Kernel-Power Event ID: 41 Task Category (63)

[timgoossens97]

Hi,

My desktop has been rebooting a lot without any warning. It seems to happen while playing demanding games, Fallout 4 and For Honor in particular. But it has also happened once while using a web application (https://inkarnate.com). Looking at the log the BugcheckCode has been 0 everytime it happened. I don't know if this is important but I noticed that the moment my pc reboots is always right before I click any button (mouse, keyboard, gamepad).

- running SFC.exe. no problems
- My drivers are up to date
- I've never done any overclocking.
- ran Windows Memory Diagnostic, no problems
- My PSU seems perfectly fine and 600W should be more than enough, I don't think I can know for sure until I try another one I guess.


Event log:
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>6</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000400000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2018-06-01T19:30:26.663683000Z" />
<EventRecordID>2270</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Tim-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">0</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
<Data Name="BootAppStatus">0</Data>
<Data Name="Checkpoint">0</Data>
<Data Name="ConnectedStandbyInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="SystemSleepTransitionsToOn">2</Data>
<Data Name="CsEntryScenarioInstanceId">0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckInfoFromEFI">false</Data>
<Data Name="CheckpointStatus">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

SPECS:
Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z370-P
GPU: GEFORCE GTX970
CPU: Intel Core i5-8600K CPU @ 3.60GHz
PSU: Sharkoon WPM600 Bronze
RAM: 16 GB
Storage:
Seagate ST2000DM001-1ER164
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 120GB
Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB

 

[Colif]

Event 41 (63) is the result of a report windows runs at startup. It checks how windows was closed down the previous time and if it finds it was an unexpected shutdown, it creates this event. It is a reaction, not the cause. Windows doesn't know why it restarted.

Have you cleaned fans and heatsinks recently? Shutting down in games can be caused by heat

Not many reviews regarding PSU, many say its unreliable, no power protection, and starts to rattle after a few years - link - I would get one made by Seasonic or another better known brand as they can actually achieve the wattage on the case. You have a reasonable PC, hate to see PSU take PC with it.