Fix & Diagnose Fault Code Event Kernel 41 The System Has Rebooted Without Cleanly Shutting Down

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Fix & Diagnose Fault Code Event Kernel 41 The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down
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You may have experienced a Kernel-Power critical error associated with Event ID 41. This error is usually seen in the Windows Event Viewer, which shows a log of system and application messages, including warnings, information messages, and errors. There are often many errors shown in Event Viewer, but if your computer is working properly, you can probably ignore them. The Kernel-Power critical error, however, is not one you should ignore, as it could affect Windows stability.

The error can be caused by many things but something that can be overlooked is the PSU or power supply.
I was guilty of this and spent a lot of time wrestling with this error and checking drivers and OS files, also swapped out a NVME drive and still the problem persisted.
The 12 volt and 5 volt were also a little on the low side.
Swappign put the PSU fixed it straight away, and it was a surprise as it was a rather expensive and premium gold rated model.
IT just goes to show that regardless of the price, brand or quality, all electronic components can fail.

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[PaulBakewell]

As an ex IT professional I really found this video to be really excellent. But all us IT professional do is order up a load of parts and change out parts in a server/pc until it started working again. This fault finding is on another level! Well done Mike.

[fredsmith]

A very big 'thank you' to Mike for this video. For ages I had been suffering crashes and WHEA errors. Thinking this was a hardware problem, I replaced the boot drive, memory, motherboard and finally the PSU, all to no avail. Checking the PSU output voltages never occurred to me until I watched this. Only then did I notice that the 3.3v output was sometimes dropping as low as 2.8v. Turned out that it wasn't even the PSU that was faulty - simply the motherboard cable, which wasn't properly seated in the PSU. I can only assume I must have dislodged it slightly when opening the case. I fixed that, the voltage stabilised at 3.312v to 3.328v, and the machine has been running perfectly ever since. Much to my relief!

Now, if I ever get a similar issue again, the first thing I will check is the PSU. Thanks again, Mike!

[jglg]

i had this problem for over 1 month, i continuously had strange PC resets/turn off, and it was at random times, sometimes it would reset, and in 2-3 seconds it would reset again over and over just when windows start up, it was randomly, i was going to format my whole pc, but instead i was guessing this could be a PSU problem, i brought a new PSU and it solve the problem, for me it was my PSU it was dying due to old age, I'm just happy i got it all sorted out.

[rendynyo]

thank you so much, my pc experiencing kernel id 41 random shutdown every 20~ mins my pc running a game
I've tried bunch of troubleshooting tips and the problem still persist
until I found this video, I immediately check my psu current power and it turned out my +12v is running between 12.600-12.768
replacing the cables and psu power port fix this problem and now it running stable at 12.220-12.340.
again, thanks for this helpful guide Mike !

[uglybob]

You were in full Sherlock Holmes mode on this one, well done in finally getting to the bottom of the problem. May you play Far Cry 6 in peace now lol

[michaelthompson]

Interesting topic and something to keep in mind with my multiple pc setups as I’ve had the error before and not found consistent information about it 🤔. Great work Mike 👍😉

[onefishfrank]

Surge Protector was the culprit for my PC. Thank you Mike.

[Jawsiscool]

Hey man really amazing video, ive currently had this fault for over 2 years now trying thousands of things.
Ive done a stress test on the memory and gpu.
Done a windows verifier to check all drivers.
Updated bios.
Changed all the settings in windows that many other youtube video's mentioned.
Changed power supply twice.
Changed motherboard.
Installed a surge protector

Im really stuck on what do try or do
It's mainly when im playing World Of Warcraft or other games, but has done it to me while just watching youtube videos.
Is there anything i may have missed?

[KH-ep]

this might be related to my pc problem where in the monitor suddenly turns off and the pc still working and the gpu fans are all maxed out. its actually weird because i can use my pc for straight 10 hrs and on the next day it keeps turning off the screen and maxed out all gpu fans. Then i opened the event viewer Fault code was there not just one but a bunch of them.

[turtletom]

You are an absolute legend I've been dealing with random Clock_Watchdog_Timeout blue screens and I've done every fix possible and nothing fixed it until this video (i didn't know about event viewer😅) now i know it was a kernel 41 Thank you!!!!


PS thank you for saving me money

[kamilborzych]

I'm just now struggling with same issue of kernel power. Changed, psu, ram, fresh system. Amount of crashes dropped but still happening. So to check if mobo is faulty there is no an easy way. Actually in this case even replacing needs couple weeks of testing. As kernel power occurs randomly.

[feelsgoodman]

Back on December 2021 i hit my motherboard with a Screwdriver while trying to take out the cpu fan, but thankfully my father manage to fix the motherboard but now 7 months later im getting this error and i don't know if this is something from my motherboard.

[danieldegraaf]

Hello Mike, Thank you for sharing this diagnose experience! I ordered a merchandise yesterday hope to recieve it soon to be able to use it.

[wookiepuff]

I also have the issue. The problem is i tried almost everything. My pc just turn off.. 3 sec and turn on. Reboot can happend in idle/gaming whatever even in BIOS or memtest86 i experienced random restart so...
it just happend like 1 time a week, 3 times a day, 2 times a month just random.
Things i tried (nothing helps):
- reconnect psu cables

- tested my RAM with memtest86 (everything is fine, but got at 1st attempt reboot)

- tried other PSU (same error)

- RMA my PSU (got new one lol, but still nothing even its new)

- RMA my MOBO (asus service told me that motherboard is fine without any issues)

- Updated every drives (nothing helps)

- BIOS Update

- turn off/on xmp (same error)

- tried other power socket in home and my friend home (problem still occurs)

- tried different settings in bios acpi_cst c1 declaration disabled (still kernel power)

- gave my ram to my friend PC with 5800x, b550 gigabyte aero, 3070 gigabyte and they runs without any problems on xmp 3600mhz
-gave my GPU to friend PC and its also working without problems


- bought another mobo b550 to test and it happend like 3 min after first boot and went to BIOS and poof my PC reboot in bios on brand new mobo so my x570 as asus service said is fine i guess

Now i'm waiting for decission from AMD cuz i RMA my cpu... hope it is cpu problem cuz i'm fighting with it like 1 year

[CindySorenson-rm]

Thanks, mine were one second apart, so it was a snap to identify the correct cause of my crashes. In my case it was a missing TPM 2.0 security driver in Win10 HM 22H2 that kept triggering the event. Would always fail a GPU stress test within 10 seconds. No more though! I thought for SURE it had to have something to do with graphics, so this video saved me a bundle in an unnecessary GC replacement.

[kyoujinn]

Whenever trying to play mostly any game on my PC, regardless of specs requirements, whenever I get into a match my pc crashes and auto-restarts. Decided to check my HWMonitor motherboard voltages and got these results:
+12V Min 11.986 / Max 12.038
+5V Min 4.776 / Max 4.896
+3.3V Min 3.248 / Max 3.296
Out of all of these measurements I conclude that the 5V rail is a bit under the norm, but is this a big enough deviation to cause concern? I've tested nearly every possible thing under the sun, and the PSU seems to be the only possible problem left...

Update: After launching Apex Legends (which usually crashes on match start), It miraculously didn't crash mid match while having HWMonitor open on my 2nd monitor, which got me these results:
+12V Min 11.510 / Max 12.038
+5V Min 4.536 / Max 4.896
+3.3V Min 3.008 / Max 3.312

Specs:
ASUS B450 Steel Legend
Inno3D HerculeZ GTX 1080Ti (Stock, Watercooled)
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X (Stock, Watercooled)
Corsair Ballistix 16x2 (XMP 2.0)
Forgot PSU brand, but remember it being reputable and 1000W 80+ Platinum
Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB (Boot drive, trimmed and in good health)
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (Main storage drive, defragmented and in fair/decent health)

[tunnlratthe]

Mike me again, I have replaced the power supply, and problem 3 days and it's fixed thank you again for this video!

[christianmacapayag]

You have no idea what wonders you did when you posted this video. Finally found the issue with my! 5v is under 4.760 consistent.

[PapaMav]

Colonel Kernel, reporting for duty sir !!