Event 41 Kernel Power Crash Issue.

lewis_010

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My PC is fine when surfing the web and generally fine until I'm playing a game (graphically intense and not graphically intense games also crashing PC). Then, anywhere between 30 seconds to an hour into my game, my PC crashes. Looking at my event logs, I see it is an event 41 - kernel power issue. I have tried 95% of the fixes out there (literally), and nothing helps my case. I have updated all of my drivers, I've sorted through my BIOS settings, did a memory test, did a fresh install of windows 10, and even rebuilt my PC. The list goes on. This is extremely frustrating because the PC is only a month old so it's not old or deteriorated parts, and cost quite a lot of money... The only explanation I can come up with was when I overclocked my graphics card (not much at all) and then undid my settings a week later because a game didn't support OCd GPUs? I'm steering towards the idea of it maybe being a hardware issue. I'm not keen on forking out unless it's going to help my problem.
I have been told that this could be a Power Supply related issue, but I'd like some extra clarification.
PC Specs: Memory (RAM):16.0 GB
Processor: Processor Intel i5-6600K 3.50GHz, 3501 Mhz, 4 Core(s)
GPU: NVIDIA GTX 1060 6GB
SSD: PNY 240gb SSD
PSU: 500W Bronze Rated Corsair PSU
Note: More info can be provided if needed. Thanks - Lewis.
 

lewis_010

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I'm aware of that, I'm looking for a fix. Please state what you want to be told, and I'll get it for you.
I can give you a bit more detail.
Description
A problem with your hardware caused Windows to stop working correctly.

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent
Code: ab
Parameter 1: 1
Parameter 2: 4c0
Parameter 3: 550
Parameter 4: 900000007
OS version: 10_0_14393
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 768_1
OS Version: 10.0.14393.2.0.0.768.101
Locale ID: 2057
 

lewis_010

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Thanks, I thought it was PSU related, I'm off to buy a new one. :)

 

Slorafossen

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Beware, me and others with this exact problem have bought a new PSU thinking it would solve problem when it unfortunately has not.
 

lewis_010

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How did you exactly fix the problem then? Just so that if my new PSU doesn't fix the problem I can try what you tried.
 

Slorafossen

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Actually.. my GPU died a few days ago. I removed it and haven't had problems since. It was a Sapphire R9 390.