(October 30, 2021 at 4:59 pm)AFTT47 Wrote:(October 30, 2021 at 4:27 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: I did see that my power supply was less than recommended when I put in the video card, but everything else was up to par as far as I could see.
That will definitely be an issue then. A PSU will gradually lose capability as it ages because of capacitor degradation. If it's rating when new was less then what your graphics card manufacturer suggested, it will definitely struggle now that it's older. My guess is that the 12V rail dips under load to the point where the computer becomes unstable.
Somehow I missed this crucial piece of information the first time I read through the thread. You need to deal with this. If you are taxing your power supply, bad things can happen and as AFTT47 said, the PS will lose capability as it gets old.
Frankly, if you are having PS problems, fan problems, graphics problems and hard drive problems, this is way over $100 territory. It sounds like your system may be telling you its time for it to return to the great computer in the sky. You can spend a lot of money to keep it running a year or two longer, or you could put that money into a new system. It might be time to let it go. And it sucks that both your WH and PC died at the same time. Seems like this always happens.
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