GPU Swap Kernel-Power Error

Hardware

Hey everyone,
I've noticed my PC randomly restarts exclusively when launching *S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2*.

It took a long time to compile shaders, and once they finished, I stepped away for about 10 minutes. When I came back, my PC had completely rebooted. This is the second time it has restarted while sitting at the main menu right after shader compilation.

I checked Event Viewer under the System log and found:

* **Event ID 41 (Kernel-Power)**
* **Bugcheck:** 0x00000116 (VIDEO\_TDR\_FAILURE)
* **Parameters:** (0xffffb1833a3df050, 0xfffff80764afa350, 0xffffffffc000009a, 0x0000000000000004)
* I switched my Prebuilt pc from a 9070XT to a PNY 5080.

The crash only happens at the main menu or during shadersother games run fine without issues.

Posted Aug 21, 2026, 2:32 AM UTC

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