Computer randomly turned off without error.

[Mayh3M]

My computer randomly turned off earlier today without any error or notice while I was watching a video. It was as if someone held down the power button, except no one did. This has never happened before (without any error messages anyway). The only change I made to my system recently was increasing the voltage of my CPU overclock by +0.05 which I did because I was getting crashes in GTA V. Before this my system was completely stable in games and out with a lower voltage so I'm puzzled. I was able to to turn my computer back on immediately and there's no been no issue since. Here are my specs:

 

4790k @ 4.6Ghz / 1.270v

Titan X

EVGA G2 850W PSU

 

Here is the error report:

 

Log Name:      System

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power

Date:          11/05/2015 17:16:26

Event ID:      41

Task Category: (63)

Level:         Critical

Keywords:      (2)

User:          SYSTEM

Computer:      Syed-PC

Description:

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />

    <EventID>41</EventID>

    <Version>3</Version>

    <Level>1</Level>

    <Task>63</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-05-11T16:16:26.177822100Z" />

    <EventRecordID>6328</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />

    <Channel>System</Channel>

    <Computer>Syed-PC</Computer>

    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>

    <Data Name="SleepInProgress">0</Data>

    <Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>

    <Data Name="BootAppStatus">0</Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

[Thermite]

 

My computer randomly turned off earlier today without any error or notice while I was watching a video. It was as if someone held down the power button, except no one did. This has never happened before (without any error messages anyway). The only change I made to my system recently was increasing the voltage of my CPU overclock by +0.05 which I did because I was getting crashes in GTA V. Before this my system was completely stable in games and out with a lower voltage so I'm puzzled. I was able to to turn my computer back on immediately and there's no been no issue since. Here are my specs:

 

4790k @ 4.6Ghz / 1.270v

Titan X

EVGA G2 850W PSU

 

Here is the error report:

 

Log Name:      System

Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power

Date:          11/05/2015 17:16:26

Event ID:      41

Task Category: (63)

Level:         Critical

Keywords:      (2)

User:          SYSTEM

Computer:      Syed-PC

Description:

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

Event Xml:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">

  <System>

    <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />

    <EventID>41</EventID>

    <Version>3</Version>

    <Level>1</Level>

    <Task>63</Task>

    <Opcode>0</Opcode>

    <Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>

    <TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-05-11T16:16:26.177822100Z" />

    <EventRecordID>6328</EventRecordID>

    <Correlation />

    <Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />

    <Channel>System</Channel>

    <Computer>Syed-PC</Computer>

    <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />

  </System>

  <EventData>

    <Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>

    <Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>

    <Data Name="SleepInProgress">0</Data>

    <Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>

    <Data Name="BootAppStatus">0</Data>

  </EventData>

</Event>

 

Has this happened before?

 

EDIT: You should tell us your specs so we can see if your power supply has enough juice to keep the over volt.

 

EDIT AGAIN: I really need to read the whole post. Look into the windows event log and see if you can find anything that might have something to do with not enough power or a critical error with a piece of hardware.

[Kobrastachka]

http://www.eightforums.com/bsod-crashes-debugging/43697-kernel-error-0x8000000000000002-bsod-event-id-41-task-63-a.htmlHelpful? 

[Mayh3M]

Has this happened before?

 

EDIT: You should tell us your specs so we can see if your power supply has enough juice to keep the over volt.

 

EDIT AGAIN: I really need to read the whole post. Look into the windows event log and see if you can find anything that might have something to do with not enough power or a critical error with a piece of hardware.

 

Yeah I got similar error messages it seems quite regularly, once every couple of days. How can I tell which hardware its related to? I guess its my CPU.

[Thermite]

Yeah I got similar error messages it seems quite regularly, once every couple of days. How can I tell which hardware its related to? I guess its my CPU.

I'd start in the windows event viewer it can tell you so much information about your computer. Look to see if there are any critical errors and what piece of hardware is causing it.

[Mayh3M]

I'd start in the windows event viewer it can tell you so much information about your computer. Look to see if there are any critical errors and what piece of hardware is causing it.

 

I'm looking in Event Viewer on Windows 8.1 right now. That's where I copied the error message from. Did you mean a different program or specific tab?

[Thermite]

I'm looking in Event Viewer on Windows 8.1 right now. That's where I copied the error message from. Did you mean a different program or specific tab?

No I was just hoping you could find a specific error that would point to a piece of hardware. I'd suggest just using your pc like normal and if it happens again then maybe come back. It could just be a fluke. It happens every now and again.

[Mayh3M]

No I was just hoping you could find a specific error that would point to a piece of hardware. I'd suggest just using your pc like normal and if it happens again then maybe come back. It could just be a fluke. It happens every now and again.

Yeah I suspect so too. Will see how it goes, thanks for your help.

[ApolloX75]

@Mayh3M

Bump your CPU voltage up another increment and see if it happens again. Maybe run Memtest86 for a pass and see if there's trouble brewing there.

Kernel Power errors are generated whenever the system shuts down unexpectedly, so the details will always be a little nonspecific.

My 4670K liked to play this same game with me. Had to fiddle with the voltage til it was happy. Took a week or so.

[Mayh3M]

@Mayh3M

Bump your CPU voltage up another increment and see if it happens again. Maybe run Memtest86 for a pass and see if there's trouble brewing there.

Kernel Power errors are generated whenever the system shuts down unexpectedly, so the details will always be a little nonspecific.

My 4670K liked to play this same game with me. Had to fiddle with the voltage til it was happy. Took a week or so.

All right. As I said I'm apparently getting these errors quite regularly but the computer never crashes or anything. Once my voltage is adequate should I no longer be getting any of these kernel critical errors in event viewer?

[ApolloX75]

All right. As I said I'm apparently getting these errors quite regularly but the computer never crashes or anything. Once my voltage is adequate should I no longer be getting any of these kernel critical errors in event viewer?

Yup, in theory it should disappear. Now the other issue is it could be your PSU starting to fail. Now you've got a good one, so I say could because it seems unlikely. So if they keep happening no matter what you try then that's the next place to look.

You can use HWmonitor or HWinfo to keep an eye on your PSU voltages. Some deflection and changes up and down are perfectly normal but anything more than a half volt out is a definite red flag.

[Mayh3M]

Well I just got another crash while playing GTA. This time a blue screen with CLOCK WATCHDOG TIMEOUT which google says is a CPU problem.

 

Could this also be caused by page file settings? I recently changed this from 16000 MB to 5500-32000 MB to resolve stuttering issues in GTA. As I said I've never had these crashes before with 4.6Ghz @ 1.260v so I feel like they're related to the changes I've made since getting GTA a few days ago.

 

For now I'll increase voltage to 1.275 and see how it goes. Do these voltages look correct btw? What's system agent offset?

 

[Momkai]

Check your CPU and GPU there temperature.

[Mayh3M]

Check your CPU and GPU there temperature.

Temps are fine, both under 80 while gaming.