Windows 10 Regular freezing and BSOD on Windows 10 - intelppm.sys seems to be the cause

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Nosajsignik

Hi everyone,


I have an ASUS ZenBook UX391U, which I use mostly for work. It's a great little machine, and can easily run two extra monitors if I'm desk-bound for any period of time.

For years, after the end of a client engagement, I always wipe my computer clean and reinstall a fresh copy of Windows - mostly to properly delete any client data, but also to remove any software that I will no longer use (or stuff I experimented with).


I just did this now again, at the beginning of June, and my laptop has not been the same since: sometimes, when I leave it idle and the screen goes off, I can't wake it up again without a hard-reset (i.e. holding down the power key, and restarting from scratch) - this has happened twice just while writing this post.

Other times I get a BSOD, and when I look at the dump in BlueScreenView, somewhere intelppm.sys is always mentioned.


I have reset my PC multiple times, used Intel's Driver and Support Assistant to make sure everything is up to date, and at one point even manually went through EVERY item in the Device Manager, one by one, and checked for updated drivers.

On my current attempt, I've done no driver updates whatsoever - it's exactly as it was when I reset it.

My version of W10 is currently 1909 - the update screen says 2004 is "on its way". I have no outstanding updates in the Windows Update screen.


I have tried the usual DISM and SFC routes - no luck. I even ran memtest to see if that was causing issues - found nothing.


I'm at a loss now - I am hoping to start my next job soon, after lockdown, but I need a reliable PC! I don't understand how resetting it could cause this problem, since I didn't have it before that point.


The extract from BlueScreenView on my latest crash is below - I don't have any others, since I reset my PC (again) late last week, and haven't used it much until today.

Any help appreciated.


Thanks very much,

J


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Dump File : 070920-4968-01.dmp

Crash Time : 2020/07/09 11:35:10

Bug Check String : MEMORY_MANAGEMENT

Bug Check Code : 0x0000001a

Parameter 1 : 00000000`00061941

Parameter 2 : fffff800`91e0b150

Parameter 3 : 00000000`00000009

Parameter 4 : fffff800`81e6f7a0

Caused By Driver : intelppm.sys

Caused By Address : intelppm.sys+11b3

File Description : Processor Device Driver

Product Name : Microsoft® Windows® Operating System

Company : Microsoft Corporation

File Version : 10.0.18362.693 (WinBuild.160101.0800)

Processor : x64

Crash Address : ntoskrnl.exe+1c23a0

Stack Address 1 :

Stack Address 2 :

Stack Address 3 :

Computer Name :

Full Path : C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\070920-4968-01.dmp

Processors Count : 8

Major Version : 15

Minor Version : 18362

Dump File Size : 543 684

Dump File Time : 2020/07/09 11:35:39

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