Kernel Power 41 BSOD

Alex Zelinsky

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Nov 1, 2014
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Hello everyone!
Since quite some time, my system is hanging up when playing newer games. And by hang up, I mean, literally hang up. The sound and the picture freezes for about 15 seconds and then it goes to WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT generic BSOD. Event viewer shows Kernel Power 41 error with ntoskrnl.exe. It hangs up almost instantly when I run CPU stress test. GPU stress tests lasts a little longer, around 3-5 minutes and then it crashes with the same BSOD. I tried changing thermal cover on my CPU and GPUs to no avail. I have a feeling it could be because of a faulty PSU since it doesn't crash when I browse or play older games but I have no way to be sure. I am not an expert at pinpointing such issues, can some knowledgeable folks help me with this?


Specs:
i7 2600k
Asus Maximus 4 Extreme
GPU 580 SLI 2x
Corsair 1200x PSU
Corsair Dominator 4x4 RAM

I used to overclock my stuff before but now everything is set to default.


Latest crash dump caused by CPU stress test :

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Dump File : 091814-20406-01.dmp
Crash Time : 9/18/2014 11:32:38 AM
Bug Check String :
Bug Check Code : 0x00000101
Parameter 1 : 00000000`00000018
Parameter 2 : 00000000`00000000
Parameter 3 : ffffd000`e8f9f180
Parameter 4 : 00000000`00000007
Caused By Driver : ntoskrnl.exe
Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+153ca0
File Description : NT Kernel & System
Product Name : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
Company : Microsoft Corporation
File Version : 6.3.9600.17328 (winblue_r3.140827-1500)
Processor : x64
Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+153ca0
Stack Address 1 :
Stack Address 2 :
Stack Address 3 :
Computer Name :
Full Path : C:\Windows\Minidump\091814-20406-01.dmp
Processors Count : 8
Major Version : 15
Minor Version : 9600
Dump File Size : 298,104
Dump File Time : 9/18/2014 11:33:52 AM
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