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Strange problems with Windows 10 computer.
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All of this started a week or two after I updated the firmware for my motherboard. At first, the computer's clock would be wrong. I'd sync it and it would be right, but an hour or two later it would be several hours off. This stopped happening for four or five days but the problem returned last night.

A few times I've had trouble booting the computer. "Error sending End of Post message to ME: HECI disabled, proceeding with boot". It does eventually boot, but instead of the normal few seconds it takes several minutes. This hasn't happened in a while but other than the time, it was the first indication that something was wrong.

Sometimes the boot order is messed up, and it boots from one of my old hard drives with another installation of windows. I reset the boot order and it will boot.

Sometimes it can't see all of my hard drives.

I've gotten a couple random reboots, but no blue screen. Event viewer says Event ID 41.

Failing power supply? Bad motherboard? Bad CMOS battery?

The power supply's fan has gotten noisy at times over the last few months. Could it be worse than I thought? Thermal shut down?

No idea. This computer's only a couple years old. i5-9400F, Asrock b365 Phantom Gaming 4.

The computer doesn't really suit my needs and I have parts for a new build trickling in, but I'd like to solve the problems with this old one instead of just trashing it.

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