Roti-Kebab

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Could some one have a look at this and tell me what's causing the "DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE"?
memory.dmp: https://www.mediafire.com/?hqg9rhy7wi44jnd



On Sat 5/16/2015 1:57:51 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051615-41625-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x14F1A0)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFE001EBE2A880, 0xFFFFF803041B1960, 0xFFFFE001EBE5A010)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Sat 5/16/2015 1:57:51 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntkrnlmp.exe (nt!KeBugCheckEx+0x0)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFE001EBE2A880, 0xFFFFF803041B1960, 0xFFFFE001EBE5A010)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Sat 5/16/2015 12:30:25 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051615-53531-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x14F1A0)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFE001072337F0, 0xFFFFF803A1BA8960, 0xFFFFE0010CD65650)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Sat 5/16/2015 12:25:06 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051615-53562-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x14F1A0)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFE00057B19060, 0xFFFFF8035A3B1960, 0xFFFFE00057B54B40)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Sat 5/16/2015 12:44:12 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051615-56093-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x14F1A0)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFE0000A840060, 0xFFFFF801A9BA8960, 0xFFFFE0000E662BD0)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.



On Fri 5/15/2015 12:20:16 PM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\051515-51046-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x14F1A0)
Bugcheck code: 0x9F (0x3, 0xFFFFE000506B0060, 0xFFFFD0014E5E7960, 0xFFFFE00056B81B80)
Error: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that the driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.


 
Solution
the bugcheck was in Killer Bandwidth Control Filter Driver
\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\bwcW8x64.sys Thu Feb 20 12:36:15 2014

its stack was corrupted, It could have corrupted its own data in that case you would update your network drivers
http://www.msi.com/support/nb/GE70-2PE-Apache-Pro.html#down-driver&Win8.1 64

the problem could also be caused by corruption by another driver:
this one is suspect (because of previous Issues I have seen with it)
SoftEther VPN Driver
\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\SeLow_x64.sys Mon Nov 17 05:21:50 2014
you might want to remove it or try a new update: https://www.softether.org/5-download
(current update still had issues i think)

corruptions can also be caused by overclcocking software: (I would...

johnbl

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It mean you have a old driver on your system that is not responding to low power requests correctly. windows tells the device to go to sleep and it does not or goes to sleep (low power state) and will not wake up. Window then thinks the hardware has failed and calls a bugcheck to stop the system.

generally this will be a driver for some OEM hardware and you would got to your machine vendors website and update the drivers for your hardware. it seems that most often it turns out to be a problem with your currently installed wireless network device, but it could be any piece of hardware that does not respond. You can guess and just update drivers or put your memory .dmp file on a server and post a link and someone might be able to tell you what the device that failed is.
 

Roti-Kebab

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Done, link in original post

 

johnbl

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the bugcheck was in Killer Bandwidth Control Filter Driver
\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\bwcW8x64.sys Thu Feb 20 12:36:15 2014

its stack was corrupted, It could have corrupted its own data in that case you would update your network drivers
http://www.msi.com/support/nb/GE70-2PE-Apache-Pro.html#down-driver&Win8.1 64

the problem could also be caused by corruption by another driver:
this one is suspect (because of previous Issues I have seen with it)
SoftEther VPN Driver
\SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\SeLow_x64.sys Mon Nov 17 05:21:50 2014
you might want to remove it or try a new update: https://www.softether.org/5-download
(current update still had issues i think)

corruptions can also be caused by overclcocking software: (I would remove this until you figure out the cause of the problem)
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI\SUPER CHARGER\NTIOLib_X64.sys Thu Oct 25 03:27:58 2012

also, this problem can be caused by file corruption (malware attacks, rootkits, and viruses)
one of your key files win32k.sys looks like it has been modified. It is a common attack point for malware.

I would run cmd.exe as an admin then run
sfc.exe /scannow
and
dism.exe /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

reboot and run the sfc.exe /scannow command again to confirm the system is ok.
if you find errors do a malwarebytes scan.

 
Solution

Roti-Kebab

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ok, thanks, a couple of questions though, what exactly does softether do, and if it's useless, how do i delete it, and, this laptop is 4-5 months old, the date on the msi software says 2012 october which seems odd, and it has been unistalled since 2 months. And what exactly am i looking for on the msi page you linked me to, just so it helps, laptop is ASUS k551ln
 

Roti-Kebab

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ran sfc, totally fine, dism on the other hand goes to 20%, hangs and then goes to 100% giving error 3017
 

johnbl

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SoftEther VPN Driver this is a driver to create a virtual private network: info on what that actually is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network

I would look in windows control panel for its software uninstaller and run it.

it is common for a machine you buy to come with old software, the people that make the machine, design it, make a windows image and never bother to update it and expect you to do that. Basically they set up a harddrive with the first machine then just copy the harddrive image to new drives that will be stuck inside new machines. The do not actually run windows setup again. You have to update everything from windows update and from the vendors website that will have versions of all of the custom software they put on your machine.


on the msi website you would be looking for a network driver to update, it should have a name like bigfoot or killer networks or LAN driver.

if you have a USB wireless ethernet device you would have to get a update for it also.
it is very common for these devices not to support low power links (sleep) and you often have to go into windows device manager and disable sleep for the device or find a updated driver that actually works.




 

Roti-Kebab

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thank you jhon, sfc.exe/scannow, seems to have fixed the problem, much appreciated :D