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Solved Random lockdowns or shutdowns.

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Bohauo

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Hello.

So i am experiencing very unusual behaviour in my system, it (what feels like random) stop responding (complet power shutdown is needed in this case, reset button won't work/respond) or it completely reboots itself.
I usually happens when i put the system under load (mainly gaming) with in the first 5-10 mins, it doesn't happen all the time, other times i can play without any incidents and everything is working fine, then just out of the blue it happens again.

I am motoring the heat in my system both on GPU and on CPU and i don't see any alarming temperatures.
An extract from the "Event Viewer" in windows is attached (don't know it it helps).

System specs.:
Intel Core i7 8700K
64 GB DDR4 RAM
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
Sys drive: Samsung SSD 850 250 GB
D:\ Samsung SSD 860 4 TB
E:\ Samsung 7200 rpm 1 TB
F:\ Samsung 7200 rpm 500 GB
Z:\ Seagate 7200 rpm 1 TB
Windows 10 Pro - 64-bit Preview edition
HID: Cooler Master - Masterkeys Lite L (mouse & keyboard combo)
 

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Corsair builder series cx 750W
When i calculate the power consumption my compute should take during "load", it should be 680W
I calculate on the high side of things:

CPU (Intel i7-8700k): 95W
Motherboard (MSI Z370 A-Pro): 130W
RAM: 12W (4 x 3W)
GPU (GeForce RTX 2060): 350W
Hard Drives (SSD): 6W (2 x 3W)
Hard Drives 3,5": 27W (3 x 9W)
Blu-ray: 30W
Chassi Fans: 30W (5 x 6W)
 
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Also
Download MiniToolBox and save the file to the Desktop.

Close the browser and run the tool, check the following options;

List last 10 Event Viewer Errors
List Installed Programs
List Devices (Only Problems)
List Users, Partitions and Memory size

Click on Go.

Post the resulting log in your next reply for us as an attachment
 
Also
Download MiniToolBox and save the file to the Desktop.

Close the browser and run the tool, check the following options;

List last 10 Event Viewer Errors
List Installed Programs
List Devices (Only Problems)
List Users, Partitions and Memory size

Click on Go.

Post the resulting log in your next reply for us as an attachment
Please see attached log

Are you overclocking your ram in the bios.
Are you using MSI afterburner.
No, i don't overclock RAM, CPU or GPU. (edit: correction, an XMP profile was loaded in BIOS, it is now disabled, lets see if the system is stabilising now)
It is installed, i used it to control the fan of the GPU (no overclocking) at one point, i don't use it anymore so it can be uninstalled...
 

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Hello.
So i read about the TMP errors, but since i already had the lates BIOS i opted for downgrading to the 2:nd latest BIOS.
The latest BIOS is currently in BETA stage and have been so for the last 2 years or so...

My system seems more stable now, and it is not showing any more TMP errors in the event log.
However now i get "MDM Declared Configuration" error instead.

i got 5 Hard drives of various age, i have no clue on the age of them, i thing the newest is around 2-3 years old and the oldest up to or beyond 10 years...
so how do i solve those TRIM/Defrag errors?
 
I would start replacing the drives one at a time with ssd drives.
ok, even the 4 TB SSD drive?
the 250 GB SSD - SYS drive is "too small" so i need to change that anyway.

My motherboard only has one M.2 NVMe port, what do you recommend, have it (M.2) as a SYS drive or GAMEING drive?
Should i buy a "smaller" drive (if SYS) and only have SYS on it or could i buy a bigger drive and partion it?

all non-ssd will be replaced with one SSD down the line...
 
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