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Windows 10 64bit

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[Shtef]

I think your power supply is causing it.
I had the exact same issue, it turned out the psu was faulty, after changing it everything was fine.

 

[Sosokrates]

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.

Its not a blue screen error i think, the screen doesn't go blue, its like if someone pressed the restart button.

 

[BennyBlanco]

How are your temps? Could be overheating

 

[Futaleufu]

If you are not getting a blue screen then its the PSU.

 

[BadBurger]

If it hasn't already been suggested, reconnect the cable firmly on the drive and motherboard, and if possible, try another storage port on the board.

If it's just straight shutting down without warning, error, or system halt / blue screen, I doubt it's logging anything but may as well check: Windows + R keys to bring up the Run dialog, eventvwr, ENTER, and look in the app and sys event logs for any errors.

 

[Knightime_X]

Those specs


you pc is trying to end itself

It's possible your PC is sweating soo hard be it gpu and\or cpu to keep up that it auto shuts down to prevent overheating once it hits a certain temp.

 

[RoboFu]

Faulty power supply. 99% of the time.

 

[sainraja]

I think your PC is telling you to stick to consoles.

 

[Patrick S.]

Those useless Kernel Power log entries just mean "the PC turned off".

I had something similar a few years ago, that was caused by a faulty SATA cable. Whenever the PC started acting up I'd just wiggle and squeeze the connector on the motherboard and the HDD, and the PC would work normally for a few days or maybe even weeks.

 

[Sosokrates]

How are your temps? Could be overheating

Temps seem fine 42c for gpu and cpu dont seem to get hotter then 50c on C + C

 

[Sosokrates]

I think your PC is telling you to stick to consoles.

I would if I could play red alert remastered on them.

 

[VN1X]

My specs are Core i7 920 @ stock

Amd r7 260

6gb ddr3 ram

Integeral sata ssd

Gigabyte EX58-UD5

Windows 10 64bit

what even is that?

 

[Kacho]

what even is that?

5.0 out of 5 stars Super Fast
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2009
Verified Purchase
My last computer was running an AMD 5000+ 2.67ghz Dual Core Processor, 4 gigs of ram and Vista 32 bit and it didn't handle my video editing well at all. I do a lot of video in AVCHD that is really hungry to eat your processor. With this processor now I can watch the playback of the files from my Sony SR 12 smoothly with no lag in it. I can render the video in about three quarters less the time now with the power of this processor. The only thing holding it back at times is Vista even though I upgraded to 64 bit for the memory reasons of course it still takes about the same amount of time for everything to boot. Sometimes when browsing Vista locks up for some odd reason but as far as transferring files and rendering video this thing is a devouring beast of my video files. Gaming is another top thing with this processor going back to older games at full everything an saying wow thats nice. I just played Medieval 2 again and had everything maxed out with huge battles and there was no slide shows like I was used to. The top thing though overall is watching AVCHD clips and rendering video in so much less time and being able to do other things while its doing that.

 

[Jim Ryan other Clone]

It will just go off and restart.

I had in the past a problem from the first day i bought my PC, after couple minutes of gaming it was shutting down and then restarting. After couple months trying to find what is the problem, i found that of my rams are faulty.

 

[Patrick S.]

Guys, someone send this man a replacement PC. If he were in Germany, I'd send him one myself.

 

[DeepEnigma]

what even is that?

 

[Sosokrates]

Guys, someone send this man a replacement PC. If he were in Germany, I'd send him one myself.

Im in uk. I could pay for shipping

 

[Sosokrates]

Lol, even my pc is more powerful then that thing.

 

[Hoddi]

Its not a blue screen error i think, the screen doesn't go blue, its like if someone pressed the restart button.

BSOD is just a colloquial term for the OS crashing. Windows will try to write a dump file when that happens so it's worth checking for. It can mean the difference between a hardware failure and a software failure.

My bet is still on the SATA cable though.

 

[MarkMe2525]

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!

Cosmic particles... real thing

 

[LazyParrot]

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.

If he's been using that system for the past 10+ years (assuming it's actually as old as the CPU) without getting into trouble, he'll be good for a few more if need be.

Microsoft will also straight up warn you if your CPU or other hardware prevents you from receiving feature updates. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean you won't get security updates. IIRC they will generally still let you have those until official support for the OS runs out, even if you are barred from receiving future feature and version updates.

You should change thermal paste at least once a year, imo.

Never heard that one before. If the temps are fine, why bother? Seems like unnecessary (and also somewhat risky) work for little to no gain, especially if you have a cooler on there that can't be easily removed without taking the entire board out of the case.

 

[sainraja]

I would if I could play red alert remastered on them.

Red Alert Remastered for consoles coming right up! lol Joking aside...hopefully your issue is sorted for ya....can't think of why it's doing that though.

 

[MarkMe2525]

If it was a compatibility issue, it wouldn't work for 30 before powering off. This isn't a driver or software issue, it's hardware. Like a few people have said, most likely the psu

 

[StueyDuck]

99% chance it's a faulty PSU

 

[YeulEmeralda]

Have you tried turning it off and on again?

 

[Sosokrates]

I pressed the restart button and it has not reset yet, maybe the reset button was stuck or had dust in it

 

[geary]

Before changing the storage, did you had this issue? If not then probably is related to the new piece of HW. My money is also on the SATA cables.

 

[Drew1440]

I had that motherboard years ago, did you plug it into the Marvel SATA 3 controller? (blue SATA port) those things were buggy as hell, ended up using the white SATA 2 port for a while before getting a dedicated SATA 3 pci card.

 

[Kuranghi]

Cosmic particles... real thing

Definitely, I just think the likelihood of the RAM having that issue when I had problems was very low vs. other factors.

 

[Sosokrates]

I had that motherboard years ago, did you plug it into the Marvel SATA 3 controller? (blue SATA port) those things were buggy as hell, ended up using the white SATA 2 port for a while before getting a dedicated SATA 3 pci card.

It were plugged in to the blue, Ive now put it in the white, but i dont know why that would make a difference they are all the same sata 2 ports.

 

[Darius87]

it's most likely faulty PSU capacitor when aged they kind starting to look bloated and can't normaly regulate power therefore under or over woltage causes pc to shutdown.

 

[Sosokrates]

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.

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-EX58-UD5-rev-10/support#support-dl

not really any drivers for sata SSDs

The latest bios driver is for intel raidRom?

it dont even have win10 drivers cause as u correctly said, is not supported.

my pc my just be to old for even a sata ssd.

i could probably keep the psu, i hear intel 12100 is a decent budget cpu.
I Wonder if I could get that cpu,an MB and 8-16gb ram for under £300?

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I Wonder if I could get that cpu,an MB and 8-16gb ram for under £300?

should be possible yeah.

 

[MarkMe2525]

Definitely, I just think the likelihood of the RAM having that issue when I had problems was very low vs. other factors.

I know it's off topic, but me and my daughter made a cloud box that allowed us to see the cosmic and other particles flying through. I also have a science rock kit from the 50's with natural uranium in it. We put that in there and you could see the beta particles shooting off of it.

 

[Crayon]

F off bagging on his hardware jfc.

 

[Sosokrates]

F off bagging on his hardware jfc.

Its weird, like i own a xsx + ps5 for modern games.
It was either getting rid of this pc or making some use of it.

 

[The Pleasure]

6gb of ram? Is it running a voodoo 5 gpu?

 

[BennyBlanco]

https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-EX58-UD5-rev-10/support#support-dl

not really any drivers for sata SSDs

The latest bios driver is for intel raidRom?

it dont even have win10 drivers cause as u correctly said, is not supported.

my pc my just be to old for even a sata ssd.

i could probably keep the psu, i hear intel 12100 is a decent budget cpu.
I Wonder if I could get that cpu,an MB and 8-16gb ram for under £300?

Why not just buy a cheap prebuilt at that point. If you’re just playing old RTS games you should be fine.

 

[Sosokrates]

Why not just buy a cheap prebuilt at that point. If you’re just playing old RTS games you should be fine.

Isnt it cheaper building your own?, But yeah I think i might.

I purchased an ssd not an expensive one but i would like to be able to use it.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Isnt it cheaper building your own?, But yeah it think i might.

I purchased an ssd not an expensive so i would like to be able to use it.

Most prebuilts are just using off the shelf parts now. You could definitely use your SSD.

 

[Sosokrates]

Most prebuilts are just using off the shelf parts now. You could definitely use your SSD.

The only place i can find in uk is ccl, and the cheapest pre built they have is £477.

Where else is there now?

 

[Sleepwalker]

First time seeing a PC peasent.

This is the guy filling all the steam surveys

 

[Sosokrates]

6gb of ram? Is it running a voodoo 5 gpu?

No amd r7 260.

 

[BennyBlanco]

The only place i can find in uk is ccl, and the cheapest pre built they have is £477.

Where else is there now?

Not sure about UK but iBuyPower seems pretty popular and I’ve seen some good deals on slickdeals.

Check out newegg which has a ton of stock.

 

[cyberheater]

Good luck OP.

Personally I think it's your power supply. Hope you manage to get things sorted.

 

[rofif]

It restarts. It a win10 install from a dvd.

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

Just check windows event viewer for critical errors. Sometimes it helps

 

[Reallink]

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 ..

Though hard to believe, this era of desktop is still very capable for general use with an SSD. They'll chew through day to day tasks like web browsing and most non-gaming apps. I have a similarly ancient i5 760 system at my office and it still loads and runs stuff basically instantly.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

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

Rude... but true, maybe time to upgrade buddy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But if you still want to keep it, your best bet is the PSU, check it.

 

[Badlucktroll]