Driver Power State Failure BSOD

APGamerZ · 24 Apr 2010

I don't even know why this started but it did a few weeks ago. Funny, I've never had a BSOD before even though I've owned 3 or 4 computers. Anyway, this one has occurred several times and it always seems so random. It kinda seems connected to Standby or Hibernate because it usually happens after one of those two things occurs. In fact with hibernate I can usually guess that right after it comes out of hibernate, a few minutes later I will be greeted with the wonderful BSOD.

Here is the minidump. Help would be very appreciated.

usasma · 24 Apr 2010

Only ran the last 5 memory dumps (the 6th one was from December, so I left it out).

A couple of KB articles that relate to the errors that you're getting and the sleep/hibernate functions:

KB 975599 Stop error when you put a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 to sleep or into hibernation, or when you restart the computer: "0x9F"
KB 977186 Error message when you try to resume a Windows 7-based or a Windows Server 2008 R2-based computer from hibernation: "Stop 0x0000009F"

4 of the dump files blame atapi.sys (a Windows driver), while the 5th blames Apfiltr.sys (a component of your Alps touchpad drivers)

I'm not sure about the exact cause - but I would:
- check to see if the KB articles above apply to your system
- update your Alps touchpad drivers
- update your chipset/storage drivers
- update your graphics drivers

You can get the drivers from here: Select software and drivers HP Pavilion dv4-1225dx Entertainment Notebook PC - HP Customer Care (United States - English)
Please uninstall the old drivers first, then install the freshly downloaded one's.

Please post back if that doesn't stop the BSOD's.

Summary of the BSOD's:

Code:

Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Fri Apr 23 21:30:31.203 2010 (GMT-4)
System Uptime: 0 days 3:05:41.747
BugCheck 9F, {3, fffffa8004c1c680, fffff80000ba2748, fffffa800834fc60}
Probably caused by : atapi.sys
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x9F
PROCESS_NAME:  firefox.exe
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Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Fri Apr 23 18:13:13.063 2010 (GMT-4)
System Uptime: 0 days 2:49:25.591
BugCheck 3B, {c0000005, fffff88003f12f75, fffff88007915d60, 0}
Probably caused by : Apfiltr.sys ( Apfiltr+5f75 )
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x3B
PROCESS_NAME:  Apoint.exe
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Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Sat Apr 17 11:15:06.267 2010 (GMT-4)
System Uptime: 1 days 0:20:38.010
BugCheck 9F, {3, fffffa8004c3c060, fffff80000ba2748, fffffa8008422b00}
Probably caused by : atapi.sys
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x9F
PROCESS_NAME:  firefox.exe
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Built by: 7600.16539.amd64fre.win7_gdr.100226-1909
Debug session time: Fri Apr 16 10:53:44.966 2010 (GMT-4)
System Uptime: 1 days 0:30:58.509
BugCheck 9F, {3, fffffa8004c3d060, fffff80000b9c518, fffffa80047bf660}
Probably caused by : atapi.sys
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x9F
PROCESS_NAME:  System
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Built by: 7600.16385.amd64fre.win7_rtm.090713-1255
Debug session time: Wed Apr  7 22:21:25.895 2010 (GMT-4)
System Uptime: 0 days 9:19:05.639
BugCheck 9F, {3, fffffa8004c2d060, fffff80000b9c518, fffffa8006eb7600}
Probably caused by : atapi.sys
BUGCHECK_STR:  0x9F
PROCESS_NAME:  System