Error msg: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

[jasonbondy]

Problem: Blue screen error msg: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

I was wondering if anyone else has seen this error message or had any insight on it.  The Microsoft info is a little ambiguous at best.  I am seeing it about once per day.

Background:  I am running a clean install of Windows 7 on a new, out-of-the-box WD Caviar hard drive.  The motherboard is a Gigabyte G31M-ES2L with the Intel E7400 Processor, both also new.  At this point, still running with onboard graphics and sound.  4GB Kingston RAM installed.  I have started uninstalling some recently installed programs to see if that helps.

Just looking to see if anyone else has had any experience with this one.

Jason

[Karnac]

You may find some answers here .

[jasonbondy]

Thank you.  I hadn't seen that post when I was searching Microsoft before.

[jasonbondy]

Well, I wouldn't have found it I guess as that is not a MS site, sorry.

[Broni]

Download BlueScreenView
No installation required.
Double click on BlueScreenView.exe file to run the program.
When scanning is done, go Edit>Select All.
Go File>Save Selected Items, and save the report as BSOD.txt.
Open BSOD.txt in Notepad, copy all content, and paste it into your next reply.

[jasonbondy]

Here it is, although I may have the same problem as mentioned in the previous link as I also have an M-Audio USB product.  The driver in my error messages is different from that situation though.  I have uninstalled the M-Audio software just in case.

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[Broni]

All errors come from ntkrnlpa.exe

I'd test RAM...

A. If you have more than one RAM module installed, try starting computer with one RAM stick at a time.

NOTE Keep in mind, the manual check listed above is always superior to the software check, listed below. DO NOT proceed with memtest, if you can go with option A

B. If you have only one RAM stick installed...
...run memtest...

1. Download - Pre-Compiled Bootable ISO (.zip)
2. Unzip downloaded memtest86+-2.11.iso.zip file.
3. Inside, you'll find memtest86+-2.11.iso file.
4. Download, and install ImgBurn: http://www.imgburn.com/
5. Insert blank CD into your CD drive.
6. Open ImgBurn, and click on Write image file to disc
7. Click on Browse for a file... icon:



8. Locate memtest86+-2.11.iso file, and click Open button.
9. Click on ImgBurn green arrow to start burning bootable memtest86 CD:



10. Once the CD is created, boot from it, and memtest will automatically start to run.

The running program will look something like this depending on the size and number of ram modules installed:




It's recommended to run 5-6 passes. Each pass contains very same 8 tests.

This will show the progress of the test. It can take a while. Be patient, or leave it running overnight.



The following image is the test results area:



The most important item here is the “errors” line. If you see ANY errors, even one, most likely, you have bad RAM.

[jasonbondy]

Ok, I'll check it out.  Right now I have two 2GB Kingston sticks in.  I haven't had a shutdown in a couple of days now, so I may wait to pull one out to see if that helps. 

I have used memtest in the past.  Just curious, why would I not want to try that first?  Not trying to ask too many questions, I just don't know.

[Broni]

All errors come from ntkrnlpa.exe

The above error often (not always) indicates RAM problem.