Windows 10: Driver Malfunction?

My sons laptop is quite old, (aspire 8930) with win 10 insider preview on it. He had a problem with the dc socket being loose, so I took it to the shop and had a new one fitted. Works a treat. But I see a blue screen sad face telling me 'power driver state failure' give me a sec and I'll reboot, which it does successfully - the battery is not charging either although the screen tells me its '0% but charging'. My son only uses the laptop when he is in the area working, 3 days a week, and only for online gaming.

I installed patch my pc to see if it could identify and fix, but no, it only seems to upgrade 3rd party software. I am going to look for a hardware driver identifier and updater later today.

So, question: Laptop on cable power works, on battery zero. Tried new battery. What is the solution to power driver state failure, and, if, available, where or how would I get fixed?

I think this was a problem before as he tried a new battery ....................

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Unable to access a web site after update windows 10

Hi.

Yesterday a web site i have used for years was blocked/unable to connect.

Using mobile broadband from EE at work for a laptop. Site available using home broadband and if phone using the mobile broadband.

Only thing that had changed on my laptop was a update the previous day.

Restored to pre update,all ok.

Its only a car auction site ,nothing dodgy.

Why?????

Thanks Andy

 

Win10 BAD_POOL_HEADER crash

Turns out the Dlink USB wifi adapter is what causing the bad pool header BSODs. Strange as I've been using it for the past year under Windows 10 without prior issues. Now when it's unplugged the computer runs fine with no BSODs, plugged in and it BSOD several
times.

As it has no win10 drivers, I may have to buy a new wifi adapter.