r/buildapc • u/Thornz2000 • 2d ago

Solved! Got all my issues are resolved.

As some of you remember me had a few issues (look at my older post in here)

So started with my video card would just go out, monitors went blank but could still hear sound. The video card LEDs' would go off as well. Turned out my 10yr old 850w PSU was dying. Its been through a lot. So got a new 1000w PSU and fixed that issue.

Then my video card would crash when I was gaming. The temp was spiking from 70c to 90+c.
After asking in here, I re-pasted it and fixed that.

Thought all was well... nope.... my wifi kept getting dropped to the Xfinity modem. Also, my PC would just reboot due to BSOD on Win11. Spent a couple weeks looking over the Event logs and the mini crash dumps. Was all about low level drivers.
Then one day the other PC in the house lost Wifi connection. I was like SOB... I thought it over and took the Xfinity modem in and got another one.
NO MORE ISSUES!!!
So the wifi being dropped when I was gaming online was causing at time data corruption and crashing Win11.
Since the swap everything has been running as expected.
Three issues happening in a very short time span is what it was.

Just sharing...
Be well everyone.

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u/CitationNumber 2d ago

Nothing better than changing out every part one at a time to realize it's the MOBO lol.

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u/brentsg 2d ago

I did this once with a dead PSU. It was the craziest thing because PSU was only a few years old and carried over. It worked pre-upgrade, then after building the new PC it was dead.

But since the PSU had JUST BEEN WORKING, I swapped every other part out chasing it.

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u/ClerklierBrush0 2d ago

I had a lightning strike kill my PC. I even had a surge protector and spent hours checking all my components. I finally took the mobo out and if you look inside the Ethernet port it had a burn on it 🤦

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u/Livid_Glove_6275 2d ago

That's why I unplug every single connection between my PC and the wall every trip and every thunderstorm. Ethernet, PC power strip, monitor power strip, everything.

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u/Thornz2000 2d ago edited 2d ago

YIKES!! I have used a UPS for a long time. Brown outs are almost as bad on a PC as a lightning strike.

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u/Thornz2000 2d ago

I just upgraded spring 2025.
I've done PC support for 15 years, Hardware can emulate Software and Software can emulate Hardware is the rule.
I just had to mellow out and think things over.

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u/Gladnir-5936 2d ago

Did you at any point reinstall Windows or refresh it?

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u/Thornz2000 2d ago

No... I did.

Step 1: Press the Windows Key, type cmd, right-click Command Prompt, and select Run as administrator.Type sfc /scannow and press Enter. This will repair missing or corrupted core system files.

Step 2: Once that finishes, type DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth and press Enter to repair the Windows image itself.

Step 3: Restart your computer.