Fix THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER BSOD error ( stop code 0x100000ea )
THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER BSOD error ( stop code 0x100000ea )mostly occurs when a device driver is stuck spinning in an infinite loop, while it waits for the hardware to enter the idle state. This is usually a driver problem and rarely hardware. So when you receive this BSOD error, please Make sure your computer device driver is updated. If the device driver is outdated or not working, your computer will receive Thread stuck in device driver BSOD error. since it’s Mostly caused by faulty video card driver or damaged graphics card. Here some applicable solutions you may apply to get rid of this:
Boot Windows into Safe Mode With Networking
Mostly This Error causes due to outdated or corrupted Display Driver so that if your windows do not start normally after several Restart Then its time to boot your windows into safe mode. Safe mode is an inbuilt troubleshooting feature which disables unnecessary and programs during the startup process. windows 10 safe mode loads the operating system with a minimal set of system device drivers just enough to boot windows os and in safe mode the startup programs, add-ons etc do not run. Now In Safe Mode Fallow bellow Troubleshooting Steps like, update/Reinstall Display Driver, Update Other Device Drivers, Repair Corrupt System files etc.
Update / Roll Back / Reinstall Display Driver
Most of the time Outdated corrupted video card drivers can be the main cause for Thread stuck in device driver windows 10 Blue Screen Error, so make sure you have the latest driver for your video card. or sometimes After the update the display driver if it’s not compatible with windows then this will cause the blue screen error. So for that, you have to Try all Three methods Update, Roll Back, Reinstall Display Driver and check Which option worked for you.
Disable fast startup option from open Control Panel -> All Control Panel Items -> Power Options -> Choose what the power buttons do -> change settings that are currently unavailable and then uncheck the fast startup option as show image below. Click ok and apply to make save changes.
If you notice this Thread stuck in device driver BSOD error started after recent windows 10 version 1803 upgrade there might be chance corrupted, missing system files may causing the issue. We recommend running the SFC utility, a useful utility to check and restore missing, corrupted system files on Windows PC.
Again open the command prompt as administrator type sfc /scannow and hit the enter key. This will start scanning process for missing, corrupted system files, if found any the SFC utility will restore them from a special folder located on %WinDir%\System32\dllcache.
Wait until 100% complete the scanning process, then after Restart windows. If Sfc scan results Windows Resource Protection found corrupt files but was unable to fix some of them. that cause on same command prompt window Run the DISM command: DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth. Wait until 100% complete the command after that again run sfc /scannow command.
