Should we consider swapping the power supply in cases of irregular shutdowns?
Should we consider swapping the power supply in cases of irregular shutdowns?
Hi everyone... I'm thinking about swapping out my five-year-old power supply because of an unexpected shutdown, along with another issue. The keyboard isn't remembering whether I clicked the "number lock on" button after turning the PC back on, like it used to. Also, I'm not sure if this is just me overreacting.
My PC has strong cooling capabilities—other users have rightly pointed out that it has a lot of fans. They said something like, "Dude, that's way too many fans 😛" on the forum. My machine has two 140 mm fans in front, one 140 mm fan at the top, and another 140 mm fan at the back, inside a decent case with a good CPU cooler. Temperatures were normal: CPU around 35°C, motherboard at 28°C, graphics card between 42°C and 34°C, and two 8 TB drives at about 33-34°C.
Today it had this unexpected shutdown, and I followed the advice in that thread. I’m considering replacing the power supply just to be safe, but also worried about possibly damaging the new CPU/RAM/MB I installed last year.
Could anyone give me some guidance?
That was a fast response, thank you very much SID.
And yes, you're correct about the graphics card—ASUS GeForce GTX 1060 6GB Dual-Fan OC Edition VR Ready is indeed outdated, around five and a half years old. It’s possible it’s causing issues, though it still works for some long gaming sessions, especially with older titles like Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. I’m working on finishing Batman Arkham Asylum right now.
I updated the BIOS to version 2806, which was released in December 2022. It looks like a newer BIOS was released by March 2023, but it’s still unclear if that matters.
Regarding the motherboard, I’m not sure if the model number is on the card or the board itself.