I've been experiencing random crashes with my PC for the past six months, particularly when I'm gaming. The crashes usually manifest as a frozen screen followed by a restart, or it simply shuts off like I've pulled the power. Here's my setup: I'm running Windows 11, equipped with a Ryzen 5 7600, an RTX 4060 TI, and 32GB of DDR5 RAM. Initially, I thought my power supply unit (PSU) was the culprit, but after replacing it with a higher quality one, the issues persist. I've gone through multiple Windows reinstalls, updated all my drivers, and performed full system diagnostics through the BIOS, yet nothing seems to resolve the problem. I'm open to any suggestions or directions to troubleshoot this elusive issue.
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Have you checked the temperatures of your components? Sometimes GPU crashes due to thermal throttling can trigger the Kernel-Power 41 error. It might be worth keeping an eye on the temperatures of your CPU and GPU, as well as the motherboard VRMs, especially during demanding tasks.
I haven't monitored them directly yet, but I did run some stress tests that were even more taxing than my games, and those didn't cause crashes. It's pretty sporadic, even during lighter use. I’ve started using monitoring software for the last few days, but haven't seen anything unusual so far.