[RTX 5070] Soft-Locked in Act 2: LiveKernelEvent 141 Crash (Full Log Provided)

Hi GGG team,

I am experiencing consistent game crashes to the desktop, primarily in Act 2. I played through Act 1 and the Mastodon Badlands with no issues. The crashes happen repeatably in the following zones:

- Valley of the Titans
- Keth
- Buried Shrines (during the boss fight)

The crash is typically a sudden game closure. My Windows Event Viewer logs an 'APPCRASH' for the game executable and a 'LiveKernelEvent' (Code 141) error each time. This basically means I am soft locked in Act 2 right now.

I have performed extensive troubleshooting to rule out hardware issues:

- Made sure my GPU drivers are up to date.
- Verified game files multiple times.
- The crashes occur on both DX12 and Vulkan renderers.
- Disabling CPU Turbo Boost had no effect.
- The crash occurs even with all upscaling methods (DLSS, FSR, etc.) disabled, running at native resolution.
- My hardware is completely stable in all other demanding games (including PoE1).

System Specifications:

- OS: Windows 11 Pro 64-bit (Build 26100)
- CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz
- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
- RAM: 32 GB
- PSU: Corsair RM1000x (1000W)

Log Information:

The full 'LatestClient.txt' from my most recent crashes are available here:

DLSS enabled:
https://pastebin.com/q0MYVQH9

All upscaling disabled:
https://pastebin.com/EzzNGUzw

Consistent error includes:
[RENDER] Shader uses incorrect vertex layout (shader: 0x00000218 mesh: 0x00000208)
Signature: "Metadata/EngineGraphs/base.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/render_default.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/Conversion/render_downscale.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/Conversion/lock_mode.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/Conversion/render_gravity.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/Conversion/face_camera.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/render_transform.fxgraph" "Metadata/EngineGraphs/GpuParticles/render_flip_normal.fxgraph" "Metadata/Effects/Graphs/General/BasicColour.fxgraph" "Metadata/Effects/Graphs/General/Ambient.fxgraph" "Metadata/Effects/Graphs/General/FlipbookOld.fxgraph" "Metadata/Effects/Graphs/General/DarkenTex.fxgraph"


Here are the key errors from my Windows Event Viewer for reference:

Application Error:

Faulting application name: PathOfExileSteam.exe
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000010de7eb


Windows Hardware Error (LiveKernelEvent):

Event Name: LiveKernelEvent
Problem signature: P1: 141

Thank you for your time and any help you can provide.