Computer freezes randomly doing this 'brrrrrrrrrrrrrt' sound then immediately restart/crash

Kevin McLean12 0 Reputation points
2026-10-13T18:05:38.6033333+00:00

Exactly what the title says, this seems to happen anytime I play anything with audio. Youtube, video games, anything. The 'brrrrrrrrrrt' sound occurs during freezing while I was playing a game then restart. I'm not sure exactly, it happened while I Alt+Tab repeatedly to get out of the game to browse (I put the game on borderless).

I'm getting kinda worried, that there's some hardware problem or something so I wanted to check.

I haven't done any troubleshooting since I'm not experienced enough to do so, so I'm afraid of breaking something else right now. I briefly thought it might be just because I'm lacking in RAMs to run too many programs at once

I'm including in here : minidump file or system logs.
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The specs are here :

OS = Windows 11 Home Single Language 64-bit

System Manufacturer = Micro-star International Co., ltd

System Model = Katana 15 B13VFK

BIOS = E1585IMS.114

Processor = 13th Gen Intel Core i7-13620H, 2,4GHz

RAM = 16GB

Graphics Card = RTX 4060

If there's anyone who can help me, it'll be appreciated.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
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  1. Clary-N 17,080 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2026-10-14T06:22:28.3966667+00:00

    Hi Kevin McLean12,

    Since this is a public forum, we will hide your personal identifiable information, and I have sent those links that containing your personal identifiable information in a private message so we can work together to resolve the issue. Also, please check your private message in case you want to share another screenshot or file to avoid leaking your PII by click on the Message button as show below

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    I can see that you’ve already shared the minidump and system logs through Google Drive. Unfortunately, I’m unable to access that link from this side, so I can’t review the files directly.

    As an alternative, please open Reliability Monitor by searching for View reliability history, then select the error recorded at the time of the crash. Let me know if it shows a stop code, LiveKernelEvent, Windows hardware error or the name of a failed driver.

    If you’re comfortable using WinDbg, you can also open the latest minidump, run !analyze -v and paste only these lines in your reply:

    • BUGCHECK_CODE
    • MODULE_NAME
    • IMAGE_NAME
    • FAILURE_BUCKET_ID

    Before posting, please remove any personal information, including your name, email address, device serial number or file paths containing your Windows username.

    Since the freezing happens during games, video playback and Alt+Tab, I’d also check the NVIDIA graphics driver provided specifically for the MSI Katana 15 B13VFK, rather than focusing only on the audio driver. The repeating “brrrr” sound may simply be the last part of the audio looping after the whole system has stopped responding.

    For now, I’d avoid making registry changes or updating the BIOS until the crash details have been reviewed. Those results should give us a clearer idea of whether this is related to the graphics driver, memory or another component.

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