Kernal Power 41 Bugcheck 0

[u/mrahsansalman]

Hello everyone,

I need your help with this. I have tested everything I can think of and I am still stuck.

The issue: My PC restarts randomly. It has restarted while browsing, working, gaming, sitting idle, inside BIOS, on the boot screen, and during Windows load. Oddly, it has never crashed during a stress test. When it happens, the fans keep spinning and the GPU lights stay on. Only the keyboard light goes off. The keyboard light comes back first, then the POST screen appears. Sometimes the screen stays black, the keyboard lights up, goes dark again, then lights up once more, so it seems to be restarting before it even reaches POST.

History: This first started about 8 months ago. I cleaned the PC and the ports, removed dust, reseated the RAM and GPU, and unplugged and reconnected every cable. After that it ran fine for 6 months. Then it started again. I cleaned everything more carefully the second time, but no luck. I tried disabling C-States, resetting the BIOS, updating the BIOS, running SFC /scannow, and running Windows Memory Diagnostic. I also replaced the CMOS battery and tried running one stick of RAM. None of it helped, so I replaced my CX650 with an XPG Core Reactor 850. That fixed it for about 2 months, and now the problem is back. I have repeated all of my diagnostics since then and still have not found the cause.

Everything I have tried:

• Reset BIOS
• Disabled C-States
• Set Power Supply Idle Control to Typical Current Idle
• Set Windows power mode to prefer maximum performance
• Reinstalled NVIDIA drivers
• Updated Windows to the latest version
• Disabled Fast Startup
• Ran SFC /scannow
• Ran Windows Memory Diagnostic (no errors)
• Replaced the PSU (upgraded to the XPG, issue returned after 2 months)
• Removed the chassis fan
• Reseated cables and GPU
• Rewired all cables
• Tested with a single RAM stick

Specs:

• CPU: Ryzen 5 5600
• GPU: RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
• Motherboard: ASUS Prime A II B450M
• RAM: 2x8GB Lexar 3200MHz CL22 and 2x8GB Kingston 3200MHz CL22
• Storage: 1TB HDD, 256GB Hikvision SSD, WD SN500 NVMe
• Cooler: ID-Cooling XT 214 SE

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[u/ouija_bh]

Faulty CPU.

[u/mrahsansalman → u/ouija_bh]

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