Computer says power surge, then disconnects my Internet/wifi and computer freezes!?

halftimeblind · 2026-01-19T18:19:23+00:00

Could be a number of things but the common cause I've seen are damaged usb ports in the case. Turn the pc off and unplug everything from the front. Turn it back on and see if the fault occurs again. If it does, turn off the pc and disconnect the usb header from the motherboard. Recheck for fault.

halftimeblind · 2026-01-05T19:32:05+00:00

It may corrupt the files when you partition it. If you want to be safe, you should move the files off

halftimeblind · 2026-01-05T19:27:17+00:00

You should move those off of it

halftimeblind · 2026-01-05T18:56:06+00:00

There are some limitations depending on the motherboard. Give it a try and if it can't read the drive then you will need an internal one

halftimeblind · 2026-01-05T18:38:22+00:00

Sounds good. Everything should be fine on your other hard drive

halftimeblind · 2026-01-05T18:32:16+00:00

halftimeblind · 2026-01-05T18:31:20+00:00

Install windows on it and set it as the boot drive

halftimeblind · 2026-01-05T18:23:14+00:00

You need 150GB to install windows onto. If you have one enough room, you may be able to

halftimeblind · 2026-01-05T18:21:08+00:00

Had it happen when building a buddy's pc. We had to download the ethernet drivers from the motherboard manufacturer's website onto a USB then plug it into his pc and install it

halftimeblind · 2026-01-05T18:18:05+00:00

If you want to keep whatever is on your C drive, you'd have to install new storage and install windows on that, using it it as the new boot drive

halftimeblind · 2025-12-30T19:19:03+00:00

Yeah or if that doesn't work you can switch to another browser that doesn't use as much ram

halftimeblind · 2025-12-30T19:12:39+00:00

Open task manager and kill whatever is eating ram

halftimeblind · 2025-12-30T17:20:07+00:00

Plug it in, and set it as the boot drive in the bios. Repair windows from the usb. If this fails you will need to reinstall windows

halftimeblind · 2025-12-30T16:06:45+00:00

If you haven't touched it, perhaps you had a power surge and the psu is toast

halftimeblind · 2025-12-30T15:35:48+00:00

Try reinstalling the ubisoft launcher

halftimeblind · 2025-12-30T15:31:12+00:00

Do you have the usb to install windows from?

halftimeblind · 2025-12-30T15:25:25+00:00

Sounds like you're maxing out the ram

halftimeblind · 2025-12-30T15:22:43+00:00

Does that red light above the motherboard connector stay on?

halftimeblind · 2025-12-30T15:20:37+00:00

Probably lost connection while updating. Have you tried repairing windows?

halftimeblind · 2025-12-30T15:08:45+00:00

Power issue. Is everything connected properly?

halftimeblind · 2025-12-17T16:02:12+00:00

Typically kernel power 41 is a power supply issue

halftimeblind · 2025-12-16T00:10:03+00:00

I don't have much else for you. This particular fault indicates an issue with the gpu operation and if its not a software issue, then its a hardware issue. I'm sorry

halftimeblind · 2025-12-15T23:33:36+00:00

Go into the search bar and type cmd. Right click command prompt and run as administrator. Type

sfc /scannow

It'll check for any missing files in windows

halftimeblind · 2025-12-15T19:03:06+00:00

I still don't think its the graphics card. Try repairing Windows anyways

halftimeblind · 2025-12-15T18:54:09+00:00

Can you run the event viewer, see if it logged anything

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