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My Computer Is A Buttface [Power Cuts on 30 Minute Timer]
Chanus
Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
Harbinger of the Spicy Rooster ApocalypseThe Flames of a Thousand Collapsed StarsRegistered User, Moderator mod
So all I wanted to do today was play XCOM 2 because this is America and I have rights, but my computer has apparently different ideas.
At exactly 30 minutes after turning it on, the power just cuts like someone pulled the plug. No shut down procedure or anything, just straight off.
The part that is driving me nuts is that it's exactly 30 minutes, to the second, but if I restart within that time or if I put it to sleep and wake it back up, the timer seems to reset.
I've tried making sure the RAM and my graphics card and stuff were seated properly.
I've pulled the motherboard battery and let it reset.
I've flashed the BIOS.
No luck.
Also, this happens if it just sits in BIOS for 30 minutes, so it doesn't appear to be Windows-related.
Do I just set it on fire and buy a new motherboard?
HALP PLS
At exactly 30 minutes after turning it on, the power just cuts like someone pulled the plug. No shut down procedure or anything, just straight off.
The part that is driving me nuts is that it's exactly 30 minutes, to the second, but if I restart within that time or if I put it to sleep and wake it back up, the timer seems to reset.
I've tried making sure the RAM and my graphics card and stuff were seated properly.
I've pulled the motherboard battery and let it reset.
I've flashed the BIOS.
No luck.
Also, this happens if it just sits in BIOS for 30 minutes, so it doesn't appear to be Windows-related.
Do I just set it on fire and buy a new motherboard?
HALP PLS
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PSUs are cheap, try that first.
I can look again but I didn't even see anything like that available to set
the regularity of the power off is what's really puzzling to me
I did pull the battery out of the motherboard though so I figured that would have reset anything weird
Since it happens in bios and windows, I'm putting my hat into hardware on some level.
also i apparently already cannibalized the power source from my old computer so I guess next step is ordering one and seeing what happens
the one I have now sucks anyway. not the PS itself but it's got like seventy feet of wrapped cabling
like 50% of the interior of my case is coiled wires making it impossible to get to anything
apparently doesn't trap much heat though
hmm, it did indeed reset the internal clock, but i didn't really know what i was looking for in the first place as far as resetting anything, so it's possible that's all it did
we'll see
please let this fix it
if not I blame you personally @bowen
balls
thanks obama
What make/model is your motherboard? Additionally do you have an uninterruptible power supply?
i don't know if it's uninterruptable, the new one is a corsair rm500
yeah, the exactly 30 minutes thing is what gets me, i wish i could crack that and not have to buy a new motherboard
I'm talking about a power supply you plug in to. Is it more than just a power strip? If it looks like a little cinder block size thing or it has UPS or anything on it
They are basically designed to provide electricity if the power goes out. So in theory you have time to save whatever you're working on and shut down properly.
I don't think a new motherboard will necessarily fix your problem. Until you pin down the cause I'd probably not buy anything else. I'll look through the manual for your motherboard in a minute.
I wish any of this made sense
maybe it cured itself by feeding on my despair?
literally as I hit the post button
Look under Intel Rapid Start Technology.
Disable Entry on S3 RTC Wake
See what happens. If the above entry was 30 minutes, that may be it. I'm looking at the manual on my phone so its a pain.
Have you fiddled with your bios settings? Do you have a fancy fuse box installed in your house that someone is using to mess with you? Plug in a lamp and see what happens in 30 minutes.
rapid start is disabled
if I enable it, I get a set of options with that S3 setting but the timer is 10 mins and I guess the whole thing was already disabled anyway
nothing changed though
In my mind it has to be something suspending or powering down. My next step would be disconnect any drives and the ethernet and turn it on. Then let it either sit at the boot failure screen or go into bios and wait to see what happens. If it works, connect one device and try again.
thanks for the help. you're alright in my book
can you plug the strip into a different outlet, preferably one on a different circuit
or even a different strip
ended up removing all the drives and starting it up, got to the fail screen and let it sit
cut off after 30 mins
it did run fine on this outlet before, and without the power strip it still happened, but if it saves me buying a new motherboard i'll give anything a shot :P
Do you happen to have a Linux disc on hand? You can download Ubuntu or Mint or something and put it on a CD or USB drive and boot off that. See if it still happens when in a non Windows OS.
If it doesn't, you might try reinstalling Windows. Could be something got borked up in the power management settings and there's a hidden suspend that's getting kicked off even when you're active, and it's borkedupness is causing it to also send the power off signal instead of a sleep signal.
Though I'm inclined to agree with the people who fixed it by replacing their motherboard. The ACPI system on it is probably broken.
You might check your mobo's manufacturer's page and see if there's a firmware update or notice of a defect or something.
if it were a windows issue, it wouldn't happen in BIOS or when my hard drive is disconnected though, right?
If it's happening in the BIOS and it's happening at such a regular interval, my first bet would be motherboard is screwed up.
ok, so just to make sure because i haven't really been in the game a long time
i have an LGA1150 mobo/cpu, so i would need to stick with that or if i go 1151 i'd need to upgrade both, right?
1150 might require ram, but CPU should be okay.
What kind of ram do you have?
1600 mhz, 240 pin
i dunno what else matters
e: uh gb not mb derp
That's the newer version of the board you have.
You probably won't even have to reinstall drivers or reformat windows.
excellent
i forgive you now for earlier