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9 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

A PC shutting off without no warning always indicates a fault with the PSU, I'd get a new one. 

Not always. It could easily be the CPU overheating but with the sudden change I'd say it was PSU.

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Hey all, So recently my PC has been running into an issue where seemingly randomly, it will just lose power and shut down as if someone unplugged it.

I have not changed any hardware for several months and the problem began just a day or two ago.

PC specs

-Intel core i5 760 2.8ghz

-Biostar t5 xe motherboard

-8gbs of Crucial ballistix sport ddr3

-MSI Gaming X RX480 4gb edition

-EVGA 430 watt power supply

-Adata sp120 boot ssd

-Western digital blue 1tb storage drive

-Windows 10 professional

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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I would say your PSU is faulty. 

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1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

I would say your PSU is faulty. 

I would say that is a definite possibility, but the power supply is relatively new (less than a year old) so I would like to hope that that wasn't the issue.

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1 minute ago, DolphinOps said:

I would say that is a definite possibility, but the power supply is relatively new (less than a year old) so I would like to hope that that wasn't the issue.

A PC shutting off without no warning always indicates a fault with the PSU, I'd get a new one. 

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1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

A PC shutting off without no warning always normally indicates a fault with the PSU, I'd get a new one. 

FTFY. Very little is absolute when it comes to troubleshooting.

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9 minutes ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

A PC shutting off without no warning always indicates a fault with the PSU, I'd get a new one. 

Not always. It could easily be the CPU overheating but with the sudden change I'd say it was PSU.

I edit my posts a lot.

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2 minutes ago, MrDrWho13 said:

Not always. It could easily be the CPU overheating but with the sudden change I'd say it was PSU.

I doubt it's the cpu because the cpu and cooler have been regularly dusted and the cooler has been the same for the life of this pc.

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Hey all so I thought I'd update you guys on what ended up happening. So I fixed the problem, which turned out to be a cracked cpu cooler mounting bracket causing overheating whenever the cpu was under any kind of load, I replaced the cpu cooler, but only after having got a new power supply :/ but all is well that ends well.

Thanks for the help!

 

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