Random BSOD, error 0x0000009f (DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE), Asus N76VZ

malus said:

I just got another BSOD. This means that nothing that I've tried suggested here fixed it. I suspected the SSD or RAM from the start. Is it now safe to exclude the gpu and drivers, even though the dump files blame the gpu?

Is there any way to pinpoint the problem a bit more precise?

If it is the problem with ssd or ram; is there a way to provoke the crash?

I will try next with pulling out one ram module....


PS Since the bsods are now comming daily, it seems that installing the newset nvidia drivers actually worsened it.

There is not much we can do to cause it to BSOD because it has been so hard to pin down the actual cause of the problem, though I am beginning to suspect the SSD more so than the ram.I say this because OCZ SSD's have been show to cause all sorts of BSOD problems (atleast on this forum). Have you reseated the SSD as I asked?

malus said:

Yes, I have heard also quite alot about OCZ causing BSODs, however I cannot find traces of it causing error 0x0000009f (DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE).
Actually the SSD was suspect form the start. One of the first things I did when I first noticed BSODs was to unplug, check and replug the drives. I'm not sure now, but I think that I also exchanged the slot position of drives, because I suspected that this could've caused the bsods. It didn't help. Then I figured out that I'm using the drive with one of the first FWs. Then I flashed the newest FW, and that seemed to decrease the number of BSODs form 1 per day to 1 per week.

So let's assume it's the SSD. Is there a way to try to cause the BSOD on prupose by doing some SSD test?

It is essential that I at least find the cause for this. Even if it is some deeper HW problem.

There in lies the problem, I do not know if there is such a stress test for an SSD, I am going to see if I can get other eyes on this to help solve the problem.

Havent checked your files but when updating FW for SSD its also good practise to check for bios update

Also as a test you could take an image of your install remove ssd and load to other HDD to see what the situation is ?

Dsprague said:

Also try running through this tutorial: Fix: Nvlddmkm.sys Blue Screen BSOD Error in Windows 7

With the help of some of our other members Iit was pointed out to me thta you have around 24K of this error:

Code:

Event[0]:
  Log Name: System
  Source: Disk
  Date: 2012-12-07T17:37:27.469
  Event ID: 51
  Task: N/A
  Level: Warning
  Opcode: N/A
  Keyword: Classic
  User: N/A
  User Name: N/A
  Computer: Malus-AsusN76
  Description: 
An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk2\DR24 during a paging operation.

so please also run the following from an elevated command prompt:

Code:

chkdsk /f /r

If the harddisk device has the letter R in the code (like here, DR 24) it is a removable drive (or recognized as such by Windows), and this is quite a normal error for removable drives. So there would be no need for a checkdisk scan.

Malus, if you see another BSOD I'm afraid you will have to service your laptop. The NVIDIA graphics adapter transitions from D0 (fully online and functioning) to D3 (asleep, powered off) state often, and if it doesn't accomplish that succesfully, this kind of BSOD would be understandable and almost surely caused by faulty hardware, unfortunately.

I hope that the cause is the one you found in your last post and that the problem is solved.