XMP Causing Restarts After Quitting Games To Desktop.

[Andromedan]

I am having an issue with stability while having the XMP profile enabled in my PC's bios. It's a weird issue as the only time the PC will restart is after I quit a game to desktop after playing for a few hours. The system suffers no performance drops of any kind while playing the game, voltage and temperature stay within acceptable ranges as well. I have already experimented with turning the XMP profile off, this does fix the restarting issue, but at the cost of performance while gaming. Any recommendations on possible bios setups in the settings that will allow me to keep XMP enabled while preventing the restarts, as I imagine the PC restarting abruptly is unhealthy for the hardware. 

 

PC specs:

 

NVIDIA system information report created on: 06/17/2025 02:54:42
NVIDIA App version: 11.0.4.148
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Version 10.0.26100
DirectX runtime version: DirectX 12
Driver: Game Ready Driver - 576.66 - Wed Apr 16, 2025
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700F
RAM: 32.0 GB
Storage: SSD - 931.5 GB

Graphics card
GPU processor: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
Direct3D feature level: 12_1
CUDA cores: 4352
Graphics clock: 2550 MHz
Resizable bar: Yes
Memory data rate: 18.00 Gbps
Memory interface: 128-bit
Memory bandwidth: 288.032 GB/s
Total available graphics memory: 24486 MB
Dedicated video memory: 8188 MB GDDR6
System video memory: 0 MB
Shared system memory: 16298 MB
Video BIOS version: 95.06.26.00.72
IRQ: Not used
Bus: PCI Express x8 Gen4
Device ID: 10DE 2803 41061458
Part number: G190 0361

Display (1): Sceptre K25
Resolution: 1080p, 1920 x 1080 (recommended)
Refresh rate: 120 Hz
Desktop color depth: Highest (32-bit)
HDCP: Supported

 

After the system restarts there is an error log that appears in the event logger:

Log Name:      System
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-WHEA-Logger
Date:          6/17/2025 2:25:55 AM
Event ID:      18
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:      
User:          LOCAL SERVICE
Computer:      AstroPC
Description:
A fatal hardware error has occurred.

Reported by component: Processor Core
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: Internal parity error
Processor APIC ID: 24

 

 

[191x7]

1 hour ago, Andromedan said:

I am having an issue with stability while having the XMP profile enabled in my PC's bios. It's a weird issue as the only time the PC will restart is after I quit a game to desktop after playing for a few hours. The system suffers no performance drops of any kind while playing the game, voltage and temperature stay within acceptable ranges as well. I have already experimented with turning the XMP profile off, this does fix the restarting issue, but at the cost of performance while gaming. Any recommendations on possible bios setups in the settings that will allow me to keep XMP enabled while preventing the restarts, as I imagine the PC restarting abruptly is unhealthy for the hardware. 

 

PC specs:

 

NVIDIA system information report created on: 06/17/2025 02:54:42
NVIDIA App version: 11.0.4.148
Operating system: Microsoft Windows 11 Home, Version 10.0.26100
DirectX runtime version: DirectX 12
Driver: Game Ready Driver - 576.66 - Wed Apr 16, 2025
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700F
...

 

 

Latest Bios?

 

Which exact RAM? Tried loading XMP and manually decreasing the frequency to the next tier down?

[OddOod]

Welcome to the forums!
I'm wondering if it's a C State issue. Have you tried disabling those in BIOS?
Also, can you get us info on the make and model of your PSU?

[Andromedan]

Just wanted to thank those who replied quickly and attempted to help, but in the meantime I've identified the cause of the issues. 

 

For anyone experiencing similar issues, and if you've already gone through with troubleshooting your ram, gpu and psu. Make sure you check the integrity of your SSD or other memory device. I checked mine through GeForce Control Center and found it has several thousand hours of run time and 0% life expectancy. Causing the SSD to corrupt memory and trigger automatic restarts. 

 

I initially thought the ram was the culprit but it turns out my "new" PC was sold to me with a completely worn out SSD. Fortunately I have a warranty and am getting a new PC but hopefully others can learn from this experience. 

[Andromedan]

7 hours ago, 191x7 said:

Latest Bios?

 

Which exact RAM? Tried loading XMP and manually decreasing the frequency to the next tier down?

Thank you for reaching out and assisting but I've identified the issue. 

[Andromedan]

2 hours ago, OddOod said:

Welcome to the forums!
I'm wondering if it's a C State issue. Have you tried disabling those in BIOS?
Also, can you get us info on the make and model of your PSU?

Thank you for the quick help but since posting this I've continued troubleshooting and I've found the root cause of the issue. It was a worn out SSD. 

[191x7]

1 hour ago, Andromedan said:

Thank you for reaching out and assisting but I've identified the issue. 

What does Hard Disk Sentinel say about the drive?