main Summary tab will have a list of different event types and system crashes normally appear under the Critical heading.

Just note that it might not write to the event log if the disk is the issue.

I just found the critical ones,

And they seem to be at the same time as the restarts

They are called

Kernel-Power

 

[GHG]

I im in the event viewer now and i have had like 20 Kernel-EventTracing errors since the ssd upgrade.

Dude your CPU doesn't support Windows 10.

Windows Processor Requirements Windows 10 21H1 Supported Intel Processors

This specification details the intel processors that can be used with Windows 10, version 21H1 Customer Systems that include Windows Products (including Custom Images).

learn.microsoft.com

It will not have automatically installed the relevant drivers after you put the SSD in there. Get on your motherboards website and download all the latest bios, then all the chipset, SATA and related drivers. See if that helps.

If not then consider Linux.

Edit: just seen the driver page for your motherboard - get on Linux. Your motherboard isn't supported by Windows 10.

 

[Sosokrates]

is your power supply faulty? is it powerful enough to run that graphics card?

Its like the same gpu as the xbox one.
My PSU is like 500watts.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

I'm really thinking there is a compatibility issue going on with your CPU and the OS. From experience, I have had restarts because of incompatible chipset drivers, in the past. For example.

 

[Hoddi]

I just found the critical ones,

And they seem to be at the same time as the restarts

They are called

Kernel-Power

Those are usually BSODs. Try downloading BlueScreenView that I linked above and see if it can read the minidump files.

Event Viewer is otherwise always filled with errors and those KET errors are probably just normal.

 

[jaysius]

Just use Windows 7 you'll lose nothing, might even gain a few FPS(probably not but who knows).

 

[Kacho]

There comes a point when a PC is too old. In that you end up with issues running basic modern software and security issues. Those PC's have no business being connected to the Internet in most cases.

He's running a version of Windows that isn't officially supported by his CPU for goodness sake.

I have friends that ride their PCs into the ground no matter what. Some people are cheap/stubborn like that.

Dude your CPU doesn't support Windows 10.