[SOLVED] Kernel error 41 happening selectively

[FloppyPankakez]

Hello anybody and everybody, I am having an extremely rough night. About a year ago (i think) i built a new pc from scratch, and i quickly noticed an infuriating problem. The build would randomly shut off when i was gaming or (rarely) benchmarking, giving me the kernel error 41 in the event viewer. I looked around, asked around, and looked around again, and everything seemed to point to the power supply. After an upgrade to the PSU, the problem persisted. fast forward a year of dealing with this like being punished with no reasoning, I replaced my motherboard, and added ram. No dice. I'm now at the edge, debating if the hours spent is even worth it, and if i should just shelf the build and try again when i have the money (and when GPU's aren't the price of an entire build 2 years ago 😵) Now, I can benchmark just fine, but before i started the benchmark, i tried to play a match of CS:GO, and my computer shut off instantly, and then 2 times again after reconnecting twice. Note that it shut off AFTER i already played a match before that with absolutely no problem at all, and nothing changed in between the matches other than a different map and different teammates (both matches played on lowest settings possible). I've completed memtest before, I've ran stress tests, and I've monitored temps. I'm tired, and i don't know what could be causing this for it to be continuous over a year. My last and final guess is my Razer software.

TLDR: PC shuts off instantly and gives kernel error 41 at what seems like random times during specific games (CS:GO, Roblox, Rust) Replaced PSU and motherboard with no avail, stress testing doesn't induce, memtest completed successfully, Benchmark(s) complete successfully, and temperature is not an issue.

Motherboard: ASUS B365M-A
RAM: 4x8GB Corsair DDR4
GPU: XFX AMD RX590 Fatboy 8GB
CPU: Intel Core i5-9400F
SSD: WD Black SN750 500GB (M.2, Boot drive)
HDD: Seagate ST2000LM003

(All games that crashed were installed on either drive at one point, and windows was previously installed on the HDD before i reinstalled trying to fix the problem)

sorry if there are any inconsistencies in the post, i've been up for 24+ hours, and this is my send off before i can get some rest

 

[--SID--]

Replaced PSU

Make and model old PSU and new PSU?

 

[Ralston18]

PSU (old,new, etc.): make, model, wattage, age, condition, source?

Disk drives: how full?

Errors in Reliability History?

 

[FloppyPankakez]

Make and model old PSU and new PSU?

apologies, idk where i got "upgrade" from, it was more of a last ditch effort of replacing.
Old psu: Corsair CX750M Bronze
New: EVGA W1 600W

 

[FloppyPankakez]

PSU (old,new, etc.): make, model, wattage, age, condition, source?

Disk drives: how full?

Errors in Reliability History?

Old : Corsair CX750M Bronze, brand new, best buy in store
New: EVGA W1 600W, brand new, best buy online

SSD has around 10gb remaining on it which i have as filler space, i dont download anything to it anymore
HDD has around 800gb remaining

i've had no other problems besides the instant shut offs

 

[--SID--]

Corsair CX750M Bronze

Mediocore PSU. How old is it?

EVGA W1 600W

Terrible PSU.

Test with a good PSU.

 

[Ralston18]

And I will add that the boot SSD being down to 10GB out of 500 GB is equally problematic.

With so little drive space Windows is probably struggling to manage reads and writes with data being scattered about and likely some files could be severely fragmented. How much virtual memory is available? Did you set the value are or you letting Windows manage it?

FYI:

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/virtual-memory

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/virtual-memory-low-heres-fix/

I limit my drives to being 70-80 % full (that is just me).

On a 500 GB drive, my "fill" limit would be 400 GB. Your drive is 98% full.

In any case, you need to free up space on that SSD.

To begin, backup all important data to at least 2 x locations elsewhere. Verify that the data is recoverable and readable.

Then type "Disk Cleanup" in the "Type here to search" box. Run as admin.

In the Disk Cleanup Window select the Files to Delete as applicable. You may, for example, have many temporary files that can be deleted.

Pay close attention to how much space each grouping of files is using and also the bottom line amount of how much disk space you will gain.

No immediate need to start any cleaning or deleting. Just walk through it all to determine the overall situation and then consider what to clean out.

Maybe several "cleans" versus just one "clean it all".

 

[FloppyPankakez]

And I will add that the boot SSD being down to 10GB out of 500 GB is equally problematic.

With so little drive space Windows is probably struggling to manage reads and writes with data being scattered about and likely some files could be severely fragmented. How much virtual memory is available? Did you set the value are or you letting Windows manage it?

FYI:

https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/virtual-memory

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/virtual-memory-low-heres-fix/

I limit my drives to being 70-80 % full (that is just me).

On a 500 GB drive, my "fill" limit would be 400 GB. Your drive is 98% full.

In any case, you need to free up space on that SSD.

To begin, backup all important data to at least 2 x locations elsewhere. Verify that the data is recoverable and readable.

Then type "Disk Cleanup" in the "Type here to search" box. Run as admin.

In the Disk Cleanup Window select the Files to Delete as applicable. You may, for example, have many temporary files that can be deleted.

Pay close attention to how much space each grouping of files is using and also the bottom line amount of how much disk space you will gain.

No immediate need to start any cleaning or deleting. Just walk through it all to determine the overall situation and then consider what to clean out.

Maybe several "cleans" versus just one "clean it all".

After cleaning up my drive by around 180 GB and uninstalling the Radeon software (I noticed it was eating a lot of my resources) i was able to run a couple competitive games completely uninterrupted back to back, which i was previously not able to do. I'm hoping that's the end of it once and for all. You have my gratitude!

 

[Ralston18]

You are welcome.

Keep an eye on things.