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Thread ID: 148004	2019-06-13 05:31:00	Desktop PC on the blink	Jayess64 (8703)	Press F1

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1461500	2019-06-17 21:53:00	Had a customers Computer like that once, it would ONLY play up in the morning after being off overnight AND you had to start it before 7am ish best one I had was PC would shut off. They bought it in and I couldn't find a fault. They insisted it was PSU, so I swapped it with workshop one as a test for them. Nope, theirs continued to randomly shut off, workshop one happy. So I said, as he lived in Mt Albert - you own an old villa? Yep. had any work done lately? Yep, electrician. Ahah, I suggested he get a new electrician, not that one. he said funny, he'd taken a VCR in, same issue and tech had said VCR was fine. Both these things were in the room that had the electrical work done. My 2 assistants at that PC place were amazed...I said it's just common sense. If the PC isn't faulty...well.....	piroska (17583)
1461501	2019-06-17 22:30:00	best one I had was PC would shut off. They bought it in and I couldn't find a fault. They insisted it was PSU, so I swapped it with workshop one as a test for them. Nope, theirs continued to randomly shut off, workshop one happy. So I said, as he lived in Mt Albert - you own an old villa? Yep. had any work done lately? Yep, electrician. Ahah, I suggested he get a new electrician, not that one. he said funny, he'd taken a VCR in, same issue and tech had said VCR was fine. Both these things were in the room that had the electrical work done. My 2 assistants at that PC place were amazed...I said it's just common sense. If the PC isn't faulty...well..... Maybe its not so Common thinking in some peoples thoughts ;) Just finished sorting out a persons PC whom I built 3 years ago, complete random shutdowns over 4 months roughly. Because they live quite a way from me I was trying various things over the phone and remote. Of course couldn't do any hardware changes :) In the end it got to a point that it would crash (or could make it) so then said right, now we can sort it, once I had it here - changed power supply and bingo all good. What made it crash every time actually seems like a software problem, every time you started using Chrome it would crash after a minute or so, no BSOD, no lockups,no logs, just as if someone pulled out the power cord. Did a fresh install on one of my drives, ran a stress test overnight, all fine, installed chrome - BAM! crashes, changed the PSU hasn't crashed since. Did some searching and its actually quite common. :confused:	wainuitech (129)
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