[RPeterson]

Hi all, new here and I'm looking forward to getting info here.

For some time now I will be actively using my Gateway P-78 series laptop which I just bought in June. I upgraded Windows Vista to Windows 7 the day it came out and even when I had Vista my computer would blue screen, giving me the Driver State Power Failure error.

It's usually when i'm converting video or even just web browsing. ALSO, it takes my laptop FOREVER to shut down or restart. It will take 30 minutes to power off.

I noticed some other threads on here when I did a google search when someone with an "identical" problem was told that its probably not identical and they should start a new thread, so taking this in mind, heres a new thread.

I haven't been super bothered by this until now, it's quite frequent. Anything I can do to assist you guys in helping me?

 

[joeten]

Hi and welcome to TSF this is a little info on your error
0x0000009F: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
(Click to consult the online Win XP Resource Kit article.)
A driver is in an inconsistent or invalid power state. Typically occurs during events that involve power state transitions, such as shutting down, or moving into or out of standby or hibernate mode.
0x0000009F: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE {KB 246243} Win 2000, Win XP
0x0000009F: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE {KB 315249} Win XP
Computer Hangs During Shutdown Because of Resource Conflict {KB 262575} Win 2000 (during Safe Mode shutdown with PACE InterLok software)
Computer Hangs During Shutdown Because of Resource Conflict {KB 314101} Win XP (during Safe Mode shutdown with PACE InterLok software)
Stop 0x9F error when waking a Windows Vista-based computer connected to an IEEE 1394-based device {KB 929762} Vista (external drives, iPod, etc. — hotfix available)

Info found here http://aumha.org/a/stop.htm
Please follow the instructions here http://www.techsupportforum.com/1871981-post2.html then someone here can try to track down the issue