PC Crashing with DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE After Waking from Hibernation – Need Help!

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Asked By TechyTom123 On

Hey everyone, I'm facing a really frustrating problem with my PC that I'm hoping to get some help with. After some major upgrades, my gaming performance is great, but I'm experiencing crashes specifically when I wake my system from hibernation. I get a DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE BSOD sometimes, or it might freeze on the login screen and then hang on a black screen before rebooting. It's important to note that this only happens after hibernation—sleep mode works fine, and my restarts and shutdowns are smooth. Here are my system specs:

- Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus Elite Wi-Fi 7 X870 (BIOS fully updated)
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- GPU: PNY GeForce RTX 5080 Triple Fan OC (with custom waterblock)
- RAM: 32GB DDR5 @ 6000MHz
- Boot Drive: 4TB WD Black SN850X NVMe
- Secondary Drive: 2TB WD Black SN750X NVMe (formatted for games)
- OS: Windows 11

I've gone through a lot of troubleshooting steps, from hardware upgrades, driver updates, to performing an in-place upgrade of Windows and tweaking power settings. Unfortunately, nothing seems to help. The crash logs point to ntoskrnl.exe as a possible culprit, which might indicate a driver or hardware issue. I'm out of ideas and would appreciate any insights or advice before I consider reaching out to Gigabyte for a motherboard RMA. Thanks in advance for any help!

4 Answers

Answered By FixItFrankie On

If this is only happening when you wake from hibernation, you could just disable that feature for now. I know it’s an inconvenience, but it might save you from those crashes while you find a permanent fix. Just a thought!

TechyTom123 -

I’ve temporarily disabled hibernation, but I really prefer it for my workflow. I just want to get it working again!

Answered By HardwareHannah On

Have you looked into the firmware updates for your motherboard? Sometimes, new updates can fix specific issues like this. I would recommend checking their site for any known problems relating to hibernation—maybe they’re aware of it and have released a fix?

Answered By TechieTina On

Definitely consider resetting your power management settings too. Sometimes USB devices can cause issues, especially if they’re getting power cycled in weird ways. Just double-check that all your USB devices are set to prevent the computer from turning them off to save power in their properties.

Answered By GamerGuru99 On

It sounds like a real headache! Have you tried checking for any dump files after the crashes? They can really help in figuring out what’s going wrong. If you can access your minidump folder (C:WindowsMinidump), try zipping those files and uploading them to a file-sharing service. Getting multiple dumps would be super helpful for diagnosing the BSODs. If you don’t have any yet, you might want to adjust your system settings to capture them better. Check out guides on how to set it up if needed!

TechyTom123 -

Yeah, I plan to check for those dump files soon. I appreciate the tip!

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