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Could my outlet not generate enough power?
Hello,
I need help on a lot of basic levels here. I am by no means an electrician and while I know the theory I have no idea where to begin.
My pc works 100% perfect except on the first cold boot of the day. When I turn on my pc, there's a 50% chance that my GPU won't get booted. On top of that, if I use my PC within 10 minutes of boot, I am guaranteed to get a very odd, hardware related crash generating no log reports whatsoever. The crash symptoms differ per time, but usually it looks like Windows is restarting Explorer, and sometimes it's a reboot (no BSOD, no crashdumps). So now I turn on my pc, wait about 10 minutes, then I check if my GPU booted. If it didn't, I reboot PC and then it is always working for the rest of the day with no problem.
I figured if this would be my PSU, my PC would have constant issues, not just on boot? It's not that old either, about 4 years.
So I thought about the outlet(s) I am using. This apartment is fairly old, and I'm pretty sure the electricity hasn't been looked at in several decades. The apartment comes from the 60s. Could this be possible? I remember reading once that old outlets are sometimes incapable in providing the amount of power needed initially, but then sort of "warm up" and then they do fine.
Any theories or any specific instructions on how I can locate the problem (what kind of equipment I would need, etc). Thanks.