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Frequent random restarts, Critical Kernel-Power, Event ID 41
I have been having my computer randomly restart for about half a year now, and have given up on it fixing itself. It all started back in July, and there is seemingly no pattern to it.
There are 2 problems I have going on.
1. Random reboots/restarts which is tied to the Kernel Power
2. My monitor will randomly lose its connection to the video card, and the screen will turn off. A power cycle fixes everything.
I'm not sure if these problems are related, or unrelated at all. My PSU should be much more than I need, even after degradation of efficiency over 4 years of use. Additionally, I have no problems playing games such as Guild Wars 2, Titanfall, Skyrim, Planetside 2, and Civilization: Beyond Earth at maximum graphics, and don't get any crashing...with the exception of just 1 time where the screen went black and I had to restart, but that was in November or December, and hasn't happened during a gaming session since.
I have included the log from the event viewer below showing the times/patterns, and the random shutdowns from Problem 1 mostly occurs at night when I'm asleep, and the computer is being left alone for a period of time. At this point, I only have Malwarebytes and Kaspersky Pure 3.0 running (not a forced scan, just realtime protection).
I also doubt this is a RAM or CPU problem since I've played games on Planetary Annihilation that eat up a ton or RAM without crashing over a 3 hour long game.
*EDIT: I should also note that my power settings are set to be always on, no hibernation, sleep, etc. including for hard drives.
Thank you for your help, and I have included my log below, and attached a dxdiag.
My log is below:
Level Date Time
Source Event ID Task Category February Critical 2/1/2015 4:45:00 AM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 1/28/2015 6:22:52 AM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 1/18/2015 11:29:20 AM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 1/16/2015 5:59:57 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 1/11/2015 8:24:12 AM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 1/7/2015 12:54:50 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 12/28/2014 1:29:32 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 12/13/2014 1:47:26 AM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 12/12/2014 10:53:19 AM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 12/12/2014 2:03:15 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 9/29/2014 4:24:28 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 9/13/2014 8:43:06 AM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 9/13/2014 10:56:52 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 9/6/2014 9:06:31 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 9/6/2014 8:50:20 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 9/6/2014 8:36:13 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 9/4/2014 4:29:45 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 8/17/2014 3:45:49 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 8/12/2014 10:05:20 AM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Critical 7/29/2014 12:46:25 PM Kernel-Power 41 -63
Last edited by Somethingtechy; 01 Feb 2015 at 14:50. Reason: Added document.