Question DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (9f)

[Darkslyde11]

I have been having intermittent issues with the computer randomly BSOD while PC is in sleep mode. Happens every couple of days or once a week. I have an up to date BIOS driver, Non overclocked, changed power management settings multiple times. I'm at at loss with this one as I'm not familiar with debugging this specific issue. I have linked my google drive file of the dump file below.

Update: Disk Drives, C: Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 2TB half full, D: Corsair Force LE SSD 446GB quarter full, E: Western Digital wds500G2B0A-00SM50 465GB quarter full. F: SeaGate st4000vn008-2dr166 3.63TB quart full.
PSU: Corsair RM850e 850 watts New, purchased in 2023.
GPU: Asus Rog Strix RTX 4080
CPU: Intel I7-13700K
MOBO: Asus Prime Z790-A
RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR5 6000MHz
Windows 11

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14kSBRtVR40viQVBk5cnz8aYx0rglfbIc/view?usp=drive_link

 

[Ralston18]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

As another way to discover more about the BSODs is look in Reliabililty History/Monitor and Event Viewer.

Either one or both tools may be capturing some error code, warning, or even an informational event just before or at the time of the BSODs.

Reliability History/Monitor is much more end user friendly and the timeline format may reveal patterns.

Event Viewer requires more time and effort to navigate and understand.

To help:

How To - How to use Windows 10 Event Viewer | Tom's Hardware Forum (tomshardware.com)

Hopefully you will find a clue or two. Especially if there is some pattern with respect to the BSOD's.

 

[Darkslyde11]

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

PSU: make, model, wattage, age, condition (original to build, new, refurbished, used)?

Disk drive(s): make, model, capacity, how full?

As another way to discover more about the BSODs is look in Reliabililty History/Monitor and Event Viewer.

Either one or both tools may be capturing some error code, warning, or even an informational event just before or at the time of the BSODs.

Reliability History/Monitor is much more end user friendly and the timeline format may reveal patterns.

Event Viewer requires more time and effort to navigate and understand.

To help:

How To - How to use Windows 10 Event Viewer | Tom's Hardware Forum (tomshardware.com)

Hopefully you will find a clue or two. Especially if there is some pattern with respect to the BSOD's.

Updated with more info, Event viewer just shows shutdown was unexpected and dump file generation.

 

[Ralston18]

Start with:

Power down, unplug, open the case.

Clean out dust and debris.

Verify by sight and feel that all connectors, cards, RAM, jumpers, and case connections are all fully and firmly in place.

Use a bright flashlight to inspect everywhere for signs of damage: bare conductor showing, melted insulation, kinked or pinched wires, loose or missing screws, cracks, signs of corrosion, moisture, browned or blackened areas, swollen components, odors, scratches, etc..

Hopefully something has just come a bit loose: in place just enough to work for the most part but occassionally (and at random) gets a bit looser and some component loses power.

 

[Darkslyde11]

Start with:

Power down, unplug, open the case.

Clean out dust and debris.

Verify by sight and feel that all connectors, cards, RAM, jumpers, and case connections are all fully and firmly in place.

Use a bright flashlight to inspect everywhere for signs of damage: bare conductor showing, melted insulation, kinked or pinched wires, loose or missing screws, cracks, signs of corrosion, moisture, browned or blackened areas, swollen components, odors, scratches, etc..

Hopefully something has just come a bit loose: in place just enough to work for the most part but occassionally (and at random) gets a bit looser and some component loses power.

Everything seems to be connected and free from damage or corrosion, this BSOD seems to only happen during when the computer is in sleep mode. Im feeling its some driver issue but cant seem to locate the culprit.

 

[Ralston18]

Continue looking in Reliabiity History and Event Viewer. As you become more familar with each tool you are more likely to find something.

Perhaps, for example, some app attempting to backup, update, or simply "phone home" while the system is supposedly in sleep mode.

Another place to look is in Task Scheduler. Look for any "triggers" that may take place or be attempted while the system is asleep and that action causes the BSOD.

If nothing is discovered then turn off all sleep/hibernation modes etc. and keep watching and checking.

[Note: The dump file was not viewable for me.]

 

[Darkslyde11]

Continue looking in Reliabiity History and Event Viewer. As you become more familar with each tool you are more likely to find something.

Perhaps, for example, some app attempting to backup, update, or simply "phone home" while the system is supposedly in sleep mode.

Another place to look is in Task Scheduler. Look for any "triggers" that may take place or be attempted while the system is asleep and that action causes the BSOD.

If nothing is discovered then turn off all sleep/hibernation modes etc. and keep watching and checking.

[Note: The dump file was not viewable for me.]

someone looked into the dump file and found IaStorVD.sys (part of the RST drivers) to be the culprit. I just installed the more recent RST drivers from the ASUS MOBO driver page, will update if issue persists or not.

 

[Ralston18]

👍

 

[Darkslyde11]

Didnt fix the issue, crash dump still showing that iaStorVD.sys is causing the issue unable to verify time stamp. Even though it is now the most updated version of it.
Minidump for most recent crash. https://www.mediafire.com/file/5d6peyb4167buyn/121224-12578-01.dmp/file