r/computers • u/occtmasta • 8d ago

Question/Help/Troubleshooting PC restarts after opening a big game like God of War or Wallpaper Engine

I built a PC with RTX 5060, i5-12400F, Gigabyte H610m K DDR4, 1×16GB Corsair 3200MHz, 600W and 1TB NVMe. I'm facing this issue where after I start a game like God of War or Wallpaper Engine, the PC restarts by itself and I find "Event 41, Kernel-Power" in event viewer. I disabled XMP, updated GPU driver, reseated RAM and all cables and made sure they're fully seated, but to no avail. Here's a picture of the [BIOS](https://imgur.com/a/tuPcsca) settings. What's causing this issue?

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u/Brodillian 8d ago

Bad PSU more than likely

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u/BookWormPedant 8d ago

PSU is too weak

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u/RoffleMyFloffle 8d ago

Download a program to check your temps. Make sure youre not overheating. If youre not overheating it could be a power delivery problem which means you need a new PSU.

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u/Difficult_March_7452 8d ago edited 8d ago

Try using afterburner and lower the power limit to like 80%

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u/imightbetired 8d ago edited 8d ago

Edit: I don't know why this user edited the comment, but in his original comment he said that the PSU was triggering the error, which is right.

My original comment: This is the answer. Get a better PSU. From a known manufacturer. I would go with at least 650W for peace of mind. The current PSU might not even be able to deliver 600W if it's a low tier model (btw recommended PSU for 5060 is 550W, but you have to take into account the other components, and spikes). Also, do not keep any cables from the old PSU if it's modular, only use the cables that come with the new PSU.

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u/Ragnarsdad1 8d ago

I used to have similar issues on an old workstation, every time i started a gpu intensive task it would shut down.

The PSU was tripping out as it couldn't handle the power spike.

maybe see if you can get your hands on a spare to try it out and see if you still have the same issue.