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Question PC rebooting randomly, "Event ID 41 Kernel Power" error ?

Jul 30, 2023
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Hi friends,
My PC config is following,

AMD Ryzen 5 3400G CPU
MSI B450M-Pro VDH Max motherboard
Corsair VS650 watt PSU
Corsair vengeance LPX 2x8GB RAM
WD Green 240GB SSD
Windows 10 Pro
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My PC has recently been abruptly rebooting without any error message on screen.
Sometimes it used to load windows fully and then reboot, but recently it also started during boot screen as well.

I tried using Safe Mode, Recovery console, Driver updates no use.

Also tried swapping memory modules, use single module each for checking each slot.

Tried changing Power supply as well but no use.

Cleaned CPU dust, used new thermal paste on it. No issues regarding temperatures.

There is CPU light on motherboard which keeps ON even earlier times when it was working well. But now lots of random restarts and no solution.

I went into Windows Event Viewer to see details & found several Critical events right after it restarts.

following messages it shows,

Kernel-Power, Event ID 41, Task Category: (63)​

BugcheckCode 0

My IT-related friend told me it is some issue with the motherboard but he also not sure as CPU can't fail like this he said.
So far I have given both to him for further checking.

What is the possible problem and solutions for it?

Please help
Thanks!
 
I did have this issue for a very long time and I ended up fixing it by changing the PSU, but this doesn't seem to be the issue in your case.

There's not a lot than can go wrong so it's either the CPU or the motherboard.
 
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What BIOS version is the motherboard running?
Default version I haven't updated anything & this problem started appearing out of nowhere, for last 4 years I been using PC heavily but never this problem faced. Since last few weeks only it is happening and became severe now.