Solved BSOD Kernel-Power error 41, 20-30 minutes when playing a game

[Luke2172]

Hello,

I've been getting kernal-power error 41 with a bug check code of 292 for the past 2 months or so when I play a game for more than 20 minutes, My temps are okay and all drivers are up too date so im totally lost, Any help would be appreciated thanks.

 

[essenbe]

Luke2172, I will try to help you. I have looked at your last 6 or 7 dump files and none of them give much information. They are all a stop code 0X124 which is a generic code meaning there is some piece of hardware that has failed or a driver which has made it appear to the CPU as it has failed. My first suggestion is to update all of your Motherboard drivers and your graphics card driver. Also, please fill out, in detail, all of you system specs. We often need to look up a component and need Manufacturer and Model info to do that. Please include your PSU and CPU cooler in your specs. This may help.

Please fill out your System Specs​

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Your System Specs will help us to help you, and doing it in this manner will make them available to all helpers in every post and keep us from hunting for them. We ask that you fill them out in as much detail as possible including Desktop or Laptop, Model number if it is an OEM computer and all components with the Manufacturer and Model number if possible.

If you will go to your last post and click the 'System Specs' in the bottom left of the post, you will find a link to update your system specs. Please fill those out in as much detail as possible, making sure to click save at the bottom of the page. If you would like to know what we would like, you can click 'My System Specs' at the bottom left of this post to see mine. If you do not know what your components are, this will help you accomplish this task. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html

Next please run memtest86+.​

Please Run Memtest86+

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Please download from this site only http://www.memtest.org/ in the middle of the page are the Download links, you can download the ISO.zip or the Auto USB Flash Drive installer.zip

Extract the Zip file. If you chose the ISO image, burn it to a CD using Windows Disk Image Burner or any Image burner you may have. If you downloaded the Auto USB installer, extract it, insert your USB 2.0 Flash Drive and take note of the drive letter. Run the installer, select the Flash Drive Letter, check the format box and press next. It will install memtest86+ to a flash drive. You can use either V4.20 or V5.01. Boot from your selected media. If you use V5.01 it will tell you to press certain buttons at the start, please press no buttons. The test will begin on it's own and continue to run until you stop it. It needs to run for 8 complete passes or until you receive an error. If you receive an error, stop the test. Even 1 error is a fail. Each pass tests a different part of the ram and each of the 10 tests in each pass tests something different. It takes a minimum of 8 passes to completely test the ram, more passes are better. It is quite a long test and will take several hours depending on how much ram you have. Due to the time length it is best to run overnight. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Please let us know the outcome of those actions.​

 

[essenbe]

Also, please uninstall Dameon Tools and Alcohol 120% if it is installed. They are known causes of BSODs.
Daemon Tools, Alcohol 120% and Power Archiver Pro uses SCSI Pass Through Direct (SPTD), which is a well known cause of BSOD's.

1. Uninstall Daemon Tools.
2. Download the SPTD standalone installer and follow these steps:
- Double click the executable to open it
- Click the button shown below



If the button it is grayed out, as shown in the image, there is no more SPTD installation on your system, and you can just close the window.

 

[Luke2172]

Hello,

I have already ran a windows mem test and it came up all clear, I will update my motherboard drivers, uninstall daemon tools and put up my system specs when im home from college, I have reason too believe it could be something too do with an xbox controller? could this be the cause? thanks in advance.

 

[essenbe]

yes. You can try these links, one is for wired and the other for wireless.
Software Downloads: Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows
Software Downloads: Xbox 360 Controller for Windows

 

[Luke2172]

Okay So I uninstalled all graphics drivers and reinstalled them, posted my system specs, uninstalled all xbox drivers and daemon tools but I once again got the same BSOD error

 

[essenbe]

Please uninstall all Gigabyte utilities, and upload the http://www.sevenforums.com/bsod-help-support/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

 

[Luke2172]

I followed the BSOD posting instructions in the beginning of the thread and attached them there, I assumed you already looked through them, Sorry for not mentioning that

 

[essenbe]

I did look through them, but there is another dump file now.

 

[Luke2172]

I believe I pinpointed the problem to my cpu cooler not operating too its full capacity but just too be sure ill post the new dump, Thanks for the help so far

Edit: New BSOD files attached

 

[essenbe]

The dump files were of little help. They were the same as the others. But if your CPU is overheating, it could be the cause.

 

[Luke2172]

Yea the cpu cooler is on the way out I think, Ill replace it soon, Thanks for all the help

 

[essenbe]

I would do it real soon if that is the problem. You can damage the CPU if it isn't quick. Let us know how it works out for you.