So I kinda figure it’s either the PSU or one of my hard drives, but what the issue is is that me PC first makes a click sound (as if I physically shut it down), then restarts some time after.

When it restarts it makes a bit noisier click sound, same as the power button switching does.

I have verified it’s not ghosts or little green men. I can’t say for certain about Martians.

It’s just weird. I’ll be unplugging both HDD’s today to see if it goes away. Then one-by-one plug things in/out.

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Oh, I forgot to make any update to this case.

The culprit was Windows 10.

I don’t know why, or how, but every other installed OS works just fine.

Asrock BIOS update has been wonky though, it got from stable EXPO to not handling EXPO at all.

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It’s most likely originating from a relay switching inside your PSU. It’s perfectly normal - my Be Quiet unit (slightly ironic, I know) does it and I’ve never had any issues.

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We’ll see next week. No deliveries on weekends, which sucks that it happened just as weekend begins.

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Sounds like the overcurrent protection is tripping on the PSU

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Could be a fan starting up and hitting something like a loose wire.

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That’s probably the physical power switch actually clicking off and on. Did it just start happening?

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If you mean within the PSU, it’s possible.

Or a capacitor/some safety stuff shutting the PC down to avoid frying everything.

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