System halts and remains unresponsive until a restart occurs.
System halts and remains unresponsive until a restart occurs.
Your computer suddenly shuts down without warning, staying open but unresponsive. You notice patterns: it happens when moving the PC, during low power or unstable electricity, and even during earthquakes up to 300km away. The last time this occurred, you replaced three components—your PSU, three RAM modules, and the GPU. What steps can help resolve this, and are they worth the effort?
I own an HDD that isn't used as a boot drive; I've given it the name "dry storage" since it's meant for occasional tasks. VAC refers to "Volts Alternating Current," which is simply the standard AC voltage.
The issue lies in the costly motherboard, since older ones tend to fail, but the previous fix resolved it, so I didn’t see a need to replace the most expensive component of my setup.
I initially thought about buying a hard drive, but if that doesn’t work, I’d follow what @Dedayog recommended. Restoring stability to an old motherboard usually means swapping out all the capacitors. This approach is popular among vintage PC enthusiasts. I can’t promise anything, though.