BSOD: Irregular crashes and freezing (Power state failure)

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  1. Posts : 13
    Windows 7 Premium (64 Bit) SP1
       #1

    BSOD: Irregular crashes and freezing (Power state failure)


    Hello,

    I'm getting occasional DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE Bluescreens and this seems like the place to ask about it. I saw another thread about the same failure but it was older than the Sun so I figured it would be a good idea to start a new thread.
    I'm running Windows 7 Premium 64 bit SP1.

    Feel free to ask any questions that you think are relevant, and thanks for your help!

    J.
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  2. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #2

    Welcome
    Your BSOD reports seem to indicate your graphics driver
    nvlddmkm.sys
    Go to the Nvida website and update driver and then report back.
    Drivers - Download NVIDIA Drivers
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  3. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #3

    I thank you for your rep, but am here to discuss your comment, "I hope it works".
    The reports do not give answers, but clues. Many times it takes several BSODs to reach the solution. Dont give up, if you get a BSOD after updating the driver, we will have a new report and new opportunities.
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  4. Posts : 13
    Windows 7 Premium (64 Bit) SP1
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thank you so much for your help!
    The BSODs are a little bit irregular so it might be a few days before another one occurs... We'll just have to wait and see!
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  5. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #5

    Take your time, we will be here and happy to help.
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  6. Posts : 13
    Windows 7 Premium (64 Bit) SP1
    Thread Starter
       #6

    I'm afraid that my computer froze just now. It thawed again for about 30s of painstakingly slow usage, then it froze again.
    Whenever I opened task manager (Either through CTRL+ALT+DEL or CTRL+SHIFT+ESC), it would also stop responding.

    Any other anomalies in my data?
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  7. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #7

    Just as a guess, can it be overheating?
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  8. Posts : 13
    Windows 7 Premium (64 Bit) SP1
    Thread Starter
       #8

    It doesn't appear to be - It's a gaming laptop with an appropriate fan. Sometimes when the computer freezes/crashes, the fan is just idling, so I doubt it's a problem there.
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  9. Posts : 17,796
    Windows 10, Home Clean Install
       #9

    Some other reasons. Dont forget, it can overheat because the fan is not working properly, but in any case:
    Here are my solutions to freezing, and an excellent article, which I hope is of some help
    Go to search type device manager and look for any yellow warning markers
    Download and run malwarebytes, a full scan after you update
    Run antivirus scan
    Check memory with memtest86
    Make sure that you are not over heating.
    Try in safe mode; report back if it works properly.
    Try a clean boot
    Make sure PSU is working properly
    If overclocking, restore to original
    Test hard drive at company website.
    Test in safe mode, does it still happen?
    Try with clean boot..
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
    http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135
    http://malwarebytes.org/
    http://www.almico.com/speedfan.php
    http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic...ing-memtest86/
    http://ezinearticles.com/?Troublesho...blems&id=39981
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  10. Posts : 13
    Windows 7 Premium (64 Bit) SP1
    Thread Starter
       #10

    • Nothing missing in device manager,
    • I can't find a Toshiba HDD test that works, so I have run CHKDSK. No problems.
    • Malwarebytes has found nothing.
    • First thing I did after the crash today was run an antivirus scan. Nothing came up.
    • I'll get back to you on memtest86.
    • The temperature of my computer didn't seem at all hot to the touch, and indeed I've never notice unusual temperatures during freezes.
    • SpeedFan LOOKS amazing but it can't see my fan. Going to go BIOS twiddle in a moment to see if there's anything there.
    • The problem with clean booting or safe mode is that these freezes aren't regular. It has been a few days since my last freeze and I can't see any kind of pattern in the crashes.
    • It's a laptop so I can't really check the PSU. As far as I'm aware, it is working. I haven't experienced brownouts or blackouts.
    • Not overclocked


    Is there nothing else in the data I uploaded?
      My Computer


 
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