System:
Gigabyte x570 Aorus Master, unsure of Bios Revision, Maybe F30, F32.
AMD Ryzen 5800X w/ Corsair H100iRGB Platinum
GSkill TridentZ Neo, 32GB running 3600 CL 16
EVGA FTW3 ultra 3080
EVGA Supernova G3 750W
3 NVME SSDs, all samsung i think
4 2.5 in SSD Various brands and sizes
(I like to keep SSD utilization around 75% max, and dont delete things often...)
Trouble
I last used my PC without trouble on 3/28. I went on a trip, and returned last monday. When i tried using my computer the following day I was browsing online and it froze. No BSOD, no audio bug, just frozen image and no responsiveness.
Holding the power button did not turn it off so i needed to flip the switch on the PSU. I tried rebooting and could not get the PC to post. At this point I tried rebooting a few times to see if there was a consistent error on the post code reader.
First it stopped on 05, and none of the error LEDS were lit (theres an LED for CPU, DRAM, VGA, and BOOT). I had to use the switch on the PSU again (And have had to since, which i hadn't thought anything of, but is that harmful to the system? there was no other way to turn it off)
Following this I got error 00, but it had looped through a time or 2. I turned it off, and left it unplugged for a while. Coming back half an hour later it booted, and seemed to run as normal for a while, then while i was googling my problem it froze.
3 more attempts I froze at post codes 38, 95, and had the VGA, DRAM, and CPU lights on. This is where i said "Eff it" and went to netflix instead of PC...
THe Following day I re-seated the RAM and GPU. I held off on the CPU to try isolating the problem, and because i didnt know how much thermal Paste I had.
REseating the RAM and GPU had no positive effect.
I made the paste i had work, and reseated the CPU. After this the system ran for like 4 or so hour, then froze as i was playing a game.
it is still following a pattern of working for a while, 20, 30 minutes then freezing.
Today i tried running with the bare minimum peripherals, keyboard, mouse, 1 monitor, no audio or anything, and it still froze.
It has frozen while i was messing with the BIOS.
It doesn't have to do with CPU or GPU utilization, as one time it was on i used synthetic benchmarks...
The 750W PSU could be underpowered, but it has worked for over a year on this setup, though that could drive it to failing faster... but i usually would expect a PSU failure to be on startup, on a demanding task, and likely in a puff of magic smoke...
Other pertinent info - It is plugged into a UPS. My apartment does have frequent power issues, but I can always tell when from my clocks being wrong/ flashing. I recently got a sit / stand desk. The PC is on it, so maybe the inertia of the AIO pump on the CPU / socket screwed something up?
I am pretty much drawing a blank on anything else to do other than buying pieces to try swapping at random...