BSOD Driver_Power_State_Failure stop code 9F

[ericharrah]

Windows 7 Professional x64 with SP1 OEM
Dell Precision M6600
System was purchased new with the above OS in March 2012. The OS has not been reinstalled. I also run VMWare Workstation.
This BSOD started yesterday and has occurred 4 times since. I noticed the latest time that my onboard SD card reader disconnected/reconnected then CPU usage went to ~25%. Attempting to shut down to resolve the issue results in the BSOD. My current power setting is High Performance.

 

[zigzag3143]

These were Related to VMparport.sys parallel port driver from VMware Inc, Inc. Yours is from 2009 and seriously needs updating or removal.

Other old drivers really needing updating

PBADRV.sys    1/7/2008 3:12:13 PM       
DuntlwNT.sys    5/6/2008 2:55:35 AM        
Sentinel64.sys    6/2/2008 2:14:55 AM        
dne64x.sys    11/10/2008 9:01:24 PM

How To Find Drivers:

- search Google for the name of the driver
- compare the Google results with what's installed on your system to figure out which device/program it belongs to
- visit the web site of the manufacturer of the hardware/program to get the latest drivers (DON'T use Windows Update or the Update driver function of Device Manager).
- if there are difficulties in locating them, post back with questions and someone will try and help you locate the appropriate program.

- - The most common drivers are listed on this page: Driver Reference Driver Reference
Driver Reference Table (DRT)


Symantec is a frequent cause of BSOD's. I would remove and replace it with Microsoft Security Essentials AT LEAST TO TEST


http://us.norton.com/support/kb/web_view.jsp?wv_type=public_web&docurl=20080710133834EN

Microsoft Security Essentials - Free Antivirus for Windows