crash and restart

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  1. SecondGreatFlood

    Question pc will randomly freeze, then crash. after around 4-5 hours of using it no matter the situation what could be the cause??

    hi! for at least this last week (windows 11 23h2, install is over 3 months old) ive been having a very weird issue with my computer, where it would freeze first, then crash 5-ish seconds after with no messages, no nothing, just restarts the entire system after the freeze i first noticed this...
  2. H

    Question PC Randomly Reboots With VGA And BOOT Debug LEDs On

    Hi. For the past few weeks, I have been having this weird issue where my PC freezes with the screen turning black. If I am doing something (like watching a YouTube video), I can hear the audio but nothing shows up on the screen so I have to reboot. At other times, the PC just reboots itself...
  3. G

    Question Windows 10 | System Crash with Error Code 03B and 13A (System Service Exception)

    Hello everyone! Lately, i've been experiencing some random freeze-out moments out nowhere which leads to my pc to automatically reboot; both on low and high load times; giving me a couple of 03B and 13A error logs (only happen once for now) at my events reliability monitor / events viewer...
  4. thruray

    Question OneXPlayer Crashes Due To Keyboard Input?

    My OneXPlayer's battery recently inflated, so I had to remove it. Internals are fine, ports are fine, and external battery + cable seem to be fine. Now, here's the problem: I have no idea whether it's pure coincidince or not, but my computer has crashed and rebooted twice - both times seemingly...
  5. GLP28

    Question PC started turning itself off and on again while under load, I need help to diagnose the problem

    Hello, First of all, I'd like to share my specs (everything is stock, with RAM XMP enabled): CPU i5 11400 (~3 years of use) GPU RX 6750 XT (~1 year of use) CPU cooler Scythe Fuma 2 (~3 years of use, I haven't changed the thermal paste since I built the PC) Motherboard Gigabyte B560m Gaming...
  6. DatsunGuy78

    Question Quest 3 gaming keeps crashing PC

    First of all, let me just say I am so pissed off with this computer. I am not a super smart computer guy but I used to enjoy building a PC and normally using it for work but sometimes gaming. I am not looking for super fast anything just stability. So last December (2023) I thought it was build...
  7. C

    [SOLVED] Troubleshooting GPU crashes and performance issues after upgrading to a 4060 Ti ?

    Hi, It has been almost a decade since I last built a machine, and I’m apparently so outdated on that front that I feel completely hopeless while trying to troubleshoot this GPU issue. I tried to upgrade my 1060 6GB to a 4060 Ti in hopes of playing some of the new games, but all I got from the...
  8. H

    Question Hi my pc crashes sometimes.

    Hi, like i said sometimes it crashes i checked event viewer here : The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000007e (0xffffffffc0000005, 0xfffff80257bd6f38, 0xffffa5051e112408, 0xffffa5051e111c40). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id...
  9. R

    Question PC crashing/freezing with no BSOD, getting kernel power errors, usually under moderate load ?

    Hey all, first time posting in a forum like this, apologies if any of this is out of order, i usually am able to solve my issue by googling it, but I've been stuck for over a week now. I feel like there may be enough info to kinda pinpoint whats wrong, but I'm not tech savvy enough to figure it...
  10. A

    Question PC keeps randomly hard restarting | I’m out of ideas

    For about the last 6ish months, my PC has been having this issue where it will just randomly hard restart. It’s been gradually worsening over time, but seems to still happen completely randomly. Heavy work loads don’t seem to increase it, and it happens just as often at idle as it does doing...
  11. P

    Question Unable to force close applications on Task Manager after they crash

    I have been running into an issues with games, if they are to freeze I am able to access the task manager and close the application but the game background process still appears to be running if i look at the process in task manager. I know this is the case due to the launcher for the game...
  12. Cerox_

    Question Is my MB broken?

    Hi there, I have been having issues with my PC randomly restarting (no bluescreen, just black and instant restart) for some while now. It occurs randomly in idle, light use or gaming and realiably in Stresstests (Furmark2 + CinebenchR23 all core). System: AMD Ryzen 7 5800x3D XFX Speedster MERC...
  13. A

    Question PC randomly crashed while browsing with Chrome ?

    I was browsing with Chrome trying to do my schoolwork when my PC randomly crashed and automatically restarted with the following eror message: "The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x00000139 (0x0000000000000004, 0xffffe58 " If anyone has any advice that would be...
  14. W

    Question My pc is shutting down when it performs hardware acceleration

    Hi guys, my gaming rig is experiencing some problems with hardware acceleration, as the title says: the pc stops working when this acceleration thing reaches a certain limit (which idk what it is) it doesn't shut down completely but instead the pc won't display any video on my monitor, the fans...
  15. N

    Question My PC crashes then it corrupts GPU drivers..

    Hello there! Recently i've ran into a problem that is weird. Sometimes my PC screen goes black (No Signal) while some features of the PC are still running in the background (I can hear the sound of the game or the voices of my friends on Discord , though they can't hear me back). When I restart...
  16. L

    Question Clean Windows 10 install only boots in safe mood and regularly crashes

    I was trying to solve an audio problem describe here and have now uncovered a more serious, potentially related issue: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/cracking-audio-on-all-outputs-using-all-drivers.3833135/#post-23176293. In order to solve the audio problem I opened up the PC, cleaned...
  17. labyrinthine

    Question PC keeps crashing randomly, anything I can do?

    Ever since I think patch 4 of Baldur's Gate 3 had a memory leak that crashed my pc (thanks Larian), its begun crashing (BSOD) or restarting randomly with minimal resource usage. I uninstalled all of my Razer programs in case it was from that (recently installed due to receiving a Razer headset)...
  18. K

    Question Random amdppm!ReadGenAddr BSOD

    Pretty much as the title states. For about a month now these BSOD have started and i can not seem to figure out what it is. The Error in minidump reads DISABLED_INTERRUPT_FAULT_CODE_AV_BAD_IP_amdppm!ReadGenAddr i have no clue what that means Here is my Minidump if this helps. Appreciate any...
  19. JohnTHDW

    Question Random shutdowns and restarts, showing "Error TPM-WMI" in Event Viewer ?

    Keep getting random shutdowns and then restarts, yesterday I had 2 and today there's been like 5 events already. I opened Event Viewer and I keep finding the same events related to TPM-WMI, it says event Id 1795 Please help me fix this, is getting really annoying, any suggestions? here are the...
  20. CaribRinus

    [SOLVED] PC can run benchmarks but loading games causes crashes ?

    Out of nowhere, my computer crashes to desktop when loading games. With repeated tries leading to black screens or a rare BSOD. The weird thing is, running Unigine's Superposition benchmarks both in Performance as in Game mode does not lead to crashes. Every other game I try to load, it either...
  21. Eksoduss

    Question PC keeps crashing whithout any noticeable pattern ?

    Surprisingly, it doesn't crash while playing demanding games, instead crashing seemingly randomly everywhere else. So far, these are the details: - The PC doesn't crash when I don't do anything (i.e. don't move my mouse) - The PC crashes without a blue screen and restarts - Event viewer...
  22. J

    Question Pc crashes and restarts after playing vr games and regular games

    I recently bought a new gpu and a more powerful psu for it. I started using it a lot and suddenly when playing half life alyx my pc crashed, screen went black, and restarted. The exact same thing happened when playing blade and sorcery as well as high on life. My specs are: Intel i5 10600k...
  23. X

    [SOLVED] PC dying out of nowhere

    Hello! My PC randomly started restarting out of nowhere even after I have reinstalled Windows 10, everything just goes black and my keyboard continues to light up. It mostly happends when I watch youtube or something else but when I play games it has only happend once I dont get any specific...
  24. H

    [SOLVED] Kernal Power 41 for months, cant fix

    Hey all I am really frustrated and fed up of dealing with Kernal power 41 issues and my pc randomly crashing all the time. I have no idea what really to do. This has been happening ever since my friend installed some new parts into my pc since last june, this issue happens like 10 times a day...
  25. Megalow

    [SOLVED] Frequent crashes even after formatting and in Safe Mode, no overheating, no faulty HDD

    So, here's the case: My PC has been crashing (blue screen, gathering info and restarting) quite frequently lately, normally on moderate stressful actions like browsing and gaming (things that haven't shown any problems before). The most common issue was the "100% Disk Usage", I disabled a lot...
  26. S

    Question Apex Legends Restarts my PC

    My friend recently built his PC and the first thing he did was install apex. Once he started loading into a game, the computer would shut off and restart. We tried it again multiple times with the same result. It doesn't restart in the training field though, so maybe it's because of the player...
  27. P

    [SOLVED] Win10 Crash Dump Analysis. Please help?

    Hi there. For some freaking reason, my PC can't download the 'windbg preview' thing from the windows store, so I'm not able to even attempt to decipher my own crash logs. It would be really appreciated if someone could have a look at them for me? My PC froze and crashed (and restarted) today...
  28. Philbeck

    Question BSOD PFN_REFERENCE_COUNT FIX? (0x0000001c)

    Hello everyone. I recently built a new PC that has been running into seemingly random unpredictable stop code errors including "PFN_REFERENCE_COUNT" mainly, but also "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA". I have not received the Page Fault error since swapping RAM, which I assumed would fix the crashing...
  29. bb897

    [SOLVED] Laptop crashes - bluescreen / blackscreen

    Hi, my laptop started to have some issues and it all started like 1-2 weeks ago: Firstly there was Boot error when I had to configure the boot sequence, after setting it on HDD Drive, it worked fine, Once I've got a "Memory configured incorrectly" error while turning it on, I know its about...
  30. omega21xx

    [SOLVED] EVGA 1080TI SC II artifacts crash, I've RMA'd 5 times now...

    Underclocking the memory usually gives me some time before artifacts and crash, but its absurd to expect to have to do such just to not have your time ruined. Even with the memory underclocked, I still end up with crashes later. Just more game time at best. I'm on my 5th 1080ti via RMA. My PSU...
  31. F

    [SOLVED] The most unxeplainable type of crash that I've ever experienced PLEASE any help would be appreciated

    Hi! This particular case of error is something that never happened to me before .I got a few blue screens or computer that wouldn't boot up but this one is new so I need some help to figure it out. The problem started first when I was streaming in one random night a few weeks ago.The screen went...
  32. Free Flyin'

    [SOLVED] Once per day freeze, black screen, and unexpected restart.

    TL;DR often my computer restarts unexpectedly (not exactly a BSOD, also never more than once in a day), with the screen freezing momentarily, followed by a very short lived return of the audio, and then a restart. Any advice or insight would be deeply appreciated, even more so if you'd be...
  33. Q

    [SOLVED] PC crashes and restarts randomly when playing games

    I build a pc for the first time and I am having problems with it, it keeps crashing and restarting when i play games. Sometimes I can play a game for 3 hours without crashing and sometimes it crashes after 10 seconds into the game. I don't know what to do, I stress tested my gpu and cpu and ran...
  34. K

    Question PC keeps restarting after installing new graphics card

    I recently inherited my dad's old dell xps 8700 desktop pc (purchased around 2015 I think). I removed the gtx 745 and installed an msi gtx 1650 super aero itx card the other day. The computer immediately began to intermittently restart without warning or error messages. It seems especially prone...
  35. T

    [SOLVED] bsod while gaming

    hi guys, my pc crashes (bsod) while gaming, currently it was happening in Wildlands when i bought the new pc hardly 6months back, bt it stopped after some driver issue when i updated it then i juz went back to old drivers and was able to play GTA 5 for hours without any issue, then it started...
  36. artemisfowl872

    [SOLVED] system crash caused by smartscreen.exe

    Hi, my system suddenly crashed without bsod, and I'm trying to understand why and what happened. I'm somewhat used to bsods thank to the infamous shield controller drivers, but this time the os simply froze while using chrome, blasting noise through the tv it was connected to. (the classic...
  37. SleezyPhresh

    [SOLVED] Gaming Pc Keeps shutting down at random times and tries to turn back on?

    Hello fellow pc mechanics! I have a problem here and it has been going on for several days even weeks now. My gaming computer shuts off at random times and then tries to reboot itself. The lights in my pc will turn on then off after a few seconds. When I leave it alone for a few hours everything...
  38. P

    Question Blue screen and memory dump corrupted

    I've been having issues with blue screens lately and i tried download WhoCrashed to check what was wrong, but when i try to run it, it says this. "The following dump files were found but could not be read. These files may be corrupted: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP" And i have looked around on google...