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rogerballard

(3,835 posts) Wed Aug 10, 2022, 02:38 PM Aug 2022

Driver Power State Failure

This is something new to me in all my years of computing. Has anybody ever got this error message before? Very strange. Running Windows 11 on a new Lenovo desktop.

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Driver Power State Failure (Original Post) rogerballard Aug 2022 OP

If your computer is up and running after the restart, I wouldn't be concerned about this. Earth-shine Aug 2022 #1

Restart and back to normal rogerballard Aug 2022 #2

Does Microsoft use smileys? 4dog Aug 2022 #3

How to Fix a DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE Error in Windows douglas9 Aug 2022 #4

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)

1. If your computer is up and running after the restart, I wouldn't be concerned about this.

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Wed Aug 10, 2022, 02:50 PM

Aug 2022

If it happens repeatedly and frequently, reinstall windows.

If you want to deal with this problem head on ...

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/help-with-blue-screen-driver-power-state-failure/3a7427d5-8965-47d4-858d-b34601496f65

rogerballard

(3,835 posts)

2. Restart and back to normal

Reply to Earth-shine (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 10, 2022, 02:57 PM

Aug 2022

Thank you

4dog

(520 posts)

3. Does Microsoft use smileys?

Reply to Earth-shine (Reply #1)

Wed Aug 10, 2022, 02:58 PM

Aug 2022

Or could that indicate a third party?

douglas9

(4,474 posts)

4. How to Fix a DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE Error in Windows

Reply to rogerballard (Original post)

Thu Aug 11, 2022, 04:46 AM

Aug 2022

As Windows stop codes go, DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE is fairly interesting. It indicates that a driver on your PC has fallen into an invalid or inconsistent power state. Thus, it usually occurs as PCs resume normal activity from some kind of Sleep or Hibernation state. Essentially, it crashes your PC and gives you a BSOD to avoid damage to the system or to data storage devices that might otherwise occur if the drivers and their associated devices were allowed to continue working.

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/fix-driver-power-state-failure-error

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