I've had this computer for a year and a half, recently it started restarting out of the blue. It happens only once every several weeks or so - no BSOD, just goes straight to the BIOS. It seems this happens mostly when the browser I'm using has a lot of open tabs, especially if they're YouTube videos - I think.
I obviously read a bit about the issue on the Web - I installed an antivirus, got a surge protector etc. The problem disappeared for quite a few weeks when I stopped using the MS Edge browser, but just now it restarted again - for the first time on Chrome, and I'm back to square one.
Is it possible that faulty RAM may trigger such a reaction when there are a lot of open tabs? I'd expect a BSOD if it was RAM, whereas as I said before the computer just suddenly goes straight to the BIOS without any warning. Given that last symptom - does it mean it's either the motherboard or the PSU?
My PC: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 740 Quad Core Processor 3.20 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, Motherboard: MS-7721 (A78M-E45), I'm almost certain my PSU is Silentium PC 450 W, I can double check that tomorrow (when I don't wake anybody up).
I obviously read a bit about the issue on the Web - I installed an antivirus, got a surge protector etc. The problem disappeared for quite a few weeks when I stopped using the MS Edge browser, but just now it restarted again - for the first time on Chrome, and I'm back to square one.
Is it possible that faulty RAM may trigger such a reaction when there are a lot of open tabs? I'd expect a BSOD if it was RAM, whereas as I said before the computer just suddenly goes straight to the BIOS without any warning. Given that last symptom - does it mean it's either the motherboard or the PSU?
My PC: AMD Athlon(tm) X4 740 Quad Core Processor 3.20 GHz, 8 GB DDR3 RAM, Motherboard: MS-7721 (A78M-E45), I'm almost certain my PSU is Silentium PC 450 W, I can double check that tomorrow (when I don't wake anybody up).
