My Windows 11 PC Keeps Crashing—Could This Be Hardware Failure?
My PC is only about two years old, but it has started crashing more and more often. During the first year, it would occasionally crash after long gaming…
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My Windows 11 PC Keeps Crashing—How Can I Tell Whether It’s Hardware or Software?
My PC is only about two years old, but it has been crashing more and more often. At first it happened occasionally during long gaming sessions, but now…
PC Randomly Restarts During Games Despite Passing Stress Tests
My PC randomly restarts while playing demanding games. Event Viewer only shows the generic Kernel-Power 41 entry, with no WHEA errors or other useful information. The system has…
Are These WHEA BSODs Evidence That My NVMe SSD Is Failing?
My system has an MSI Z490-A Pro motherboard, Core i9-10900KF, RTX 3070 Ti, 32 GB of DDR4-3200 memory, an Inland Platinum 4 TB NVMe SSD, and a Corsair…
PC randomly restarts after about two hours in Assassin’s Creed Mirage
I built this PC a little over a month ago, and it recently started restarting without warning while playing Assassin's Creed Mirage. The restart happens after roughly two…
Could a 0x119 crash mean my RTX 5080 is failing?
My PC suddenly rebooted as soon as it reached the Windows login screen. It did not show a visible blue screen, then started normally. I reproduced the same…
PC randomly restarts after about two hours in Assassin’s Creed Mirage
I built this PC a little over a month ago: Arc B580, Ryzen 5 7500F, Gigabyte B650M Eagle WiFi6E motherboard, one 16GB Patriot Viper Elite 5 DDR5-6000 CL30…
RX 9060 XT crashes during gaming and restarts the PC—could the PSU or GPU be faulty?
I recently bought a used AMD RX 9060 XT 16GB and it has been crashing mainly while gaming. The computer suddenly restarts, then boots normally as if nothing…
Could my RTX 5080 be causing these sudden restarts?
My PC suddenly restarted twice during startup, right around the Windows login screen. There was no visible blue screen; it simply rebooted and then started normally. Event Viewer…
Why does my PC randomly reboot while gaming?
Over the past few months, my PC has occasionally powered off and immediately restarted while I was playing games. It has happened about three times this year, including…
Games freeze or restart my entire PC after the system SSD hits 100% usage
Some games are causing my entire Windows 11 system to freeze, sometimes followed by a black screen and an automatic restart. This is more severe than a normal…
What could be causing random freezes and forced restarts on my Ryzen 5 7600 PC?
I built this PC about a year ago, and it worked normally for the first couple of months. Since then, it has either rebooted unexpectedly or completely frozen.…
New PC Rebooted Unexpectedly While Launching a Game—Should I Be Worried?
I bought a new pre-built PC that arrived yesterday. It worked normally at first, but this morning Windows felt sluggish and my mouse became choppy whenever the system…
PC Still Randomly Shuts Down During Gaming Despite Replacing Major Components
My PC continues to shut down unexpectedly during games such as Rainbow Six Siege and Fortnite. It used to happen randomly, but now it usually occurs after one…
Why does my PC suddenly reboot while gaming?
For the past few months, my PC has occasionally powered off and immediately restarted while I'm playing games. It has happened about three times this year, including once…
New Prebuilt PC Rebooted Once Under Load—Should I Be Worried?
I bought a new prebuilt PC that arrived yesterday. It worked normally at first, but this morning Windows felt sluggish and my mouse became choppy whenever the system…
PC randomly powers off while idle despite passing stress tests
My PC keeps shutting down after sitting idle for roughly an hour or two, even though it is stable during gaming and stress tests. The system has a…
PC randomly powers off while idle despite passing stress tests
My PC shuts down after sitting idle for roughly an hour or two, even though it stays stable during gaming, benchmarks, FurMark, and memory tests. The system has…
PowerEdge Server Hard-Resets Every 728 Minutes With No Crash or Hardware Log
I'm troubleshooting a Dell PowerEdge T340 running Windows Server 2016 that has been hard-resetting at remarkably consistent intervals. Every shutdown produces Kernel-Power 41 with BugcheckCode 0, Event 6008,…
What could hard-reset a Windows server every 728 minutes with no crash or hardware logs?
I have a Dell PowerEdge T340 running Windows Server 2016 that has been hard-resetting at remarkably regular intervals. Every shutdown produces Kernel-Power 41 with BugcheckCode 0, all bugcheck…