I'm encountering a set of issues with my Razer Blade 15" (2020), RZ09-03519 model. These all began occurring around the same time.
- The WiFi adapter will switch off for no apparent reason. Once this happens, I can't turn the adapter back on - pressing the "on" toggle doesn't do anything. Troubleshooting doesn't show any issues except "turn your network adapter on." I've uninstalled and reinstalled the WiFi driver; this did not fix the issue.
- When I put the laptop in sleep mode (whether by actively selecting "sleep" or by leaving it for long enough), I often can't wake it again. The power light is green and I can hear the laptop doing something, but neither opening the lid nor pressing the power button results in anything showing up onscreen. The only thing I can do is a hard reboot by pressing the power button for 5-10 seconds.
- Every so often - sometimes 3-4 times in one day - I'll be presented with a Blue Screen of Death error. The error message displayed is DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE. This often occurs shortly after the wifi switches off. After this, the computer tries to restart, but stays stuck at the Razer logo screen - it's remained there for over half an hour without doing anything. The only way to get it to start fully is to do a hard shutdown and reboot.
I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the following drivers - both from the system's files (uninstalling, then restarting) and from a download (downloading the drivers from Nvidia/Intel, uninstalling the drivers, rebooting in safe mode, and installing drivers that way).
- Wifi network adapter driver
- NVIDIA GPU driver (using built-in tools as well as the DDU tool)
Before installing/reinstalling, I checked for updates; none of those found by Windows Update resolved the issue.
I've done a reset of my laptop (keeping files), and installed the latest Intel firmware posted online (here:
https://mysupport.razer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3919/).
I've run the system file checker (using the
sfc/scannow command in the command prompt); it did not find any integrity violations.
I ran the BlueScreenView utility, and that states the crash was caused by driver
ntoskrnl.exe. The stated crash address is
ntoskrnl.exe+417d20. The address in stack is
ntoskrnl.exe+5c2d47. The bug check string is
DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE. The bug check code is
0x0000009f.
Please advise.