OT: Blue screen of death

[tzill]

Might be time to start foreclosure on his nic.

You're out of order.

This WHOLE BOARD is out of order.

 

[buffhockey]

start with a reboot.

If that doesnt work, try a reboot in safemode to see if you still get the BSOD.

Outside of that, A) you have not given enough info to truly help; and B) Good thing W7 was supposed to end the dreaded BSOD...

Now in Windows 8 it might be Black Screen of Death.

Windows 8: Black Screen of Death (BSoD) captured on video | WinRumors

 

[gp956]

I know you're kidding me, but that could be said for any activity (outside of sleep and basic life maintenance which allows the billing). For instance, the average baseball game "costs" me over $1000. However, one can't spend one's life as a slave to the billed hour. Or at least I can't.

OTOH, when it comes to things I don't want to do (e.g. learning about my PC so that I can repair it), that very much for me is time I'd rather spend billing (another thing I don't really WANT to do). Consider it a perfect example of Pareto optimization -- I can pay someone $50/hr or I can bill for several times that amount.

For those who enjoy learning about computer operations, my paradigm wouldn't apply.

Reminds me of a news segment broadcast several years ago, implying that a backyard garden never pays for itself. They used the mistaken notion that the time spent gardening was time not "billing clients," when it could just as easily be time "not spent on the couch watching TV". The overall point is that each individual has to decide what the opportunity costs are based on their own unique situation.

Here's how I evaluate the situation: Windows NT (and it's variants) has been around for over a decade. It takes about an hour to acquire the knowledge required to deal with most BSOD events. Given the length of time Windows has been in use, one hour invested somewhere over the decade saves you potentially many hours of time required to take your PC to the geek squad, plus any lost productivity associated with the downtime of that particular computer. It just seems like a wise investment to me.

 

[tzill]

Reminds me of a news segment broadcast several years ago, implying that a backyard garden never pays for itself. They used the mistaken notion that the time spent gardening was time not "billing clients," when it could just as easily be time "not spent on the couch watching TV". The overall point is that each individual has to decide what the opportunity costs are based on their own unique situation.

Here's how I evaluate the situation: Windows NT (and it's variants) has been around for over a decade. It takes about an hour to acquire the knowledge required to deal with most BSOD events. Given the length of time Windows has been in use, one hour invested somewhere over the decade saves you potentially many hours of time required to take your PC to the geek squad, plus any lost productivity associated with the downtime of that particular computer. It just seems like a wise investment to me.

GP, I defer to your knowledge. I would note that I suspect it would take me more than an hour to figure it out. I may very well be wrong.

 

[gp956]

GP, I defer to your knowledge. I would note that I suspect it would take me more than an hour to figure it out. I may very well be wrong.

With your IQ of 99? One hour, tops.

 

[tzill]

With your IQ of 99? One hour, tops.

I dunno...there was this bidet project I once did...

 

[gp956]

Here, this will get your training started:

I recommend staring at this image several times a day.

 

[tzill]

Here, this will get your training started:

I recommend staring at this image several times a day.

I may have underestimated the satisfaction derived from being Windows competent. I think I'm seeing the error of my ways.

 

[Yoshi]

Not necessary with Windows 7. When you use F8 to access the boot menu Windows 7 has a repair option. If it is a corrupt Windows system file this will fix it. If it is a corrupt OEM driver go into safe mode with networking and download the driver from the manufacturer's web site and install it.

Another thing to do is run chkdsk from a command prompt (you may need to boot from a CD/DVD to do this).

I agree with this. Nate, another thing too, although this was bad news, is that I experienced this same problem, ran some diag tests on it and eventually had it checked by an actual computer professional (I do computers as a hobby, but not as my life's work) and basically told me what I already feared - a dead motherboard.

Not sure if you are having this issue on a mobo, hard drive error, or what not on a PC or a laptop (sorry, too tired to read back), but if it's on a desktop it depends on how old your computer is. There's a few things that the "blue screen of death" can be due to. You could try stripping your hard drive and see if it works on another computer if the aforementioned windows prompts (i.e. runnong on safe mode like others stated) works. If it does, then it's most likely a mobo.

You could also have a corrupted file or even some sort of malware/virus that's really screwing with your comp right now. Post back and let us know.

 

[nateistheshi]

I ended up trying many things on this thread (except what tzill suggested, sorry man I work 10 hours a week as a tutor hahaha.) Finally my computer is working again, I ended up using a restore point and then deleting everything on my computer that I put on here: downloaded ROM files, Itunes, Firefox, everything, and I haven't had a BSOD in several days.

 

[CameronFrye]

I ended up trying many things on this thread (except what tzill suggested, sorry man I work 10 hours a week as a tutor hahaha.) Finally my computer is working again, I ended up using a restore point and then deleting everything on my computer that I put on here: downloaded ROM files, Itunes, Firefox, everything, and I haven't had a BSOD in several days.

You cannot be content solving the problem. You need to know what caused the crashes or it might just happen again. My suggestion is to put the other apps back on one by one until your system starts crashing again and you will have your culprit. I suggest you start with Firefox first. Load that and use it instead of IE for a week. If you get no crashes, add in other apps each week. Just be sure to put in a restore point before adding any apps that have been previously removed. Back up your individual files to an external drive for safe keeping.

Good luck.

 

[nateistheshi]

You cannot be content solving the problem. You need to know what caused the crashes or it might just happen again. My suggestion is to put the other apps back on one by one until your system starts crashing again and you will have your culprit. I suggest you start with Firefox first. Load that and use it instead of IE for a week. If you get no crashes, add in other apps each week. Just be sure to put in a restore point before adding any apps that have been previously removed. Back up your individual files to an external drive for safe keeping.

Good luck.

Good idea, I'll start doing that in a bit. Thanks Cameron.