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PC randomly restarts out of nowhere (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works to c/pcmasterrace@lemmy.world
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As title suggests.
Coming home the other day I find my PC started to restart out of nowhere, with no warning before or errors afterwards. I haven't changed anything and haven't had this problem before.

Any suggestions on what to do?

Device specs:
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9900K CPU @ 3.60GHz 3.60 GHz
Installed RAM 64.0 GB
Storage 233 GB HDD ST9250315AS, 112 GB SSD OCZ-VERTEX2, 466 GB SSD Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB
Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB)
System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor
OS Windows 10

UPDATE: Memtest got through 2 out of 4 passes in under 4 hours before I got fed up with waiting, which in itself seems a good sign since it didn't restart there.
Event viewer showed one odd Event: The process C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE (ANDROID-17) has initiated the restart of computer ANDROID-17 on behalf of user ANDROID-17\smuld for the following reason: Anderer Grund (geplant) Reason Code: 0x80000000 Shut-down Type: restart Comment:

No idea why because automatic restart is disabled.

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[-] Nighed@feddit.uk 6 points 16 hours ago

Testing the external questions:

A stupid one, but check the power cord is in securely and nothing is pressing against the power switch on the power supply!

Plug a lamp into the same extension lead and see if it flickers when the reboot happens.

[-] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 hours ago

Plug a lamp into the same extension lead and see if it flickers when the reboot happens.

The cables are fine but I'm keeping this one in mind

this post was submitted on 21 May 2026
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