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0X0000009F

Blue Screen (BSOD) DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE Applies to: Windows 7, Windows 10, Windows 11

What it means

A driver mishandled a transition into or out of sleep/hibernation — very commonly network or USB drivers.

Also seen as: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE, 0x9F

Quick fix steps

  1. Update your network adapter and chipset drivers.
  2. Disable "USB selective suspend" in Power Options > Change advanced power settings.
  3. Check for a BIOS/UEFI firmware update if the laptop is a few years old.
For the full step-by-step walkthrough, see How to Read and Respond to Any Blue Screen.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE related to my battery?
Not your battery's health specifically — it's about a driver failing to properly handle a power state transition (like sleep or wake), most often triggered by a driver issue rather than the battery itself.
Does this happen more often on laptops than desktops?
Yes, since it's tied to power state transitions like sleep and hibernate, which laptops use more frequently and which desktops (especially ones that stay on) may rarely trigger.

Other error codes

0X0000001A — MEMORY_MANAGEMENT

Points to a problem with how memory is being handled — faulty RAM, a driver mismanaging memory, or disk corruption.

0X0000000A — IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL

Almost always a driver issue — most commonly network, audio, or graphics drivers.

0X000000EF — CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED

A core Windows process crashed unexpectedly — often tied to a recent update or corrupted system files.

0X0000001E — KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED

A driver running in kernel mode hit an error it couldn't recover from — usually a specific faulty or outdated driver.