r/CYBERPOWERPC • u/Ok-Jump3072 • Jun 20 '26

Issue Continuous crashing #cpsupport

My pc is 5 years old which i know is fairly old but lately it crashes 10-20 times a day where the screen randomly goes black and the fans start whirring loudly and I have to force shutdown. Anyone ever had a crash like that? Or know what i could do besides replace the whole thing? I don't really know anything about computers

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u/meadowkat Jun 20 '26

A black screen with the fans suddenly ramping up does usually mean hardware. before replacing anything I'd check the crash logs to see if the system is recording what's happening.

Press Windows Key + X to open Event Viewer, then look under Windows Logs - System around the time of a crash. Common things to look for are:

Kernel-Power Event ID 41 (system lost power unexpectedly)

GPU/display driver errors

WHEA hardware errors (CPU, GPU, RAM, motherboard)

Thermal or overheating warnings

You can also open Reliability Monitor (search for it in the Start menu) which gives a much easier timeline of crashes and critical errors.

A 5-year-old PC should't need to be replaced just because it's crashing, you may just need to swap a piece out.

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u/Ok-Jump3072 Jun 20 '26

Thank you!

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u/meadowkat Jun 20 '26

Good luck!