Question PC crashes but only when I try to play Valorant ?

[Bxzza]

so i recently built my new system (3 days ago) and it runs everything perfectly, i’ve tried running multiple games on it, but for some reason whenever i try to play valorant it just restarts the system, getting WHEA-Logger 18 and a Kernel Power 41, i’ve read some things saying that apparently it’s to do with valorant's anti-cheat, but i just want to ask and make sure.

specs:
Ryzen 9 5900x
Asus B550F Wifi
16Gb Corsair Vengeance
1660ti Gigabyte
Corsair RM850x

 

[rgd1101]

latest bios? chipset driver?

 

[Bxzza]

both most recent updates from the asu’s website

 

[Larns]

Hi, I'm also having the same issue. Setup my pc last year November. Started crashing around January with the WHEA-18 error. Ran windbg and found out it's caused by smss.exe but this is a windows thing and there's no way to stop it. Replaced mobo and RAMS but issue persisted. So I decided to stop playing valorant and my computer has not crashed since June 17th. What's also weird is that it only crashes once or twice a week.

 

[limerent]

so i recently built my new system (3 days ago) and it runs everything perfectly, i’ve tried running multiple games on it, but for some reason whenever i try to play valorant it just restarts the system, getting WHEA-Logger 18 and a Kernel Power 41, i’ve read some things saying that apparently it’s to do with valorant's anti-cheat, but i just want to ask and make sure.

specs:
Ryzen 9 5900x
Asus B550F Wifi
16Gb Corsair Vengeance
1660ti Gigabyte
Corsair RM850x

yo, I have the same problem with valorant too. I want to talk to u about it on discord. Is that possible? add me. swag#2200