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So the problem started recently. |
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That means it is either: |
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a cap going bad. |
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oxidized contacts. |
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dust clogging the fans. |
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PSU is going bad. |
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something obscure. |
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Do the easy thing first. Clean your case, reseat all cards and memory modules |
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and check all caps while doing so. Any of them deformed? The 'head' going up? |
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Strange stuff around its feet? Congratulation, you need new hardware. |
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If you don't find a bad cap and the problem persists, get a new PSU. A good |
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one. Not big - most PSUs are oversized, but good quality. Anandtech has |
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something about psu's, so does tomshardware (most of their tests are rubbish, |
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but their psu tests are ok). If the problem goes away, congratulation! |
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If not, well, then report back ;) |
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