After the PC restarts and displays the message "reboot and insert proper boot device," I then reboot the computer and it works fine. Well fine excluding the other issues I mention below.
Initially I thought it was a problem with the hard drive so I switched data cables and tried different sata ports. That seems not to have done anything, and the things I will mention below has given me a stronger belief that there is a virus.
Antivirus: Although I mentioned that my PC restarts randomly, I am starting to think that there is a pattern. It seems like every time I run an anti-virus software, the restart occurs. Likewise, it seems to occur when I'm doing anything remotely intense, although I've never had this problem any time before the last few days.
RAM: Another thing I have noticed is ridiculous RAM usage percentages (90% and above) when doing things like attempting to run a game on steam. This has never happened before the restarts started occurring. Just yesterday I was idle at one point yet still above 90% usage. I tried to see what was taken up so much of my 8GB with no success as the numbers didn't add up (I was looking at task manager).
I think the last time it occurred was when tried to backup a file. Maybe it is a hard drive problem.
Specs:
CPU: FX8320
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
GPU: Asus GTX 770
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Any advice is greatly appreciated
Initially I thought it was a problem with the hard drive so I switched data cables and tried different sata ports. That seems not to have done anything, and the things I will mention below has given me a stronger belief that there is a virus.
Antivirus: Although I mentioned that my PC restarts randomly, I am starting to think that there is a pattern. It seems like every time I run an anti-virus software, the restart occurs. Likewise, it seems to occur when I'm doing anything remotely intense, although I've never had this problem any time before the last few days.
RAM: Another thing I have noticed is ridiculous RAM usage percentages (90% and above) when doing things like attempting to run a game on steam. This has never happened before the restarts started occurring. Just yesterday I was idle at one point yet still above 90% usage. I tried to see what was taken up so much of my 8GB with no success as the numbers didn't add up (I was looking at task manager).
I think the last time it occurred was when tried to backup a file. Maybe it is a hard drive problem.
Specs:
CPU: FX8320
Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING ATX AM3+
RAM: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
GPU: Asus GTX 770
HDD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Any advice is greatly appreciated