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Hi everyone,
I'm experiencing persistent Blue Screens of Death (BSOD) with the error code DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE (0x9F) on my laptop, ASUS ROG Strix G531GD running Windows 11.
According to the minidump analysis, the primary culprit is nvlddmkm.sys (NVIDIA Driver) causing a timeout during a power state transition, with pci.sys listing it as a failure bucket.
I have already performed several major troubleshooting steps, but the BSOD still occurs. Here is what I have done so far:
Disabled Fast Startup via Control Panel Power Options.
Clean uninstalled the graphics driver using DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) in Safe Mode, and then installed the latest official NVIDIA GeForce Security Update Driver (Version 582.66).
Completely uninstalled third-party software that was flagged in the dump, including Riot Vanguard (vgk.sys) and AVG Antivirus.
Configured PCI Express Link State Power Management to "OFF" for both 'On Battery' and 'Plugged In' settings to bypass power saving on the PCI bus.
Changed Power Management Mode in NVIDIA Control Panel to "Prefer maximum performance".
minidump:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BlabZbB07glBv9kEPKdzJuMh0bCAKW89/view?usp=sharing
Please upload any minidump files you have, I will check those to see if they provide any insight into a potential cause of the system crashes.
Please do not upload a very large Memory.dmp file.
Open Windows File Explorer.
Navigate to C:\Windows\Minidump
Copy any minidump files onto your Desktop, then zip those up.
Upload the zip file to the Cloud (OneDrive... etc.), then choose to share those and get a share link.
Then post the link here to the zip file, so I can take a look for you.
Hi, here is the link to my minidump files as requested.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BlabZbB07glBv9kEPKdzJuMh0bCAKW89/view?usp=sharing
Your minidump file does indicate the Nvidia drivers as the cause of the system crashes, there is no other problem indicated with the Windows system, drivers or software.
I understand you have already used DDU to remove the Nvidia drivers and installed the latest version of the drivers, the best option is to repeat that process, then from the Nvidia website, download and install a couple of slightly older versions of the drivers Nvidia provide to try to find a version of the driver that stabilizes your system.
Thank you so much for the analysis! I will try running DDU again and testing some older NVIDIA driver versions as you suggested to see if that fixes the issue.
Glad to help!
