Intermittent shutdowns or freezing issues
Intermittent shutdowns or freezing issues
Hello, I’m dealing with a recurring problem where the machine suddenly shuts down or restarts unexpectedly—sometimes in just a minute at startup, sometimes during long gaming sessions. Even when the screen goes black, audio might continue for a moment before everything freezes and restarts. The system feels stable when idle on the BIOS display, but I’ve tried everything possible. Recent updates include a BIOS upgrade and a fresh Windows 10 install. All hardware specs look normal: motherboard from 2019 with 3080 graphics, ASUS ROG Strix Z390-I, and a good PSU setup. Memory is stock, no XMP enabled, but the issue still persists. The build uses Intel 9900K and EVGA 3080 XC3, with a custom case and cooling hardware. RAM hasn’t been tested yet, and I’m concerned about possible GPU or driver issues. I’ve also considered a new case to simplify testing. My main worries are RAM sticks, DIMM slots, and whether the GPU itself might be faulty—especially since the last PSU failure was a loud pop. It’s unusual for the system to behave this way, but I’m not ruling out any component as the cause.
I experienced this problem before too, with memory issues, CPU performance, and corrupted drivers. It might be related to the operating system. Trying memtest86 could help identify any failures.
Oh yeah, memtest was ran and found no issues. I'll add to my initial post. CPU's rarely go bad, but I feel when they do... they simply don't post at all. Would be strange if that was the case, but temps are actively monitored and are totally within safe levels (70-80C at load). I've seen issues where a board isn't getting the proper power, voltage to ram running XMP and being unstable. Manually boosting voltage can solve this, but we ran stock 2133mhz just to try and made no difference.
That makes sense, I understand. For me, event ID 41 would appear, indicating an unexpected system power loss at a specific time. It doesn’t really provide clear details, making it hard to pinpoint the issue effectively.