ntoskrnl Driver power state failure

[Zoltan]

I have a 13 days old win7 pro RTM x64 system. In the past two days I had
two BSODs of similar fashion:

The machine was running for several hours at that point, and suddenly the
blue screen pops up. I wasn't really pushing the system, just browsing.

The crash dump is like this in both cases:

[FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]This was likely caused by the following module: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]ntoskrnl.exe[/FONT]
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFFA8003B4B050, 0xFFFFF80000B9C518, 0xFFFFFA80052E0E10)
Error: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE[/FONT]
[/FONT][FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]Microsoft® Windows® Operating System[/FONT]
company: [FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]Microsoft Corporation[/FONT]
description: NT Kernel & System
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Likely the culprit is another
driver on your system which cannot be identified.[/FONT]

[FONT=Segoe UI, Arial]
I'd appreciate any help.
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[Gazzasore]

I had the same problem
I tried everything nothing worked
I saved everything in safe mode and did a re-install

But do some searching on Google
one thing I didnt try was replacing ntoskrnl.exe with one downloaded from the net
I will search for mine & post it here for you here

Also do some searching on here

 

[Zoltan]

Thanks Gazzasore, I'll give your ntoskrnl a try, it seems to be a newer build. (7600.16385 vs 7600.20510)

I did google the problem, but nothing relevant came up. In other cases there always was an actual driver mentioned in the crash dump, but not a piece of the kernel.

 

[Zoltan]

Nope, same thing happens with that version as well. :\

But at least I see a pattern now:
The BSOD only happens ~15 minutes after coming back from hibernation. Restart and
sleep mode seem to be unaffected.

I have to following system:

Intel L775 Gigabyte GA-EX38-DQ6
Intel L775 Core2 Quad Q6600 2.4 GHz
eVGA 8800GTS SSC 512MB 512-P3-N847-A3
Cooler Master iGreen 600W APFC
2x Geil KIT 2048MB 800MHz CL4 EVO

The system is on a Super Talent UltraDrive 32GB SSD, and there is a SAMSUNG HD321KJ for
the rest of my stuff.

If anyone else has this BSOD we might be able to narrow down the problem by looking at
the overlap of the configs.

 

[Zoltan]

One more thing, maybe a clue: I have a WD MyBook Studio 2TB in RAID1 attached in
firewire.
After a BSOD, when windows boots up, it doesn't see the HDD at all. Removing the
cable and reattaching it, or using an USB connection instead doesn't help. I have to
unplug/replug the HDD to make it accessible again. When I try the button on it, it
flashes like its not connected to anything.

Still, it was attached and working for like a week before the BSODs started so I don't
know if this info matters.

 

[zigzag3143]

zoltan

If you can get into your machine can you go into c:\windows\minidump, zip the dump file (*.dmp) and upload it to us to debug. If its not in minidump you can search for *.dmp

Let us know if you need help zipping or uploading

Ken

 

[Zoltan]

Thanks for taking a look.
Here is the last four:

 

[pav]

Here is mine. Similar scenario: BSOD several minutes after coming back from sleep. I have a Firewire-connected Buffalo external drive. It cannot be recognized in "auto" mode, so I have to switch it to "manual".

 

[Zoltan]

Hi Pav, it's great that you have it too!
Erhm.. I mean... "great"... ehh, never mind.

Anyway, I was wondering if you could post your system specs, just to see if there is
anything even remotely similar in our configs.
(FW is definitely a suspect.)

 

[Zoltan]

If I "safely remove" the external HDD and unplug the firewire cable before hibernating the
machine, there is no BSOD.

 

[chainrulez]

Hi...i recently installed win7 in my PC, b4 tht i wz using win 7 in my notebook for more thn 3 months without any error or BSODs bt getting bsods in pc at several places like on login screen jst after booting.Freezes screen in between multiplayer games for 20-40sec.... theze r my dump files...cn any1 help me plz.... =S

Mini_Dumps_WIN7.rar

 

[bbinnard]

I too have the same problem....BSOD with ntoskrnl.exe identified as the failing module. My system is Win7-64 SP1 Home Premium.

I have a WD MyBook 1TB external attached via FireWire. My guess is this is the device that is causing the failure. Is there any way to verify this?

My latest BSOD also occurred within abotu 15 min. of resuming from Sleep mode. My motherboard is ASUS P6T with 6GR RAM & Intel i7-920 CPU.

 

[Zoltan]

I ditched FireWire and settled with USB which seems to work fine.
You could try the same and see if it causes problems during normal
usage.