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Actually, I think I found the culprit. It’s definitely a connectivity issue with the ram sticks. Pressing and holding down the ram sticks while turning the computer on worked 100% of the time. Some vibrations in the case, or from outside, makes the connectivity go loose ever so slightly, which in effect is the same as yanking the ram sticks out of a running computer. Is there a way I can get a tighter, more reliable, fit on the ram slots? For starters, I’m going to operate my pc horizontally, so that gravity helps with keeping the ram sticks in place.

Hi everyone I have a 2+ year old rig running an 8700k on an Asrock Fatal1ty Gaming K6 Z370 motherboard. My computer occasionally powers off at random even when running simple workloads like browsing the web, and when I try to turn it back on it enters a bootloop sequence where I don't get a POST, case fans don't turn on, and after about 10 seconds it powers off again and then turns back on. The same also happens sometimes when I put my computer to sleep and try turning it back on from there, or even sometimes on a cold boot. I have all overclocks turned off at this point, basically stock BIOS settings, and I even removed my 5700 XT graphics card and I'm only using integrated graphics to try and eliminate possible sources of the problem. How I get it working back up is a mystery: it involves dozens of RAM stick reseats, shorting CMOS jumpers, trying to boot without the CMOS battery in, etc, in a random disorganized fashion. Once I'm able to boot back up, I'm able to maintain the working state for anywhere from a few hours to a few weeks, even with a lot of sleeps and shutdowns in between. What I find frustrating is the nondeterminism of this behaviour and how it disrupts my workflow. Any ideas? As a last resort, I do have a brand new Z390 ITX motherboard for a future SFF build which I could try swapping in, but I would like to avoid it as much as I can in the interest of time.

Yeah, I don't have any settings for fiddling with clock speeds or voltages unfortunately. Not a gaming laptop or anything so probably thats why.

Hmm, so it won't help me much if it isn't running in the background. Is there a way I can save the settings in the bios or something?

Hi, I have a Dell XPS 13 9350 (i5 6200u and HD 520). I am trying to undervolt my cpu and igpu to reduce heat and fan noise, and potentially improve battery life. I am using Intel's Extreme tuning utility (XTU) to do this on windows. However, I am dual booting with Arch Linux and am not able to find any equivalent tool for linux. I wonder if the settings stay persistent across multiple OSs, so that I can adjust the settings in windows and benefit in linux as well, or if it is just a software mod that is exclusive to windows. If so, do you know of any tool that does this for skylake chips on linux, as I can't seem to find one. Thanks!