Power driver state failure -Blue Screen ERROR in DELL XPS i5.

I don't know that way, Arc and it would depend on her bios options. I will look at mine and see in a minute. I've never done the bios way though, never needed to.

I have no options in bios for graphics. There is no way in my bios to disable it. Perhaps Madhumitha's bios does. I would think it could be done in device manager although I would think it would be better in Nvidia Control Panel, if it can be done there. Under the Global settings, that should take care of all programs I thought, but apparently not.

There is no option for display in my laptop's BIOS, too. Though I am not very savvy with BIOS at all.

I can disable nvidia graphics in device manager only after setting the integrated graphics as preferred; otherwise it loads the generic display only.

So, I guess that setting integrated graphics as preferred and then disabling nvidia in device manager might do the job.

It should unless Windows reinstalls it on restart,

Exactly the same issue.

I am really wondering how and why it is happening despite of not using the dedicated card.

I would request Steve to have a check over me.

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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 9F, {3, fffffa80063daa10, fffff80000b9c3d8, fffffa800ae028c0}

Unable to load image nvlddmkm.sys, Win32 error 0n2
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for nvlddmkm.sys
c0000005 Exception in ext.Analyze debugger extension.
      PC: 00000000`00000000  VA: 00000000`00000000  R/W: 8  Parameter: 00000000`00000000
0: kd> !analyze -v
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DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f)
A driver has failed to complete a power IRP within a specific time.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000003, A device object has been blocking an Irp for too long a time
Arg2: fffffa80063daa10, Physical Device Object of the stack
Arg3: fffff80000b9c3d8, nt!TRIAGE_9F_POWER on Win7 and higher, otherwise the Functional Device Object of the stack
Arg4: fffffa800ae028c0, The blocked IRP

Debugging Details:
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c0000005 Exception in ext.analyze debugger extension.
      PC: 00000000`00000000  VA: 00000000`00000000  R/W: 8  Parameter: 00000000`00000000
0: kd> !irp fffffa800ae028c0
Irp is active with 4 stacks 3 is current (= 0xfffffa800ae02a20)
 No Mdl: No System Buffer: Thread 00000000:  Irp stack trace.  Pending has been returned
     cmd  flg cl Device   File     Completion-Context
 [  0, 0]   0  0 00000000 00000000 00000000-00000000    

            Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
 [ 16, 0]   0  0 fffffa80063daa10 00000000 fffff8800f245c0c-fffffa8009926010    
           \Driver\pci    nvlddmkm
            Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
>[ 16, 2]   0 e1 fffffa8006726480 00000000 00000000-00000000    pending
           \Driver\nvlddmkm
            Args: 00000000 00000001 00000001 00000000
 [  0, 0]   0  0 00000000 00000000 00000000-fffffa800a65fc90    

            Args: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
0: kd> !devobj fffffa8006726480
Device object (fffffa8006726480) is for:
 InfoMask field not found for _OBJECT_HEADER at fffffa8006726450
 \Driver\nvlddmkm DriverObject fffffa80069785a0
Current Irp 00000000 RefCount 0 Type 00000023 Flags 00002004
DevExt fffffa80067265d0 DevObjExt fffffa8006726f88 
Characteristics (0x00000100)  FILE_DEVICE_SECURE_OPEN
Device queue is not busy.

My suggestion to Madhu in this present situation will be to disable nvidia graphics card in the device manager.

1. Click on the start button.
2. Type Device Manager in the search bar.
3. Click on the resulting link. The Device Manager window will open.
4. The third one should be "Display Adapter". Expand it by clicking on the "►" in front of it. Your nvidia card name will be shown.
5. Right click on it. Choose "Disable" in the context menu.
6. A dialog will appear with some scary words. Dont be afraid. Click on "Yes" .
7. Restart the computer.

Now there is literally no chance for the nvidia display to step in. Let the computer run for a couple of hours. Let us know how it is running.

Sounds fine to me, Arc. I'm not sure what other alternative we have.

essenbe said:

Sounds fine to me, Arc. I'm not sure what other alternative we have.

I have one more alternative in my plan .... :)