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Kernel Power Error, memtest looks bad…

kewtz
By kewtz
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I was doing some flight simulation today, and had a bunch of windows open so I’m speculating high load on the PC. 

The PC flat out restarted, no BSOD, Windows event viewer said critical kernel power error, generic. 

 

My gut says my SeaSonic Focus 750w isn’t cutting it with a 5900x/3080 combo, but running MemTest - it’s on the final pass of all the tests and I have ~150 errors and counting. 

 

Is it safe at this point to do a check on the BIOS, see if there’s an upgrade, run the MemTest again? Or should I just assume I have some bad RAM and order some new stuff…and pay for a larger PSU…I’m not sure how to test that. 

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CPU: AMD 5900x || GPU: nVidia RTX 3080 || RAM: 32gb Trident Z Neo CL16 || Case: Fractal Torrent Compact || CPU Cooler: Scythe Fuma 2 || PSU: Corsair RM850 Gold || Storage: ADATA SX8200 Pro (1TB), 2x Samsung Evo 870 (2TB)

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As a follow-up, memtest failed.

I did purchase a new PSU because I have a feeling that my SeaSonic Focus Gold has an issue. I've seen a few other threads reference failures of sorts at high load.

Once the new PSU is in, I'll run memtest again (after a minor BIOS update), see where things stand.

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CPU: AMD 5900x || GPU: nVidia RTX 3080 || RAM: 32gb Trident Z Neo CL16 || Case: Fractal Torrent Compact || CPU Cooler: Scythe Fuma 2 || PSU: Corsair RM850 Gold || Storage: ADATA SX8200 Pro (1TB), 2x Samsung Evo 870 (2TB)

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