Hey everyone, I'm having a weird issue with my PC that I hope you can help me with. A few weeks ago, it wouldn't start properly, only letting me access the BIOS. After some unplugging and re-plugging, it worked fine for a while. Recently, though, the PC completely stopped turning on. My dad took a look, cleaned it out, and replaced the thermal paste, which seemed to fix it temporarily. He left it on all night without problems. But when I took it back to my room and left it running while I was out, it went to suspend mode and wouldn't wake up. I tried using the power button to turn it off and back on, but that didn't help. Strangely, the next morning, it was working again like nothing happened! I'm really confused and not sure where to start diagnosing the problem. Here are my specs: Amd Ryzen 5 5600, AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT Core 8Gb, Asus PRIME B450-PLUS. Any advice on what could be causing this?
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It sounds like it might be related to one of your peripherals causing issues. I’ve dealt with a similar situation where a failing USB device was freezing my PC. Try disconnecting everything one by one and see if that helps isolate the problem.
I did unplug things when it froze, but it didn't help. I feel like when it stops working, there's not much I can do but turn it off and hope for the best—what would you suggest?