PC crash with error code (0xc0000428) and turns on and off by itself every 5 seconds.

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Title says it all. Random crash with that error code, but the visuals were distorted. It auto restarted and now just turns on (the case light turns on) and then turns off (the case light fades off.)
 
Solution
Since your machine had been running prior to the crash, this is probably not a RAM compatibility issue, but it is still worth confirming that your specific RAM is listed on the motherboard's QVL. Another possibility is that over time, thermal cycling has affected the cpu-socket connections; maybe you had one or more ever-so-slightly bent CPU pins in the socket, and it's causing something unusual like no longer letting the CPU properly identify the RAM you're using. You might want to pull the CPU and use a jeweler's loupe to examine the pins. Any out of place an be nudged back into line with a dressmaker's pin (they've got the big ball on one end, so they're easy to manipulate).

In your testing, i underlined the exact same configuration where one time you get boot loop and 2nd time all is in order. One of them seems to be wrong, which one is it?

Also, what happens when you test your RAM in such configuration:
stick #1 in slot 1 + stick #2 in slot 3
and
stick #2 in slot 1 + stick #1 in slot 3

When you have 2x sticks running in the system, run memtest86 and look if you get any errors. 3x passes should be enough,
link: https://www.memtest86.com/download.htm
 
Since your machine had been running prior to the crash, this is probably not a RAM compatibility issue, but it is still worth confirming that your specific RAM is listed on the motherboard's QVL. Another possibility is that over time, thermal cycling has affected the cpu-socket connections; maybe you had one or more ever-so-slightly bent CPU pins in the socket, and it's causing something unusual like no longer letting the CPU properly identify the RAM you're using. You might want to pull the CPU and use a jeweler's loupe to examine the pins. Any out of place an be nudged back into line with a dressmaker's pin (they've got the big ball on one end, so they're easy to manipulate).
 
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