PC Shutdown during Idle/Browsing.

you know what? you might be searching for something you can't find. the reason i'm saying that is because my PC used to do the same thing you describe here, randomly shuts down, and usually after that the mobo doesns't detect any sata drives ?!?! but for me i just unplug the rig from the wall and then when i plug it back it back to normal. the work perfectly for a while and then out of the blue it just shuts down.

now this problem was A LOT more frequent before i updated the firmware on my ssd ( the SAME one you have) so i can tell you with 90% sureness that it is those dum ***** ocz ssd's, if i knew i wouldn't have tried to save by buying those (they were the cheapest sata3 ssd when i got them) a lot of then actually just DIE, so we are actually pretty lucky that we just have a randomly shutting down pc, instead of a dead drive
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and for the firmware you said you had trouble getting it to work? i did too but i got it by doing this: (i suggest you try it and see if your system's stablilty imporves)

1. first get a usb and download your favorite linux distro and install it on the drive (i used ubuntu)

2. now that you have linux on a usb, reboot and go to the bios, and boot from the usb.

3. now you should be in linux and the now since the OS is on the usb stick, your vertex's are not primary drives in anyway. now i forget the setups for the install of the firware, but you should find instructions on how to do it from linux from their site,

now it should work and if your lucky like i was, it wasn't a destructive upgrade so i didn't lose anything (but i'm not saying not to back up, back up ur drives
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cuz you never know . i'm just letting you know what happened in my case)

hope this helps
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let us know your progress
 
Well i did manage to Flash both Drives to Firmware 1.7, but only with a Destructive Flash. But Flashing to the latest didn't matter either because it shut down 2 days ago again.

Right now i have the latest Firmware and BIOS on every device i got installed. I even flashed my motherboard to Beta BIOS FD9

I reinstalled Windows 7 again today as i rebuild my RAID0 with both SSDs. I thought the issue might be the Raid Array so i ran them separately, but that didn't make any difference.

I currently applied the Voltage Tweaks i posted previously, and ofc the rewired PSU. Since i can't reproduce the issue i gotta wait untill it happens again.
 
yea all you can do is wait it out. for me it got better (but i just have that single driver , and one old storage one) my pc shuts down like once every 2-3 weeks now, but considering that its been on almost 24/7 folding, i guess isn't not that bad
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yea all you can do is wait it out. for me it got better (but i just have that single driver , and one old storage one) my pc shuts down like once every 2-3 weeks now, but considering that its been on almost 24/7 folding, i guess isn't not that bad
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I really think it's related to the GTX580, because it hasn't happend when i had my HD5970.
 
I read through all of this, have you tried slapping in the old HD5970 and see if it happens?

Have you even tried another video card of some sort?

I don't have other hardware to try out because i sell it rather than let it dust away.

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So far replaced Memory and SSD, no deal. This is getting annoying.

Right now i'm about to RMA my PSU, that's the only other Hardware that's highly likely to cause the problem. Basicly upgrading PC with parts 1 by 1 and t's very frustrating and expensive.

If anyone has other ideas let me know.
 
Well the problem is solved, seems it was the PSU.

Since i didn't have a replacement PSU i bought a new SeaSonic X760 and ever since then it's gone. I will RMA my SeaSonic X750 for a replacement and see if i can sell the new unit
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Thanks everyone who offered help and suggestions. It been a long couple of months and i'm glad it's finally solved.
 
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