Does using VPN can cause BSOD on my PC?

[Mio]

I heard like my friend used VPN on his laptop, and he get a constant BSOD (Driver power state failure)
is it possible?

[Omega]

Highly unlikely.

Tell him to nuke it and reinstall Windows that should fix his issue.

[Delta Bravo]

The cause is in the error message. I don't see why it's necessary to nuke a Windows install for something that can be easily remedied with a few updates.

Update the driver for your ethernet card. What is happening is that when the computer goes to a sleep state (low power) and is told to wake up, it doesn't awaken. This creates a one-way connection.

If the problem persists, go into the power management settings for the ethernet device and set it from budget to high performance . This is the band-aid fix but would work until you find the correct driver. It could be possible that a BIOS update would be necessary.

[Mio]

Could it be the wifi card is damaged/incompatible with the PC? Can this be the problem too?

[aksoyozcan]

you may already resolved your issue but shortly yes ( big fat yes) VPN causing W10 (1709) constant BSOD , it tooks me 3 months after countless factory rest to cure the BSOD eventfully found out that bloody s.t VPN program and associated VPV network driver caused. it as soon so i disabled it wolllllaaaaa all back to normal....

[tacoshy]

why do you need to install a program to use VPN??? VPN itself doesnt cause BSoD nor need you to install special programs nor drievrs for it. Windows can do this by default.

[OLDMAN]

No, look up the BSOD code, It's not rocket science
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/bug-check-code-reference2


BlueScreenView to see any errors that occurred leading up to the BSOD, to learn why your computer crashed. Also see Microsoft's support page on reading memory dump files.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html