WHEA Logger - A fatal hardware error has occurred

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WHEA Logger - A fatal hardware error has occurred

Jarod Kurland 146

Hi there,

I've been trying to debug a WHEA error that I've gotten randomly since I've built my new PC running Windows 11.

Below are the details of the error from Event Viewer:

<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WHEA-Logger" Guid="{c26c4f3c-3f66-4e99-8f8a-39405cfed220}" />
<EventID>1</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2022-07-21T16:33:41.8738293Z" />
<EventRecordID>4913584</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{d8f33aaf-c0ff-465a-a247-53210197c300}" />
<Execution ProcessID="6356" ThreadID="7584" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Hidden</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-19" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="Length">272</Data>
<Data Name="RawData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ata>
</EventData>
</Event>

This specific occurrence happened when turning my PC off, and no minidump was captured for me to analyse, however sometimes when I've been playing a game, my PC will hard crash with no BSOD, and I usually try read the dump when it boots back up.

Sometimes, a couple of my USB devices will randomly stop responding (some, not all) and I'll need to replug them in and I continue using it.

I've tried almost everything short of reinstalling Windows or swapping hardware, but if I recall I had a clean installation to start with.

DISM & SFC report clean
memtest86 running for a couple hours passes
I've installed all missing drivers for exclamation devices in Device Manager

Any ideas would be appreciated

Jarod Kurland 146

Hey all,

Just some updates from my side.

Additional things I tried over the weekend:

Swapping my two RAM sticks between their slots which produced unusual results. One RAM stick seemed to run the system fine, gaming produced no issues, the other seemed to have more issues.

This caused me to assume that the RAM is faulty, so I ran what I thought was a faulty stick through Windows Memory Diagnostic and Memtest86 for a while, all with passing tests. I put both sticks back in and ran both WMD and Memtest86 tests for a total of 14 hours, all tests passing.

My BIOS was definitely updated, and I then reset it to the optimized defaults. Without checking system stability, I then did a completely clean installation of Windows 11 (choosing the download + install option). I have only installed NVidea GeForce Experience and my display drivers, without installing ANYTHING else (other than my games). No audio drivers, chipset drivers, etc. All devices in my Device Manager seem to be picked up correctly.

My system has been stable for the last couple evenings, I haven't had a single peripheral disconnect, or a crash as I mentioned.

@Darrell Gorter - I did save all the logs and memory dumps I could before I did my reset, I filtered for that Event 41, here's the details:

- <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>8</Version>   
  <Level>1</Level>   
  <Task>63</Task>   
  <Opcode>0</Opcode>   
  <Keywords>0x8000400000000002</Keywords>   
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2022-07-19T17:24:37.8107391Z" />   
  <EventRecordID>4912763</EventRecordID>   
  <Correlation />   
  <Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />   
  <Channel>System</Channel>   
  <Computer>Redacted</Computer>   
  <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />   
  </System>  
- <EventData>  
  <Data Name="BugcheckCode">230</Data>   
  <Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x26</Data>   
  <Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x0</Data>   
  <Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x401974eb</Data>   
  <Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x4</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">0</Data>   
  <Data Name="CsEntryScenarioInstanceId">7</Data>   
  <Data Name="BugcheckInfoFromEFI">false</Data>   
  <Data Name="CheckpointStatus">0</Data>   
  <Data Name="CsEntryScenarioInstanceIdV2">7</Data>   
  <Data Name="LongPowerButtonPressDetected">false</Data>   
  </EventData>  
  </Event>

@Limitless Technology - Thanks for these suggestions, I'm going to bookmark these incase I have these issues again.

Darrell Gorter 2,991 Reputation points

2022-07-27T15:41:19.38+00:00

Hello
The bugcheck code is 0xE6, indicating a DMA issue.

Jarod Kurland 21

That's correct -

I also installed and used WinDbg to inspect the memory dump, here's the results after analysing the bug check:

DRIVER_VERIFIER_DMA_VIOLATION (e6)  
An illegal DMA operation was attempted by a driver being verified.  
Arguments:  
Arg1: 0000000000000026, IOMMU detected DMA violation.  
Arg2: 0000000000000000, Device Object of faulting device.  
Arg3: 000000004083bcaa, Faulting information (usually faulting physical address).  
Arg4: 0000000000000004, Fault type (hardware specific).

The frustrating thing is Arg2 above didn't point to anything

Sitthat Trakulpinijmuang 5 Reputation points

2023-04-16T18:25:56.15+00:00

Have you solved this issue yet? What is the problem? May I know how to fix it? Sorry if I can't understand I'm not good at English.
Jarod Kurland 146 Reputation points

2023-04-17T05:44:00.58+00:00

Hey @Sitthat Trakulpinijmuang - no problem! I did a format and re-install of Windows which fixed my problem :) No crashes since. Must have been a conflicting driver as I moved my SSD from my old computer.

Good luck!
SHREERAM IYER 1 Reputation point

2023-06-23T08:50:40.2066667+00:00

In my DELL VOSTRO, I looked up the device ID from device manager DELL WIRELESS (WIFI AND BLUETOOTH) 9D14.

REMOVED THE HARDWARE IN DEVICE MANAGER USING RIGHT CLICK AND RESCANNED. IT DETECTED SOME ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS OF VIRTUAL ADAPTER.

WENT TO DELL WEBSITE. IT DETECTED THAT QUALCOMM 2022 DRIVER IS AVAILABLE THAN CURRENT 2021.

VOILA ! AFTER DELL OFFICIAL DRIVER INSTALLATION AND RESTART, NO MORE STALLING OR PAUSES. PLEASE DO TRY.
SHREERAM IYER 1 Reputation point

2023-06-23T08:50:48.6+00:00

In my DELL VOSTRO, I looked up the device ID from device manager DELL WIRELESS (WIFI AND BLUETOOTH) 9D14.

REMOVED THE HARDWARE IN DEVICE MANAGER USING RIGHT CLICK AND RESCANNED. IT DETECTED SOME ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS OF VIRTUAL ADAPTER.

WENT TO DELL WEBSITE. IT DETECTED THAT QUALCOMM 2022 DRIVER IS AVAILABLE THAN CURRENT 2021.

VOILA ! AFTER DELL OFFICIAL DRIVER INSTALLATION AND RESTART, NO MORE STALLING OR PAUSES. PLEASE DO TRY.

Brandon Stafford 0

Hello all,

Having the same issue. I decided to update my cpu. went from ryzen 5 2600 to a 7 5800xt after that issue started.

temp is good, ram is good, drivers updated, windows reinstalled.

Changed mobos from a320m per suggestion (due to power to cpu from mobo)

to gigabyte b450m ds3h-cf

bios updated, drivers updated, windows reinstalled and yet the issue still comes.

last error 41 in event viewer is

Any help is appreciated.

Log Name: System

Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power

Date: 4/21/2025 8:28:17 PM

Event ID: 41

Task Category: (63)

Level: Critical

Keywords: (70368744177664),(2)

User: SYSTEM

Computer: DESKTOP-UF5GE5M

Description:

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

Event Xml:

<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331c3b3a-2005-44c2-ac5e-77220c37d6b4}" />

<EventID>41</EventID>

<Version>8</Version>

<Level>1</Level>

<Task>63</Task>

<Opcode>0</Opcode>

<Keywords>0x8000400000000002</Keywords>

<TimeCreated SystemTime="2025-04-22T01:28:17.0458024Z" />

<EventRecordID>1299</EventRecordID>

<Correlation />

<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />

<Channel>System</Channel>

<Computer>DESKTOP-UF5GE5M</Computer>

<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />

</System>

<Data Name="BugcheckCode">292</Data>

<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>

<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0xffffa8025ca15028</Data>

<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0xbc000800</Data>

<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x1010135</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">0</Data>

<Data Name="CsEntryScenarioInstanceId">0</Data>

<Data Name="BugcheckInfoFromEFI">false</Data>

<Data Name="CheckpointStatus">0</Data>

<Data Name="CsEntryScenarioInstanceIdV2">0</Data>

<Data Name="LongPowerButtonPressDetected">false</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>

Answer accepted by question author

Jarod Kurland 146

TLDR; Try formatting your hard drive and reinstalling Windows.

What I ended up doing as a last resort before RMA'ing some of my hardware was a complete format + reinstall of Windows on my primary SSD which did the trick. Looking back, I moved my SSD over from my old computer which may have had some conflicting drivers with my new setup - something I would have assumed would resolve itself.

Since I tried this, I've had a crash-free system. Apologies for the delay in posting an answer here, actually completely forgot I posted this question.

Delta 0 Reputation points

2023-04-20T14:23:16.8766667+00:00

Hey, I have the exact same problem and I've tried a complete reinstall of windows already and it worked for awhile before the problem came back. Was it your SSD that was faulty? This issue is becoming a big nuisance to me.

4 additional answers

Your answer

Darrell Gorter 2,991 Reputation points

2022-07-27T15:41:19.38+00:00

Hello
The bugcheck code is 0xE6, indicating a DMA issue.
Jarod Kurland 21 Reputation points

2022-07-27T16:01:19.71+00:00

That's correct -

I also installed and used WinDbg to inspect the memory dump, here's the results after analysing the bug check:

DRIVER_VERIFIER_DMA_VIOLATION (e6) An illegal DMA operation was attempted by a driver being verified. Arguments: Arg1: 0000000000000026, IOMMU detected DMA violation. Arg2: 0000000000000000, Device Object of faulting device. Arg3: 000000004083bcaa, Faulting information (usually faulting physical address). Arg4: 0000000000000004, Fault type (hardware specific).

The frustrating thing is Arg2 above didn't point to anything
Sitthat Trakulpinijmuang 5 Reputation points

2023-04-16T18:25:56.15+00:00

Have you solved this issue yet? What is the problem? May I know how to fix it? Sorry if I can't understand I'm not good at English.
Jarod Kurland 146 Reputation points

2023-04-17T05:44:00.58+00:00

Hey @Sitthat Trakulpinijmuang - no problem! I did a format and re-install of Windows which fixed my problem :) No crashes since. Must have been a conflicting driver as I moved my SSD from my old computer.

Good luck!
SHREERAM IYER 1 Reputation point

2023-06-23T08:50:40.2066667+00:00

In my DELL VOSTRO, I looked up the device ID from device manager DELL WIRELESS (WIFI AND BLUETOOTH) 9D14.

REMOVED THE HARDWARE IN DEVICE MANAGER USING RIGHT CLICK AND RESCANNED. IT DETECTED SOME ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS OF VIRTUAL ADAPTER.

WENT TO DELL WEBSITE. IT DETECTED THAT QUALCOMM 2022 DRIVER IS AVAILABLE THAN CURRENT 2021.

VOILA ! AFTER DELL OFFICIAL DRIVER INSTALLATION AND RESTART, NO MORE STALLING OR PAUSES. PLEASE DO TRY.
SHREERAM IYER 1 Reputation point

2023-06-23T08:50:48.6+00:00

In my DELL VOSTRO, I looked up the device ID from device manager DELL WIRELESS (WIFI AND BLUETOOTH) 9D14.

REMOVED THE HARDWARE IN DEVICE MANAGER USING RIGHT CLICK AND RESCANNED. IT DETECTED SOME ADDITIONAL COMPONENTS OF VIRTUAL ADAPTER.

WENT TO DELL WEBSITE. IT DETECTED THAT QUALCOMM 2022 DRIVER IS AVAILABLE THAN CURRENT 2021.

VOILA ! AFTER DELL OFFICIAL DRIVER INSTALLATION AND RESTART, NO MORE STALLING OR PAUSES. PLEASE DO TRY.
Delta 0 Reputation points

2023-04-20T14:23:16.8766667+00:00

Hey, I have the exact same problem and I've tried a complete reinstall of windows already and it worked for awhile before the problem came back. Was it your SSD that was faulty? This issue is becoming a big nuisance to me.

Answer 1

Darrell Gorter 2,991

Hello,
WHEA errors are hardware generated events that the OS Captures and displays in event viewer.
When your machine hard crashes, check the system event log for a Kernel Power Event 41 log entry.
Post the details of the that log event to this thread.

Cambrien Cassell 0

I too have been having a similar crash issue, but I've tried even the stuff listed in the "Accepted Answer" and haven't gotten anywhere.

- System 

  - Provider 

   [ Name]  Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power 
   [ Guid]  {331c3b3a-2005-44c2-ac5e-77220c37d6b4} 
 
   EventID 41 
 
   Version 9 
 
   Level 1 
 
   Task 63 
 
   Opcode 0 
 
   Keywords 0x8000400000000002 
 
  - TimeCreated 

   [ SystemTime]  2023-09-09T21:23:29.1514315Z 
 
   EventRecordID 2850 
 
   Correlation 
 
  - Execution 

   [ ProcessID]  4 
   [ ThreadID]  8 
 
   Channel System 
 
   Computer Cassell_Gaming 
 
  - Security 

   [ UserID]  S-1-5-18 
 

- EventData 

  BugcheckCode 0 
  BugcheckParameter1 0x0 
  BugcheckParameter2 0x0 
  BugcheckParameter3 0x0 
  BugcheckParameter4 0x0 
  SleepInProgress 0 
  PowerButtonTimestamp 0 
  BootAppStatus 0 
  Checkpoint 16 
  ConnectedStandbyInProgress false 
  SystemSleepTransitionsToOn 2 
  CsEntryScenarioInstanceId 6 
  BugcheckInfoFromEFI false 
  CheckpointStatus 0 
  CsEntryScenarioInstanceIdV2 6 
  LongPowerButtonPressDetected false 
  LidReliability false 
  InputSuppressionState 0 
  PowerButtonSuppressionState 0 
  LidState 3

Answer 2

What about this:

Log Name: System

Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power

Date: 1.3.2026. 17:52:28

Event ID: 41

Task Category: (63)

Level: Critical

Keywords: (70368744177664),(2)

User: SYSTEM

Computer: Radna11

Description:

The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.

Event Xml:

<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331c3b3a-2005-44c2-ac5e-77220c37d6b4}" />

<EventID>41</EventID>

<Version>9</Version>

<Level>1</Level>

<Task>63</Task>

<Opcode>0</Opcode>

<Keywords>0x8000400000000002</Keywords>

<TimeCreated SystemTime="2026-03-01T16:52:28.9615974Z" />

<EventRecordID>167857</EventRecordID>

<Correlation />

<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />

<Channel>System</Channel>

<Computer>Radna11</Computer>

<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
```  </System>

  <EventData>

```xml
<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">0</Data>

<Data Name="CsEntryScenarioInstanceId">0</Data>

<Data Name="BugcheckInfoFromEFI">false</Data>

<Data Name="CheckpointStatus">0</Data>

<Data Name="CsEntryScenarioInstanceIdV2">0</Data>

<Data Name="LongPowerButtonPressDetected">false</Data>

<Data Name="LidReliability">false</Data>

<Data Name="InputSuppressionState">0</Data>

<Data Name="PowerButtonSuppressionState">0</Data>

<Data Name="LidState">3</Data>
```  </EventData>

</Event>

Answer 3

Hi I have had a few of PC freezes in the past few days and event ID 41 doesn't seem to point to anything in particular, can someone confirm/deny please? Thank you.

<Event xmlns="__http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event__">
<System>

<Channel>System</Channel>

</System>

<EventData>

<Data Name="ConnectedStandbyInProgress">false</Data>

<Data Name="BugcheckInfoFromEFI">false</Data>

<Data Name="LongPowerButtonPressDetected">false</Data>

<Data Name="LidReliability">false</Data>

</EventData>

</Event>

MIha Gruden 0 Reputation points

2026-01-08T09:33:40.2633333+00:00

For me event ID 41 or kernel-power bsod were beacuse of HDD!

I look for everything possible and change multiple hardware with PSU and softwere checks.....in the end it was hdd!!

Answer 4

Hi there,

These crashes are related to memory corruption and are probably caused by a driver. You can follow these below articles to find the driver and memory leak which is causing you this BSOD.

Driver verifier is a utility built into the OS that will often find the driver/drivers that are the underlying cause of BSOD/Crashes.

Driver Verifier-- tracking down a mis-behaving driver.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/driver-verifier-tracking-down-a-mis-behaving/f5cb4faf-556b-4b6d-95b3-c48669e4c983

Memtest is easy to use and is an accurate test of your computer memory. It can tell you if your memory is bad, a motherboard slot is bad, etc.

Memory problems.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/memory-problems/21c3f63f-f570-4522-b2ef-ecc7b7ff6461

Once you find the faulty drivers you can then update or reinstall the specific driver to rectify this issue.

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