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retro21
Feb 14, 2026Copper Contributor
Windows 11 Random Restarts During Installation and OOBE. Stable in Linux and Windows Desktop
System Specs Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4-F (BIOS P10.43 Beta, AGESA ComboAM4v2 1.2.0.F) CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 RAM: 2x 16GB (tested and verified stable, no errors) ...
John Gruber
Feb 25, 2026Iron Contributor
Sounds like a hardware issue. I know you mentioned you ran hardware tests, but I'd still try removing or replacing pieces of hardware.
Try removing all but one stick of RAM. If issues persist, replace the 1 stick of RAM with another stick in a different location.
Try replacing the hard drive.
Try replacing the graphics card (or removing it and using the built-in)
Try replacing the power supply.
Or just buy new hardware. It's pretty cheap nowadays on Amazon or a manufacturer's website.