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    BSODs after Patch Tuesday

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Dusk Star, Mar 13, 2012.

  1. Dusk Star

    Dusk Star Notebook Consultant

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    Well, I just applied the 8 updates for patch tuesday on my M17x R3... And have had it followed by 3 BSOD's so far, over the course of 30 minutes. All have been DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE. Any ideas?

    All have been ntoskrnl.exe+ea192 when viewed through nirsoft bluescreenview.
     
    Dusk Star, Mar 13, 2012
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  2. aznpos531

    aznpos531 Notebook Evangelist

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    Upload your dump files and I'll analyze them with Windows Debugger for you.
     
    aznpos531, Mar 13, 2012
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    dafunk60 Notebook Consultant

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    Did you ever find a solution or identify a cause of your issue? I see the following every so often, typically within 30 min of resuming from standby on my Dell m6600.

    Code: 
    DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE	
0x0000009f	
00000000`00000003	
fffffa80`1ab39a10	
fffff800`00b9c3d8	
fffffa80`1bdf8740
ntoskrnl.exe	
ntoskrnl.exe+ea192	
NT Kernel & System	
Microsoft® Windows® Operating System	
Microsoft Corporation	
6.1.7601.17727 (win7sp1_gdr.111118-2330)	
x64	
ntoskrnl.exe+7cd40	
8	15	7601	912,784
     
    dafunk60, Apr 1, 2012
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  4. Agent CoolBlue

    Agent CoolBlue Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I have gotten these BSODs on A08, Modded A08, and A09...so annoying, and have never found a fix. Please keep us updated if you find a solution.
     
    Agent CoolBlue, Apr 1, 2012
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  5. hosuke

    hosuke Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have started having the same annoying BSOD since a couple of weeks ago...
    Yesterday I upgraded the BIOS to the latest version (A09) an still keep on getting the BSOD.
    Sometimes while watching a video... sometimes while playing WoW and some other times while just browsing the file system... O_O
    Always saying that is the kernel process ...
    Has anyone found a probable cause???
    What should we do?
     
    hosuke, Apr 4, 2012
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  6. aznpos531

    aznpos531 Notebook Evangelist

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    Could be caused by many things like an outdated driver, hardware issues and even some programs have been known to cause BSOD's. Zip and upload you dump files from C:\Windows\Minidump and I can analyze them for you.
     
    aznpos531, Apr 4, 2012
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