BSOD after exiting games

raz415

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Hello, most of the times I exit a game (usually by Alt-F4) I get a bsod. It doesn't specify any files. Does anyone have any insight on this?

Win 7 ultimate x86
Laptop is brand new, installed windows last week.
 

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Hi, welcome to the forums :)

Firstly using ALT+F4 is exiting the game while it is still in a 'full-active' state. ALT+F4 is designed mostly for closing down Explorer windows or any other Windows environment applications (e.g. Paint, Office, Media Player). Using the game's 'Exit' facility (in-game menu) will cause the game to systematically stop internal processes then shut the game down. This 'active game state' could possibly be what's causing your BSOD.


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Compaq Desktop
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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AMD Sempron Dual Core
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3GB
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NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
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150GB Sata
Hey, SFC didn't find any problems. The BSOD problem was fixed though. Acer has a really bad habit of having ALL the possible components of a laptop written in the product overview and I don't really know what exactly I have in my laptop. The processor, vid card, hdd etc are obvious, but things like motherboard, sound card, network card I had no idea. So I may have chosen the wrong drivers. After checking for more info and found out what I actually had, I installed the right drivers and all worked out fine. Thanks for your suggestions guys. Also, I'll stop using ALT + F4 in games :D
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x86
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Intel Pentium P6100
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Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series
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3 GB DDR3
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
That's good news, glad it was a simple fix :)

Please enjoy the rest of the forums. You may even be able to contribute to other issues :)


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Compaq Desktop
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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AMD Sempron Dual Core
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3GB
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NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
Screen Resolution
1024x768
Hard Drives
150GB Sata
Oh my. It wasn't a simple fix after all :) The issue is back, and seems here to stay. The worst problem is that the BSOD also occurs when a game crashes, so even if I did stop using ALT-F4 it's still happening. Games that crash a lot (I'm looking at you, Fallout 3) got put aside for the moment, but I'm guessing that it will happen to other games. Eventually.

I added new dump and perfmon report files.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x86
CPU
Intel Pentium P6100
Motherboard
Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series
Memory
3 GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
This is getting a bump because, unfortunately, not only that this BSOD problem persists, I have ANOTHER BSOD (this one came out of the blue, no game was opened. It pointed out to win32k.sys).

Attaching NEW BSOD dumb, see last post for the one I get after exiting a game (or, for example, closing the process on a game that's not responding).

LE: Please note that the 2 dumps have the same name :) Sorry about that, forgot.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x86
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Intel Pentium P6100
Motherboard
Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series
Memory
3 GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
It's fixed. The problem was Acer Launch Manager, which apparently isn't compatible with Windows 7. Deleting it fixed all my BSODs.
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x86
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Intel Pentium P6100
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Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series
Memory
3 GB DDR3
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
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