Windows 11 – How to solve Blue Screen error: Driver Power State Failure

If right after starting Windows 11 you get a blue screen error:

DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE

After which your computer forcefully restarts, we have a solution.

What causes Driver Power State Failure blue screen error and reboot on Windows 11

By analyzing the Windows error logs, we came to the conclusion that the DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE error on Windows 11 is mainly caused by the failure of the USB driver.

USB driver failure usually occurs for 3 reasons:

PC was in sleep mode
PC was in hibernation mode
Fast startup is enabled on the PC

Here’s how to adjust the above three options and get rid of this Windows 11 Blue Screen of Death error.

Disable SLEEP, HIBERNATION and USB Selective Suspend

Click on the search box in Windows 11 taskbar and enter “power“, chose option: Edit power plan

For option “Put the computer to sleep“ select “Never“ and click on “Change advanced power settings“

Set the value for the “Turn off hard disk after“ to 0

Set the values for the “Sleep after“ and “Hibernate after“ to 0

Set the value for the “USB selective suspend setting” to “Disabled“

Click on the “Apply” button and then click on the “OK” button

Click on the “Save changes“ button

Disable fast startup

Click on the “Chose what the power button does“ link

Click on the “Change settings that are currently unavailable“

Uncheck box for the option “Turn on fast startup (recommended)“ and click on “Save changes“ button

Restart your computer and see if the Blue Screen error Driver Power State Failure is gone!

Warning and disclaimer

If you apply the settings we mentioned in the guide above on a laptop, the battery will drain faster, so keep that in mind.

This error can also occur if you have a physical failure on one of the computer components or on the connected USB device. In this case, our tutorial will not help and we advise you to take your computer to a professional computer service.

Write in the comments if and how you managed to solve this problem.