How to fix driver power state failure

Tags: driverpowerstatefailure, updatedriver
Published: 2020-10-28 17:20:48

Driver power state failure comes up when you install incompatible drivers on your computer. It is a BSoD error. If you face Driver power state failure, then it is not suitable for your system. Many users have said that the driver power state failure causes much harm to the PC.

Driver power state failure can affect all your devices. This error happens mainly because of the Nvidia graphics card. You need to find if your Nvidia graphics card is accepted or not. 

In most cases, Driver power state failure occurs because of a specific USB driver. If you want to get rid of this error, you need to make sure you have removed all the USB drivers from your system. Besides that, this error can also happen when you are booting your computer. Even when you use a new hard drive, driver power state failure can commonly occur to your computer.

<h2>How to fix driver power state failure</h2>

There are solutions to fix the Driver power state failure. We will tell you one-by-one which solution you can use to remove the error from your PC.

<h3>Update the Drivers </h3>

The first thing you need to do is to update your drivers. Your outdated version of drivers can create Driver power state failure to your PC. You can use TweakBit <a href="https://softwareuseful.com/best-driver-updater-software-windows-10/">Driver updater</a> to update your computer. 
Follow the steps to update your drivers correctly:
1. First, you need to download TweakBit Driver Updater.
2. Install TweakBit Driver Updater.

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3. Once TweakBit Driver updater will install on your PC, it will automatically scan your computer. It will show you the outdated drivers of your computer and along with that, it will recommend the proper updates to you as well. It would help if you scanned your computer by using TweakBit driver updater completely.

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4. After scanning the PC, you will get to know the drivers which you need to update. It would help if you chose what drivers you want to update. You can click on the Update Driver button next to the driver's name. If you're going to update all the drivers, you can click on the Update all button.

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The drivers will be updated.

<h3>2. Perform an SFC scan</h3>

The next solution you can try is to perform an SFC scan on your computer. You need to follow the steps to complete an SFC scan:
1. First, you need to open Win + X. For that, you need to press Windows key + X.
2. Now select Command Prompt.

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3. If the command Prompt is not available on the list, you can choose Powershell.
4. After choosing the command prompt, you need to type SFC/scanner and Press enter.
5. Next, the scanning of your system will begin. It would be best if you waited as SFC scanning takes time to scan.

<h3>Change the Power settings.</h3>

<a href="https://windowsradar.com/driver-power-state-failure-windows-10/">Driver power state failure</a> can occur when the power settings of your PC is not right. To resolve the issue, you need to change your Power settings. Follow the steps to change your Power settings efficiently:
1. Open Start menu and Find Control Panel.
2. Select Control Panel.
3. After selecting the Control Panel, you need to find Power options.
4. Choose Power Options.

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5. Next, you need to click on Choose what the power button does.
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6. Now you need to select The Change settings that are a currently available option.
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7. At last, you need to disable Turn off a fast startup, Sleep, and Hibernate options.
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8. Choose the Save Changes button to save your Power settings.
Check if your problem is resolved.

<h3>Remove the antivirus software.</h3>

We know antivirus is essential, as it saves your computer from every kind of virus. But in some cases, Driver power state failure occurs because of antivirus software as well. You need to uninstall your antivirus software temporarily to see if your antivirus is a cause behind the error.

After uninstalling the antivirus software from your computer, now you need to check if the problem still exists on your PC or not. If it still exists, then there is no problem with your computer. You can reinstall your antivirus software.

If the issue doesn't exist anymore, you need to install the latest antivirus software version on your computer. Besides that, you can change the company and install the antivirus software of a different company. Maybe the previous company of the antivirus software is not suitable for your PC.