New build prone to crashing / kernel error 41

[kaizer1981]

I have recently built myself a new PC, i have my OS running from a RAID 0 array, i am aware that these are unstable at times but whats happening doesnt seem to add up in terms of the drives failing. I looked through my event viewer log and found the following :

Does this seem correct, i have tried to re install windows several ti9mes but the problem keeps occuring, i really cannot work properly on the system if it keeps happening, but would like to try and find the problem myself rather than just send it away to be repaired. Thx in advance for any help given JOhn

 

[kaizer1981]

i have taken a pic of the crash screen i am presented with each time the kernal error 41 occurs...

i did some research and found that the error 41 may be hardware related... can someone point me in the direction of how i need to go about testing my system to find out if this is the case thx.

 

[yowanvista]

Follow these BSOD posting instructions. Is this a hardware or software RAID?
http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

 

[kaizer1981]

^^^^ thx for the tip, sorry to create a noob BSOD thread, hopefully this update will give the required info to help with a solution...

System Details

Motherboard - Asus M4A89GTD PRO

BIOS - version 2101 ( 2011.05.06 update ) from http://uk.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3/M4A89GTD_PRO#download

CPU - MD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition 3.4GHz

RAM - 8GB / 2x 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 1333MHz XMS3 Memory Kit CL9 unbuffered

Storage - OCZ Agility3 - 2x120GB in a hardware (BIOS created) RAID 0 array. Array settings:
128KB stripe block, Gigabyte boundary off, Fast initialisation on, Cache mode - write thru.
Drivers downloaded from same location as BIOS link above, Version 3.2.1540/1.2.0

Also 1TB SATA HD for backup storage.

PSU - Coolermaster Sileo Quiet Case With 500W Extreme Power Plus PSU

OS - windows-7 64 bit home prem.

 

[yowanvista]

No dumps were collected by the jcgriff2 tool, dumps may have been deleted. Did you run any system cleaners(such as Ccleaner) after the crash?
If so wait for the computer to crash and re-upload the file

 

[kaizer1981]

yes i do run ccleaner - i can't remember when i last ran it though, will try and locate a log of my last time i used it and failing that wait for another crash to occur, thx for the advice yowanvista

 

[kaizer1981]

ok i just had another crash - have attached all requested files again

 

[kaizer1981]

^^^ did that attachment have the required info in it to diagnose the problem?

 

[yowanvista]

^^^ did that attachment have the required info in it to diagnose the problem?

Still no dumps
See if this can help http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/174459-dump-files-configure-windows-create-bsod.html

 

[kaizer1981]

in my setup of the system, i followed this guide on SSD drive setup :

Solid State Drive (SSD) Tweaks for Windows 7 - Computing.Net

In there it recommends to disable page file creation which is why i had it turned off. Anyway i have now a few options for setting up my paging file for BSOD. Is it best to go with "Automatically manage paging file size for all drives" option here, or should i use a custom setting?

For the custom setting i have 8GB of RAM so if i set it up a max size of (1024x8)+1MB that would seem to make sense, although i was unsure about what i should setup the inital size to?

 

[kaizer1981]

anyway i have my system set to automatic page file creation will this be sufficent to capture my BSOD dump if it occurs again?

havent had a crash now for over 24 hours, so am hoping that the system may have just stablised after being run in (or is this not possible?)

 

[kaizer1981]

latest dump logs with page file enabled, let me know if there is something useful in here or not - thx in advanbce JOhn

 

[yowanvista]

latest dump logs with page file enabled, let me know if there is something useful in here or not - thx in advanbce JOhn

Nothing new, no dumps were collected. This suggests than dumps were not written probably because of a hardware failure
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/100352-cpu-stress-test-prime95.html

 

[kaizer1981]

thx will run these tests

 

[kaizer1981]

well i have paid for my system to be tested by the local computer guy, he says he ran it using burn in tests for 5 days, and tested all the hardware inside and it was all fine, not one error or crash. So i brought it home, first of all windows started freezing up for no apparent reason when i logged on or played media files and was generally very slow, but the kernal error didnt occur. So hoping that a clean re install (around the 10th one i have had to perform) may solve the problem i went ahead and wiped all my boot drives / reinstalled windows, it ran like a dream for the first 24 hours, but now its BSOD happens again for no apparent reason, i have only installed 5 basic programs on the thing, the very least i can get away with.

heres the description from event viewer:


Provider


[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power


[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}



EventID 41


Version 2


Level 1


Task 63


Opcode 0


Keywords 0x8000000000000002

- TimeCreated


[ SystemTime] 2011-07-29T11:52:47.621221100Z



EventRecordID 1377


Correlation

- Execution


[ ProcessID] 4


[ ThreadID] 8



Channel System


Computer John-PC

- Security


[ UserID] S-1-5-18

- EventData

BugcheckCode 0

BugcheckParameter1 0x0

BugcheckParameter2 0x0

BugcheckParameter3 0x0

BugcheckParameter4 0x0

SleepInProgress false

PowerButtonTimestamp 0


PLEASE HELP ME I AM CLUELESS AS TO WTF IS GOING, I HAVE SPENT £1K AND ITS JUST DOESNT WORK