Kernal Power Error 41

venator · 01 Nov 2012

Hi
I recently decided to give up windows xp and installed a fresh Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. from that moment the computer keeps freezing randomly. my event log says its a Kernal Power Error 41. i also uploaded the Diagnostic Tool info here. sorry if i missed anything, first time posting here.
Provider
[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}
EventID41
Version2
Level1
Task63
Opcode0
Keywords0x8000000000000002
-TimeCreated
[ SystemTime] 2012-11-01T20:12:16.942811300Z
EventRecordID1221
Correlation-Execution
[ ProcessID] 4
[ ThreadID] 8
ChannelSystem
ComputerCat-PC-
Security
[ UserID] S-1-5-18
-EventData
BugcheckCode0
BugcheckParameter10x0
BugcheckParameter20x0
BugcheckParameter30x0
BugcheckParameter40x0
SleepInProgress false
PowerButtonTimestamp0

Arc · 02 Nov 2012

Welcome aboard.

Let us see some events there.

First. this one...... Avast loaded. See the time in bold red.

Event[490]:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-FilterManager
Date: 2012-11-01T17:30:54.343
Event ID: 6
Task: N/A
Level: Information
Opcode: Info
Keyword: N/A
User: S-1-5-18
User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: Catalin-PC
Description:
File System Filter 'aswSnx' (6.0, ?2012?-?10?-?31T00:44:08.000000000Z) has successfully loaded and registered with Filter Manager.

Just following .... the next event, unexpected shutdown. See the time in bold red.

Event[491]:
Log Name: System
Source: EventLog
Date: 2012-11-01T17:31:04.000
Event ID: 6008
Task: N/A
Level: Error
Opcode: N/A
Keyword: Classic
User: N/A
User Name: N/A
Computer: Catalin-PC
Description:
The previous system shutdown at 5:27:40 PM on ?11/?1/?2012 was unexpected.

Same series of events, again.....

Event[1215]:
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-FilterManager
Date: 2012-11-01T22:12:16.131
Event ID: 6
Task: N/A
Level: Information
Opcode: Info
Keyword: N/A
User: S-1-5-18
User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
Computer: Catalin-PC
Description:
File System Filter 'aswSnx' (6.0, ?2012?-?10?-?31T00:44:08.000000000Z) has successfully loaded and registered with Filter Manager.

Event[1216]:
Log Name: System
Source: EventLog
Date: 2012-11-01T22:12:24.000
Event ID: 6008
Task: N/A
Level: Error
Opcode: N/A
Keyword: Classic
User: N/A
User Name: N/A
Computer: Catalin-PC
Description:
The previous system shutdown at 10:10:36 PM on ?11/?1/?2012 was unexpected.

http://www.carrona.org/drivers/driver.php?id=aswSnx.SYS

Uninstall Avast, install Microsoft Security Essentials - Microsoft Windows, let us know it it changed the situation or not.
Best of luck.

venator · 02 Nov 2012

ok on the event log there is only one error Event ID: 41
that's because i reinstalled windows 7 just before using the diagnostic tool. I thought that i made some mistakes on my first installation of windows 7 so i installed it again. i didn't saved the windows logs though. on my first installation i had like 1 freeze Kernal Power Error 41 every half an hour even though I had not a single program installed so it can't be avast who is creating the problem. i installed avast after the errors appeared almost continuously.
anyway after looking around these forums i found and installed this:
Hibernation does not work or memory dump file is not created after you install Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1
also put my screen saver to (None)
and Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Power Options > Change plan setting:
Turn off the display - Never
Put the computer to sleep - Never

I had no freeze for 10 hours now, seems to be solved, not sure which of them worked but they stopped. will come back later with new info
Thanks Arc!