driver power state failure

mchrisokc

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It seems this is a pretty common occurance lately. 2 Days ago I updated my Vista Home Premium with SP2 and since then it has been crash after crash.. Right now I am lucky if I can go an hour before a crash. It started 5 minutes after installing sp2 with the error message Bugcode_USB_Driver and a bunch of numbers, I got online direct with microsoft and allowed them access to my computer and they deleted all drivers and reinstalled and updated..etc.etc.
After that I was good for about 6 hours then I started crashing with the Driver_Power_State failure. I have not installed any other new hardware or software.
My Specs are: HP Pavillion TX1000US 2GB ram...not sure what else u need.
This is making me crazy....This is the 3rd time I tried to post but my system freezes up.. Everytime it is going to crash my mouse and keyboard lock up, both are wireless devices.
I have tried to zip my 21 minidump files but no matter what I do it is always empty.

Please help... this is the first time I have ever posted anything and I hope I am in the right place...
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP TX1000US
    CPU
    AMD Turion 64X2
    Memory
    2GB
mch

do you have a backup to restore from ?

If not can you un-install SP2?

dump files. Are they there but you cant zip them? If you drag them to your desktop and zip them?


ken
 

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    integrated intel 945
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There is apparently some running process that spreads garbage into your drivers. The difficulty will be to find the culprit. For starters I would disable all startup programs and see whether the culprit is amongst those. If that is not it, keep a manual log of all the programs, webpages, folders, etc. that you open. And when you encounter the problem, see whether there is a pattern of openings just before the crash. You will have to observe several crashes to see what's going on.
 

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    Dell
    CPU
    Q6600
    Memory
    4GB
    Monitor(s) Displays
    HP w2207h
    Hard Drives
    2x250GB HDDs
    1x60GB OCZ SSD
    6 external disks 60 to 640GBs
    Other Info
    Also 1xHP desktop, 1xHP laptop, 1xGateway laptop
I dragged and dropped my minidump files to the desktop and tried to zip but to no avail..it keeps saying encountered errors and the file is empty when I try to extract it back out to check contents.
I do not have an OS backup it came preinstalled and I never got around to creating one...imagine that!
How do you open a .dmp file? I would like to view it and see the similarities between the 22 crashes in 2 days.
Thanks for the help
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP TX1000US
    CPU
    AMD Turion 64X2
    Memory
    2GB
mch

the only way to make sense of a dump file is with an app that "decodes" it. the one that most ppl who do BSOD analyzing use the windbuger from microsoft. there is a friendlier app called blue screen viewer if you are just curious.

Let me know if I can help

ken
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron E 1405
    CPU
    [email protected]
    Memory
    4 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    integrated intel 945
    Sound Card
    integrated
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    300 gig internal
    Internet Speed
    10 down 1.5 up
I downloaded the BlueScreen Viewer...and after decoding every crash has this in common as caused by driver ntkrnlpa.exe. Any ideas? mchris
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP TX1000US
    CPU
    AMD Turion 64X2
    Memory
    2GB
I downloaded the BlueScreen Viewer...and after decoding every crash has this in common as caused by driver ntkrnlpa.exe. Any ideas? mchris


mch

Blue screen view is a neat app to do a quick read. problem is sometimes it doesn't go far enough. ntkrnpa.exe is a sytem file. without the thing that cuased it to fault the only thing I can suggest it to run a system file check. if you are interested let me know and I will get you links for the debugger.

start>search>type cmd>right click and click run as admin>type sfc /scannow. let us know the results

instructions for run as admin are here Run as Administrator - Windows 7 Forums

hope this helps

Ken
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Inspiron E 1405
    CPU
    [email protected]
    Memory
    4 gigs
    Graphics Card(s)
    integrated intel 945
    Sound Card
    integrated
    Screen Resolution
    1440x900
    Hard Drives
    300 gig internal
    Internet Speed
    10 down 1.5 up
I ran the scan now and it shows corrupt files. Looked at the cbs.log and everything shows 100% except these 2.. 000001b2 verify 2% comp and 000001b6 0%comp. No idea what these mean...any clues?? thanks mchris
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP TX1000US
    CPU
    AMD Turion 64X2
    Memory
    2GB
It seems this is a pretty common occurance lately. 2 Days ago I updated my Vista Home Premium with SP2 and since then it has been crash after crash.. Right now I am lucky if I can go an hour before a crash. It started 5 minutes after installing sp2 with the error message Bugcode_USB_Driver and a bunch of numbers, I got online direct with microsoft and allowed them access to my computer and they deleted all drivers and reinstalled and updated..etc.etc.
After that I was good for about 6 hours then I started crashing with the Driver_Power_State failure. I have not installed any other new hardware or software.
My Specs are: HP Pavillion TX1000US 2GB ram...not sure what else u need.
This is making me crazy....This is the 3rd time I tried to post but my system freezes up.. Everytime it is going to crash my mouse and keyboard lock up, both are wireless devices.
I have tried to zip my 21 minidump files but no matter what I do it is always empty.

Please help... this is the first time I have ever posted anything and I hope I am in the right place...

driver power state failiure is usually caused when drivers get screwy when your OS is switching power modes (ie going into or coming out of hibernation)

as you have wireless devices im wondering if you have them set to be system manged ie "allow windows to turn this device off to save power" and in being "turned off" thats when the specific driver is causing the BSOD

goto device manager and right click your wireless devices and your network adapters right click and select properties open the power management" tab and if its not greyed out make sure "allow windows to turn this device off to save power" is unchecked

also goto power options in control panel and set your profile to high performance (you can change it back later)
 

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System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
Well I have not had a crash since 1044pm last night and prior to that it was about 12 hours before. I left my computer on all night too.. So using everything that all of you have posted for me to do has helped immensely. I will keep u posted if anything else comes up and thank you all for your A+++ help and guidance. Mark
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP TX1000US
    CPU
    AMD Turion 64X2
    Memory
    2GB
oooooooo fingers crossed :)
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Custom Build
    CPU
    Intel Q9550 @ 4Gig / Titan Fenir
    Motherboard
    XFX 780i
    Memory
    4GB OCZ PC2-8500C5 DDR2
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GTX260/216 SLI
    Sound Card
    Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell UltraSharp 2209WA 22"
    Screen Resolution
    1680x1050
    Hard Drives
    western digital raptor 10000rpm sata
    PSU
    OCZ Modstream 700w
    Cooling
    Titan Fenir
    Keyboard
    Razer Reclusa
    Mouse
    Logitech G5 Gamer
    Internet Speed
    8mb
Yeah... I fogot to cross mine. Crashed twice in the last hour. This problem is just amazing how inconsistent it is.. I can go 12 hours with no crash and if I leaving sitting idle it will crash and crash. I have some minidump logs that are less than 15 minutes apart. Should I go back to a restore point prior to sp2 install? I have read others say that it did not help them once the problem starts your stuck with it until MS figures out what is causing this issue for so many people...and this is my work computer...At least I keep my files and data backed up.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP TX1000US
    CPU
    AMD Turion 64X2
    Memory
    2GB
By the way I use dual monitors and everytime after a crash I have to reset everything about my monitors...it reverses everything..now I have some icons on one screen and some on the other..and it doesn't matter if I drag the icons to my normal screen or not after crash it goes to the other one.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    HP TX1000US
    CPU
    AMD Turion 64X2
    Memory
    2GB
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