Driver Power State Failure Messages and constant crashing since upgrad

I upgraded my spiffy trouble free VAIO F a couple of days ago and have had nothing but trouble since. 4 or many more times per day I get a message Driver_Power_State_Failure and then my computer restarts. I would add dump file information but I am not sure how to even do that. I may just need to wipe my computer and go back to Windows 7, but thought I would look for help here first. Any help would be appreciated...Jack

I had this problem. I solved it by getting rid of the free AVG anti-virus software. I'd had to move to this software because my favoured free AV, Avira, didn't support Windows 8. Removing AVG means that since that time (5 days ago) I haven't had a single BSOD, with the computer constantly on, whereas I was having 5 or 6 reboots per day immediately before.

I thought it might have been a dodgy battery - I knew my battery was failing anyway - so I replaced this as well. But the new one didn't arrive till two days after I'd removed AVG and in those two days I hadn't had a BSOD anyway.

So check any programs that install on boot, would be my suggestion.

PS The revised Windows Defender seems to suffice as an AV anyway, now.

No AVG Installed but I do have Norton

I don't have AVG installed - the computer that I upgraded has Norton. My battery seems to be in fine working order - although since the upgrade, the message that I used to get when I restarted my system, a message about my battery status being good, no longer shows up. Not sure at all what that means. Appreciate any help. I am wading thru this issue as best I can...Jack

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Lets try and see if we can get additional information.Please post the following information
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Error dump file

Okay, hope this is the file as desired.

I thank all those who have tried to help. It must be understood, however, that the BSOD can have many causes and trying to resolve the problems of another based upon the BSOD experienced by yourself or someone else is rarely the soltution. That being said, the apparent cause in this situation seems to be an Intel driver. Update the driver by going to the Intel site. You can select automatically scan for and update all out of date drivers.

Iastor.sys file description
Productname:
Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver
Description:
Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver
Company:
Intel Corporation
Intel Download Center

I went to the Intel site and ran the auto updater. Nothing found out of date - worth a try though...thanks...Jack

Usually the reports give various causes, yours were consistent. Try to go to search by the stat button, type device manager and then see if you can install the prior version.

I'm sorry but I don't understand what you are suggesting that I do. If you can lay out the process with more detail, I will do my best to follow. I won't be able to actually try any more fixes for a few days - this laptop in now unreliable so I am taking my old backup laptop on my current business trip. Thanks for any help and I'll get working on suggestions when I return to town Monday November 12th...Jack

I did some research, and that might not be the best way to go with 8, the advice was more appropriate with Windows 7. Go to device manger as previously suggested; my link will show how
How to Live Without the Start Button in Windows 8 - How-To Geek
Look for small yellow markers, which show a problem with a driver. If you see any, update that driver.

I went to the device manager - no small yellow markers showed up - system still crashing - thanks for the suggestion, worth a try...Jack

I have been to the device manager on my system, gone thru every single driver, everything responds saying that it is up to date. Still crashing 4 or more times per day, sometimes twice in a few minutes time. Is there anything I can do other than paying to have windows 8 removed and reinstall Windows 7. This is my worst ever experience with a computer upgrade and I cannot believe that Microsoft could have released this and feel good about it.

Please upgrade iastor anyway:
Station-Drivers: le site de drivers, bios, firmwares avec un forum d'aide


Please also upgrade your ssd firmware, if you have one and you are comfortable with upgrading it.

Thanks for the suggestion - no solid state drive on my VAIO. I appreciate the thought.

To find your curent version of the Intel RST driver:
Open 'Device manager'
Expand 'IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers'
Look for 'Intel(R) 5 Series/3400...' or similar Intel listing
Right click it and select 'Properties'
Click 'Drivers' tab
Look for 'Driver Version:'
Post the version number here.

If it is a lower version than 11.6.0.1030, go to this link.
Click on this Intel Link: Intel® Rapid Storage Technology
Download the 'File name: iata_enu.exe Version:11.6.0.1030
Download to a convenient place, that will be easy to find.

To install the new driver:

To install Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology,
double-click on the self-extracting and self-installing
setup file and answer all prompts presented.

Click to expand...

Close all programs.
Just double click the file, answer the prompts, re-boot when requested and it will install.


When looking for driver problems in Device Manager, look for small '?'.
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