By Ragnarok.Reze 2025-08-15 08:07:49
If you cloned the SSD, this is a perfect opportunity to rule out software entirely. Create a USB with the latest driver installers direct from the manufacturer of your equipment- cpu, gpu, motherboard, network etc. Wipe the new SSD and do a clean OS install the fresh drivers and start adding apps. If the problem still happens, you can be confident it’s hardware. If it disappears, you’ve fixed it.
Running a system for long stretches without rebooting (only sleeping) can make software instability more likely, so starting fresh will help eliminate that as a factor.
If it turns out to be hardware, and you aren't approaching 90C in your CPU or GPU at any point, alternate testing one RAM stick in the correct slot (look this up per your motherboard manufacturer's documentation), the next likely culprit is the power supply, if the power supply is failing it could give the same symptoms of pulling a component temporarily while the computer is on, which is never good. But start with the clean install if you haven't— it’s the fastest way to split the problem into software or hardware.
If you've changed any BIOS settings, reset everything to default in the BIOS before during a clean install.