Windows 7: BSOD - Driver power state error

hangseng · 28 Apr 2011

Hi, I am recently facing this BSOD prob that really bothers me. The screen says something like "driver power state error" and ask me to disable BIOS caching and shodowing if i am not mistaken.

Hope to get some ideas on how to debug it. Thank you so much!

Asus F5RL (laptop)
windows 7 Pro 32-bit
1.66GHz 2GB RAM
160GB HArd disk
ATI Radeon Xpress 1100

is an old com abt 4 years

mgorman87 · 28 Apr 2011

Not seeing any BSOD minidumps. Make sure they are enabled
Set MiniDump

Code:

Event[93]:
  Log Name: System
  Source: volmgr
  Date: 2011-04-28T23:33:10.046
  Event ID: 46
  Task: N/A
  Level: Error
  Opcode: N/A
  Keyword: Classic
  User: N/A
  User Name: N/A
  Computer: HangSeng-PC
  Description: 
Crash dump initialization failed!

Code:

AutoReboot=TRUE
Caption=
DebugFilePath=%SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP
DebugInfoType=0
Description=
ExpandedDebugFilePath=C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP
ExpandedMiniDumpDirectory=C:\Windows\Minidump
KernelDumpOnly=FALSE
MiniDumpDirectory=%SystemRoot%\Minidump
Name=Microsoft Windows 7 Professional |C:\Windows|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
OverwriteExistingDebugFile=TRUE
SendAdminAlert=FALSE
SettingID=
WriteDebugInfo=FALSE
WriteToSystemLog=FALSE

Looks like dump writing is disabled. Follow the instructions from the link above to get it set up properly

Code:

Total Physical Memory:     1,919 MB
Available Physical Memory: 803 MB

You probably could use another stick of memory. Running kind of low.

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hangseng · 29 Apr 2011

Thanks for the time and attention. The BSOD prob has became more frequent. really worries me
I am suppose to have 2GB of RAM and was not really running much heavy apps, why is my RAM so low? can it be some hardware prob at the RAM?

Thanks!

hangseng · 29 Apr 2011

I computer is totally crashed. Can't even log on to windows. not even safe mode... need some help here

mgorman87 · 29 Apr 2011

Try a Startup Repair

Let me know if you can get back into Windows.

hangseng · 30 Apr 2011

I tried a startup repair, after the repair, the system tries to load window, but before anything happens, my com restarts again. I realized that my blue screen shows different errors, does this means that my motherboard is spoilt?

SledgeDG · 30 Apr 2011

can you still boot into safe mod ?

Advanced Boot Options

hangseng · 30 Apr 2011

I just managed to boot into safe mode.
I tried taking out 1 the 2 RAM sticks, and running the computer on the remaining RAM.
BSOD still happens. If i did not remember wrongly, i got BSOD once when I was in safe mode previously.

What else can i try, to locate the problem?

hangseng · 30 Apr 2011

I have attached a list of crash events using BlueScreenView.
Can someone tell me what's happening to my computer?

SledgeDG · 30 Apr 2011

I think it's time to take a closer look at the hardware.
Follow these tutorials and report back

RAM - Test with Memtest86+

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...t-prime95.html

-DG

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