Hey everyone! I'm having a frustrating issue with my relatively new PC. It's running Windows 11 with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, RTX 5080 graphics card, and I've got the latest BIOS version (F37). Everything was working smoothly until recently when it started restarting on its own. Now, it consistently restarts every 1 minute and 40 seconds, and each time it logs a Kernel 41 error.
I've checked the power supply, which is more than adequate, and temperatures seem fine—hovering in the low 50s for the CPU. I've also reset BIOS settings to defaults and turned off XMP profiles for the RAM. I reseated all the cables and everything powers on correctly, but I can't make sense of why this is happening. The recovery screen that appears doesn't help either, and I really want to avoid replacing components if possible due to the small form factor of my build. Any ideas or solutions would be greatly appreciated!
2 Answers
Try booting into safe mode to see if it still shuts down. Often, these issues can stem from power or heat problems, so this can help diagnose if that's the case.
It sounds like you might want to start by testing your RAM using MemTest. Sometimes faulty RAM can cause consistent restart issues like this. It's worth a shot!
I'll give this a try tomorrow, thanks for the suggestion!