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How do i fix 41 Kernel Power crash

Rifah Farajli 0 Reputation points
2026-02-17T16:23:55.9+00:00

I built a pc about a month ago(windows 11), and in that month i have had 40 42 Kernel power crashes, it doesn't happen specifically when I'm doing something, i could be idling, playing games or away from my pc and it can happen randomly. I ran a SSD check from CMD, and it said that its perfectly fine, i also did mem checks from cmd on both ram sticks, and it said its perfectly fine. I also used OCCT to check on the health of the power source, i ran the test for 15 minutes and it said its perfectly fine. Couple weeks ago i did a sfc scannow, it said its fine but recently when i did a sfc scannow, it would just freeze again because of kernel power. I recently even updated my motherboard BIOS as i noticed its not the latest bios, and still crashes. The way it crashes is different every time, it either restarts on its own, freezes, freezes with static playing in my headphones, or restarts on its own but just before it restarts it makes a static sound for a split second. I didn't change anything in motherboard BIOS, and reset CMOS anyways. I also recently downloaded chipset software, which downloaded some drivers, but it still crashes. Does anyone know how to fix this.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Performance and system failures
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  1. Igor Leyko 110.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2026-02-17T17:16:50.1266667+00:00

    Hi,

    Kernel-Power 41 (63) error mostly means the problem with power supplying. Can you replace power supply unit for checking? It may mean problems with power management in BIOS or motherboard too.

    And you may try to turn off all CPU power saving modes in BIOS (different C states) to check if the problem is in motherboard.

    See some details at https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/troubleshoot-event-id-41-restart

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