I'm having a frustrating issue with my computer that keeps restarting unexpectedly. The odd part is that the longer I use it, the more often it restarts. For example, it starts with about an hour of use before the first restart, then it drops to 40 minutes, then 20, and eventually, it barely runs for a second before restarting again. I'm really at a loss here and could use some help figuring it out.
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This seems like a common issue known as Event 41. Open the Event Viewer on Windows, click on the system logs, and look for the restart time—you're likely to see a 'Kernel power event 41' error, indicating an unexpected loss of power. It's not very descriptive, but it's a starting point!
You might want to apply some new thermal paste on your CPU. Sometimes overheating can cause random restarts, and fresh thermal paste can help with that.
Not sure if this is relevant, but now my PC won’t even boot to BIOS. It powers on for about 2 seconds before shutting off. Hoping it just needs a few hours before it resets to the old cycle.
Have you checked the temperatures? Running HWinfo can give you a good overview of how everything's doing when it comes to heat.
Thanks for the tip! I'll try checking that, though the OC restarted while I was attempting it.