PC Randomly Restarts

sometimes after a few hours my pc will randomly restart and I dont know why, Im not getting a BSOD or anything it just restarts, and way to find out why? Also on a different note if youre doing something that causes 70% of your GPU at 70-80 degrees Celsius and 30% of your memory to be used for prolong periods of time during the day is that safe for your pc?

Hi, welcome.

You could try looking into event viewer

Open Event Viewer:

• Press Win + R to open the Run dialog
• Type: eventvwr.msc and press Enter
• Event Viewer will open

Where to Look:

• In the left pane, expand Windows Logs > System
• Scroll or filter for events around the time of the restart

Key Event IDs to look for:

• There are images below to show you how to filter for restart events
  • Filter by the Event ID 41
• 41 – Kernel-Power (unexpected restart, power loss, crash)
• 1074 – Clean shutdown/restart initiated by a process (Windows Update, user, or software)
• 6006 – Event log service stopped (normal shutdown)
• 6008 – Unexpected shutdown (system didn’t shut down cleanly)
• 6005 – Event log service started (system boot)
• Use Filter Current Log (right‑click System > Filter) to narrow by Event ID (e.g. 41)
• Cross‑check the timestamp with when the restart occurred
• If you see Event ID 41 without a matching 1074, it usually means a crash, forced reset, or power issue
• If you see 1074, the restart was intentional (update, user action, or software)

• Open Custom Views Administrative Events, sort Event ID and look for Event ID 41
• Please don't be alarmed by all the Red Icons ! Everyone has events like these.

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DuoMaxwell007 said:

on a different note if youre doing something that causes 70% of your GPU at 70-80 degrees Celsius and 30% of your memory to be used for prolong periods of time during the day is that safe for your pc?

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A PC will restart if it overheats, as far as I remember.

antspants said:

A PC will restart if it overheats, as far as I remember.

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well yes a PC will definitely restart to prevent overheating, but the question is are those normal operating temps or not, because Ive heard 70-80 celsius is quite normal, I mean right no w its at 60 just idle and not being used

DuoMaxwell007 said:

well yes a PC will definitely restart to prevent overheating, but the question is are those normal operating temps or not, because Ive heard 70-80 celsius is quite normal, I mean right no w its at 60 just idle and not being used

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These may vary depending where or who you read.

so I do have a few error 41s but those are pretty widespread... the most recent one however (a restart that happens right before this post) is showing event 1 and event 1001, talking about a fatal hardware error WHEA and the other is the computer rebooted from a bug check

DuoMaxwell007 said:

talking about a fatal hardware error WHEA

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Event ID 1 – WHEA-Logger
• Reports a fatal hardware error.
• Usually flags CPU, RAM, motherboard, or PCIe device issues.
• The “Processor Core” or “Bank” info in the XML can hint at which component triggered it.

DuoMaxwell007 said:

the other is the computer rebooted from a bug check

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Event ID 1001 – BugCheck

• Confirms a blue screen (BSOD) occurred.
• Includes the STOP code and parameters — crucial for debugging.

Do you have the BugCheck code and parameters?

antspants said:

These may vary depending where or who you read.

Component	Safe Temp Range	Caution Zone	Unsafe Temp
CPU (Idle)	30–45°C	46–55°C	>55°C
CPU (Load)	60–80°C	81–90°C	>90°C
GPU (Idle)	30–50°C	51–60°C	>60°C
GPU (Load)	65–85°C	86–95°C	>95°C
Motherboard	25–50°C	51–60°C	>60°C
SSD	0–50°C	51–70°C	>70°C
HDD	20–45°C	46–55°C	>55°C
VRAM	30–80°C	81–95°C	>95°C

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so based on that if task manager is to be believed by GPU is currently at caution zone idling temp (60) and and when its under heavy load (and by heavy load i mean my pc running 6 copies of the same game at the same time) its never exceed 80 C which according to that is safe temp. My CPU doesnt show temps so I dunno about that one

HWMonitor – Lightweight, shows temps, voltages, and fan speeds.

Core Temp – Focused on CPU temps per core.

antspants said:

Event ID 1 – WHEA-Logger
• Reports a fatal hardware error.
• Usually flags CPU, RAM, motherboard, or PCIe device issues.
• The “Processor Core” or “Bank” info in the XML can hint at which component triggered it.





Event ID 1001 – BugCheck

• Confirms a blue screen (BSOD) occurred.
• Includes the STOP code and parameters — crucial for debugging.

Do you have the BugCheck code and parameters?

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So the WHEA doesnt have a processor core or Bank in the XML just this:

- <Event xmlns="

http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event

">


- <System>


<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WHEA-Logger" Guid="{c26c4f3c-3f66-4e99-8f8a-39405cfed220}" />


<EventID>1</EventID>


<Version>0</Version>


<Level>2</Level>


<Task>0</Task>


<Opcode>0</Opcode>


<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>


<TimeCreated SystemTime="2025-10-16T02:46:39.9045808Z" />


<EventRecordID>44017</EventRecordID>


<Correlation ActivityID="{def5e50c-905e-4a20-b5be-83ac48a6572c}" />


<Execution ProcessID="6520" ThreadID="7316" />


<Channel>System</Channel>


<Computer>NewNamek</Computer>


<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />


</System>


- <EventData>


<Data Name="Length">744</Data>


<Data Name="RawData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ata>


</EventData>


</Event>




As for the bugcheck theres this:


- <Event xmlns="

http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event

">


- <System>


<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting" Guid="{abce23e7-de45-4366-8631-84fa6c525952}" />


<EventID>1001</EventID>


<Version>1</Version>


<Level>2</Level>


<Task>0</Task>


<Opcode>0</Opcode>


<Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords>


<TimeCreated SystemTime="2025-10-16T02:46:48.0601656Z" />


<EventRecordID>44033</EventRecordID>


<Correlation />


<Execution ProcessID="1492" ThreadID="1496" />


<Channel>System</Channel>


<Computer>NewNamek</Computer>


<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />


</System>


- <EventData>


<Data Name="param1">0x00000101 (0x000000000000000c, 0x0000000000000000, 0xffffa9812e132180, 0x0000000000000006)</Data>


<Data Name="param2">C:\WINDOWS\MEMORY.DMP</Data>


<Data Name="param3">d38f8100-fd37-49a0-8fad-5b328463c979</Data>


</EventData>


</Event>

DuoMaxwell007 said:

so I do have a few error 41s but those are pretty widespread... the most recent one however (a restart that happens right before this post) is showing event 1 and event 1001, talking about a fatal hardware error WHEA and the other is the computer rebooted from a bug check

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Those are BSODs.

Please run the V2 log collector > post a share link

DuoMaxwell007 said:

So the WHEA doesnt have a processor core or Bank in the XML just this:

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I don't know what you feel about AI, but if you post that result into Copilot, interesting reading.

Whatever it is, it looks like you have hardware issues (obviously)

Be patient, follow zbooks instructions to try and figure it out. I think it's well worth going through the process.

1) Please add WMIC







2) Run Tuneup plus > post a share link








3) Choose one of the temperature monitoring software applications: Speecy, HW monitor, Speed fan:

Speccy - Free Download - Piriform: Speccy - System Information - Free

HWMONITOR | Softwares | CPUID: HWMONITOR | Softwares | CPUID

SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer: SpeedFan - Access temperature sensor in your computer

Also the post with the bsod dump files is still waiting for moderator approval

Please reboot > perform Windows / defender updates > rerun Tuneup plus > post a share link into the newest post

After posting the new Tuneup plus > rerun V2 > post a share link into the newest post

I couldnt get Defender updated because according to microsoft.com it required downloading files (which I did) then doing something in Powershell to install said files which I couldnt do. Windows is updated though and heres the new links