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I bought a new pc last August 28 and only today that I experience my PC randomly restarts. One instance that I experienced was, it randomly restarted and while the windows is loading, my PC shuts down and It was not turning on. No response when pressing the ON button. I checked in the event logs and I found a Critical error “Kernel Power 41”. I googled this and watched youtube videos but I still dont know the problem. I tried stress testing my CPU and memory, it passed and did not experience any random restart. I’m thinking this is a PSU related problem?

Specs
Cpu i5 8400(2.8mhz 6C/6T)
Mobo ASUS TUF B360M Plus
RAM Crucial 8GB 2400mhz
GPU Palit 1060 6b
PSU Corsair 650w
 
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Usually those tend to be an extreme case.

When the PSU fluctuates in its power supply, the PC does not get enough and as such restarts to protect the components. Kernel Power 41 is also associated with poor PSU's.

Either way, the VS series is a poor line. It would do you good to replace it. Test out the hypothesis first by borrowing a well rated and sufficient PSU from a mate or someone to test the system.
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What do I change in the power settings?
 
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Usually those tend to be an extreme case.

When the PSU fluctuates in its power supply, the PC does not get enough and as such restarts to protect the components. Kernel Power 41 is also associated with poor PSU's.

Either way, the VS series is a poor line. It would do you good to replace it. Test out the hypothesis first by borrowing a well rated and sufficient PSU from a mate or someone to test the system.
 
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with power supplys there more then one root failure. the root failure of a no post is one one leg of the power supply fails or the unit shorts out. that can happen to any power supply. the better units with jap caps like seasonic units have less doa and less failures over time then the cheaper units. the other root failure in a power supply is one of the 3 main rails. (3.3/5v/12v) from the factory is over the atx spec and burns parts out or under load one of the rails dipps below atx spec.
with your build start with looking at the atx voltage in the bios. let the pc sit there for 30-1 hour. watch the 12v rail make sure it at 12v and stays there. then boot into windows download hardware info. set it to logging and sensor make sure with the pc running the main rails stay within atx limit. if you find in the bios the 12v is at 11.8 or lower it a flag that the unit got passed there qa tester. use the vendor rma warranty or where you got the unit or your credit card to get your money back for the unit. buy a higher end of the sme brand or one of the newer seasonc focus units.
 
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