blue screen of death ntoskrnl.exe DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

i was restarting the computer when i got a blue screen of death

i used BlueScreenView to get this :

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Dump File : 102217-35234-01.dmp Crash Time : 10/22/2017 00:03:19 Bug Check String : DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE Bug Check Code : 0x0000009f Parameter 1 : 00000000`00000004 Parameter 2 : 00000000`0000012c Parameter 3 : ffffd609`774f1440 Parameter 4 : ffffb98c`2903f810 Caused By Driver : ntoskrnl.exe Caused By Address : ntoskrnl.exe+163960 File Description : NT Kernel & System Product Name : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System Company : Microsoft Corporation File Version : 10.0.16299.19 (WinBuild.160101.0800) Processor : x64 Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+163960 Stack Address 1 : Stack Address 2 : Stack Address 3 : Computer Name : Full Path : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\102217-35234-01.dmp Processors Count : 4 Major Version : 15 Minor Version : 16299 Dump File Size : 1,865,758 Dump File Time : 10/22/2017 09:16:34 

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can someone tell me why this happened ?

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0x0000009f is always caused by a faulty driver. All cases I saw were Intel NIC or graphics driver. You can workaround it by disabling power management in the driver properties: Device Management > select device and right-click - Properties > Power management tab > uncheck checkboxes

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