Question Did upgrading to an SSD cause my problem?

Jul 4, 2019
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Hello,
I recently upgraded my laptop to a SSD and couldn't be more satisfied. I was wondering if there are any kind of settings within windows that need to be changed after the upgrade.

I am asking because I recently discovered that my PC was crashing with a BSOD every time it tried to wake up from being asleep. It always happened before the screen turned on, so I don't know exactly how long it had been going on (my reliability monitor log only goes back 30 days, and I put the SSD in back in Feb 2019. While I don't have any evidence the SSD was the culprit, that was the only change I have made. I spent a couple days trying every fix I could find in forums (mess with power settings, update all drivers, removing and reinstalling graphics drivers, among others). I FINALLY got it fixed yesterday when I turned off the "allow hybrid sleep" setting in the power settings. This was the only sleep setting I hadn't messed with up to that point.

Anyway, are there any other changes I should make/be aware of? I am not having any issues now, but I would like to be proactive. Also, if anyone has any idea why the hybrid sleep option caused the crashes, and if you think it had nothing to do with the change in hardware, I'd love to hear some discussion. Could it be due to some update? I find it strange that a built-in feature would cause such a problem to the point of having to turn said feature off. Eventually, I want to boot up the HDD and see if it crashes in hybrid sleep, but that will have to wait.

I don't know if this info can give anyone a clue, but this is what the reliability monitor popped out every time it crashed:

Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
Code: d1
Parameter 1: fffff80d0da23c08
Parameter 2: ff
Parameter 3: 0
Parameter 4: fffff80d0da23c08
OS version: 10_0_17134
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1
OS Version: 10.0.17134.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
 
Are you 100% sure that the system is actually booting and running from the SSD?
How have you verified this?

Yes, I am sure. The SSD is the only storage device connected. The HDD has been in a box in my PC parts trunk since I made the switch.

I wish I had a better idea of when it started so I could say with more certainty that it happened only after the switch. The only thing I can say for certain is that it was definitely able to wake up from sleep at some point before I switched to SSD. It is literally the only hardware change that I have made since I got it in 8/2017.

Honestly, the more I am thinking about it, the more I am realizing that it may have been going on longer than I thought. I rarely use sleep (it was already turned off for my "high performance" power settings), and I have some memories of losing unsaved work back in December, which was before I switched. I guess now I am more curious why it happened, period.