I've been having this frustrating issue where my PC shuts off randomly. The monitor goes black, but I can still hear the game (I'm playing BF6) for a moment before I have to hold the power button to restart it. Do you think this could be an issue with the power supply unit (PSU)? Here's a rundown of my setup, which I bought back in 2020:
- Gigabyte X570 AORUS Elite WiFi
- RTX 3070
- 32GB (4x8GB) G.SKILL Trident 2 RGB DDR4 (3200MHz)
- 850W Gold Power Supply
- AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D 8-core
3 Answers
It could be helpful to check the event viewer for any error logs that might explain what's happening. Also, consider using DDU to uninstall and then reinstall your graphics drivers since Nvidia has had some issues lately.
You might want to try underclocking your PC. I did that, and it seems to help a lot with these types of random shutdowns.
If you're seeing this shutdown behavior, it might be related to overheating. I suspect it could be the GPU overheating. Try using hwinfo64 to monitor temperatures, especially the hotspot sensor.
How do I check the error logs? I'm not very tech-savvy.