Hi, my PC which I built about 7 years ago suddenly turned off while I was watching YouTube. When it turned back on it said it was "preparing automatic repair" but it kept restarting before it even got to the windows logo. I tried to run Windows installation media from a USB drive but it would just restart every time the Windows logo appeared. I was able to access the BIOS settings so tried running with only 1 core enabled (out of 4) and my PC booted up like normal and works just as it did before (but slower). I tried it with 2 cores enabled but the same problem occurred.
So is my CPU damaged or could it be something else?
CPU intel i5-6600K
Motherboard MSI Z170A Gaming M5
Power Seasonic 620W
RAM HyperX 16GB DDR4
Graphics AMD R9 270
So is my CPU damaged or could it be something else?
CPU intel i5-6600K
Motherboard MSI Z170A Gaming M5
Power Seasonic 620W
RAM HyperX 16GB DDR4
Graphics AMD R9 270