Kernal-Power Error Event 41

[jinroh10]

Hello all, i have been getting random shutdowns while playing BF3, the pc shuts down and i get a BSOD and i can see hardware error about 15-20 minutes into gaming and reboots. Upon checking the event viewer it states that its a Kernal Power issue. I have searched the web and can not find anything solid on what the issue could be. I know its not a heat issue, people online say that it might be a PSU issue. I will list my specs below. Please help if this is something that you have been able to resolve.

 

Asus Maximus VI Formula ROG

Intel I7 4770K 3.5GHZ

16GB Corsair Vengence DDR ram

Corsair H100i cpu cooler

Corsair RM650

Samsung Pro 850 250 SSD

1TB Western Digital Black sata Drive

Seagate 500 sata

EVGA 780 SC ACX

[zlolslavez]

are you overclocked? if you are try increasing voltage slightly

[jinroh10]

No overclocking

[jinroh10]

The grapics card is factory overclocked

[zlolslavez]

This error means that the computer shut down, but there's no cause that was registered by windows. This could be anything from insufficient power supply which I cannot confirm due to a lack of a graphics card posted, or overheating, which I also doubt due to the watercooling.

[jinroh10]

From the last post does everything look right on EVGA Pricision?

[zlolslavez]

From the last post does everything look right on EVGA Pricision?

Doesn't even look like you touched it, it should work oob. (out-of box)

[jinroh10]

The card is working fine....do you think it may be the PSU for the Kernal Power error?

[dragoon20005]

try with Unigine Heaven and test if the system still crashes

 

also

 

if possible swap out the PSU

[jinroh10]

try with Unigine Heaven and test if the system still crashes

 

also

 

if possible swap out the PSU

Is that free?

[jinroh10]

I have a EVGA 750 as backup if anything happened tO this PSU

[dragoon20005]

Is that free?

yes download from Unigine website

[jinroh10]

yes download from Unigine website

Ok...DL now.

[jinroh10]

 

Ok...no shut down while running Heaven Benchmark.

[dragoon20005]

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Ok...no shut down while running Heaven Benchmark.

run memtest

 

reinstall BF3

 

reinstall GPU drivers

[jinroh10]

Is the Corsair RM650 enough power to carry all components?

[ApolloX75]

Is the Corsair RM650 enough power to carry all components?

Yes. More than enough. You should have a good amount of headroom with that PSU.

*Edit. I'm going to add a caveat here. How old is your RM650? If its been in continuous use for more than a year then it starts experiencing degraded capacitor performance which diminishes overall efficiency.

If you've got a spare power supply, put it in and try it. Even at peak performance you're almost dead on the 80-88% threshold of output.

[jinroh10]

Yes. More than enough. You should have a good amount of headroom with that PSU.

*Edit. I'm going to add a caveat here. How old is your RM650? If its been in continuous use for more than a year then it starts experiencing degraded capacitor performance which diminishes overall efficiency.

If you've got a spare power supply, put it in and try it. Even at peak performance you're almost dead on the 80-88% threshold of output.

Its been about a year....should i start an RMA? So do you agree that the Kernal Power error is PSU related?

[ApolloX75]

Its been about a year....should i start an RMA? So do you agree that the Kernal Power error is PSU related?

If you have tested the system with the EVGA 750W and it had no issues then yes, I'd say RMA the RM650. Corsair is pretty damn quick with their service so you shouldn't have an issue.

[jinroh10]

If you have tested the system with the EVGA 750W and it had no issues then yes, I'd say RMA the RM650. Corsair is pretty damn quick with their service so you shouldn't have an issue.

Yes....i give Corsair 2 thumbs up on customer service, i would have to say they are the best.