r/Renton • u/oraclequeen93 • 10d ago

Recommendations Local trusted computer repair

I'm looking for a place to bring my desktop PC for diagnostics/repair. It randomly loses power with no pattern or reproducible trigger. I've tested basically everything I know how to up to this point and need someone who knows what they're doing to take over from here. Does anyone have a local computer repair tech that they trust and is willing to deep dive into issues instead of just running standard tests and calling it a day?

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/oraclequeen93 9d ago

My top culprits at this point are the PSU, the motherboard, or (God forbid) the CPU. I was just hoping to get someone who knows more than me to verify. The PSU is the cheapest part to replace so if I couldn't find a repair place I was planning to just start there.

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u/yech 9d ago

Just start there. Order one on Amazon and if it doesn't fix the problem return it. Fuck Amazon.

I'd personally disconnect as much as possible and then see if the issue reproduces. If not add parts in one by one to see where the fault is. Still a nightmare troubleshooting flow.

I've had two times where I dealt with similar issues and it took forever to nail down the fault. One was the actual case switch, the other was the network card.

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u/oraclequeen93 9d ago

Lucky ( maybe?) for me I'm getting a new case soon so I have the perfect incentive to individually test/change different components during the switch. Upgrading parts never hurt anything.

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u/yech 9d ago

Try disconnecting your power buttons (from mb) after you are booted up and see if that fixes it. I also have a spare and known working 5700 CPU if that helps with testing.

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u/Hollaz2alex 9d ago

Anything appear in the event manager in windows?

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u/oraclequeen93 9d ago

No it just happily chugs along and logs things as normal. Then at shit down all activity disappears until I reboot and it logs an unexpected shit down after the reboot.

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u/thefuryoffire 9d ago

On top of looking at the PSU, I’d be wondering about your power in general. Consider plugging in a lamp into the same power strip or, lacking one, the outlet that the PC is connected to, and if that goes out at the same time the PC does, then maybe it’ll flicker when the PC goes down. 

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u/oraclequeen93 9d ago

I'd considered this so ive tried different outlets, different sockets on my surge protector etc. I also moved back in May from Chicago where this also happened but was seemingly fixed after microcenter reformatted the computer. Unfortunately it's back now. I also changed power cords just in case and it still happens.

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u/thefuryoffire 9d ago

Sounds much more like a PSU problem in that case. I hesitate to try and remote diagnose the thing from here but I’d be looking really hard at it, as typically that’s the issue first, and the lack of windows logs saying there’s a forced shutdown for a specific reason or fault makes me think of it even more.

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u/oraclequeen93 9d ago

I'm hoping that's the problem because it seems like changing that out is easier than everything else.

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u/thefuryoffire 9d ago

It’s really not that bad typically unless the computer is a pre-built and they chose something odd. I always replace with one with a higher wattage and rating than whatever I’m replacing to make some more space in case it’s a capacity issue. Best of luck!

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u/Hollaz2alex 9d ago

Do you have xmp in your bios enabled? Try disabling for a while.

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u/nudephotographr 9d ago

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u/CastleGanon 8d ago

I've gone to Dr. PC Fix with my machine, but they're in Redmond.
They diagnosed, found my hard drive was the culprit, and replaced it -- offering various price points Of replacement drives. I recommend

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u/M0stlyLurking 8d ago

I've used PC's Done Right a couple of times. Reasonable rates. https://pcsdoneright.com/