BSOD ????

[DirtRider]

It amazes me to see how many members are getting the good old BSOD. I think in all the years of computing I can count my BSOD's on one hand? :huh:

 

[zigzag3143]

It amazes me to see how many members are getting the good old BSOD. I think in all the years of computing I can count my BSOD's on one hand? :huh:

DR

They were always around, but with today's more demanding software and less stringent quality control it appears there are more.

If you haven't had many I suspect you take good care of your system and it is taking good care of you.

I specialize in BSOD's and have no fear for my job security.


Ken J

 

[DirtRider]

Ken I also have no fear for you job security I run around 7 to 10 PC's in different configurations and still I can count them on my one hand to date.

 

[smarteyeball]

Consider yourself lucky then mate

 

[DirtRider]

I do I do also take time over what I install both hardware and software

 

[CarlTR6]

It is amazing. Like you, I have only had about seven that I can remember and that includes XP and Win 98. I did have two with Win 7 early on due to my bad graphics card. We had a thread in this in the VIP section not long ago. Here are the common reasons for BSOD's:

RAM (especially added ram)

Old Drivers

Overclocking

Users

Hardware

AV pre-installed and not removed completely

Firewalls

The users themselves

Check out this thread: http://www.sevenforums.com/vip/101800-bsods.html

 

[DirtRider]

Carl I suppose I never over clock if I need faster I purchase faster. I have never tried to run Vista or Win7 on what should be an XP machine. When I first went to Vista I made sure I had all the comparable hardware for it before I even started, same with Win7. I suppose this is why I will still be using XP for a long time until that hardware gets replaced with Win7 standards

 

[CarlTR6]

Likewise. I have an XP laptop and it will stay an XP laptop. I upgraded my old desktop to make it compatible and ready for Win 7, at least Win 7 32 bit. You would be surprised at the number of folks with older setups that didn't even run Windows Upgrade Advisor before they installed Win 7. And they compound the problem by loading obsolete software.

 

[wysiwyg]

I'm with DirtRider, I can't remember the last time I had a BSOD, and its not a matter of luck, its good planning and the right setup for the right system, getting rid of any program that may possibly create problems.

Users are the biggest cause of BSOD's

 

[johng]

Users are the biggest cause of BSOD's

After years of hassle free computing my newest build has been a pain in the ass and i have to say it's really down to the fact that i didnt put much thought into what i was buying- i bought components that went together without checking that they really went together
In the past i always put a bit of effort into it, having not had probelms before it didnt occur to me that i might do this time!
Been a bit of a learning curve this one i can tell you

 

[CarlTR6]

A hard, frustrating lesson!

 

[Cato]

If I had to guess, I would say that 95% of the BSOD's I've had were caused by me, as WYSIWYG said. And, there were times when I just knew that it was going to happen because of my impatience, or dumbness, or whatever.

The only ones I have had with Vista or W7 were caused by a corrupted True-Crypt file. Had to have a couple of them before I figured out what was causing it.

 

[Dzomlija]

The last BSOD I've experienced myself was back on Vista x64: STOP 0x124, and that was a long time ago, and was in fact the very problem that prompted me to join the Vista Forums, and then later SevenForums.

Didn't even get a hiccup in Windows 7 BETA!

But as far BSODs go, I encounter them on an almost weekly basis on customer computers - usually right after they thought they could save a bit of money by having a backyard techie work on their computers...

 

[CarlTR6]

The last BSOD I've experienced myself was back on Vista x64: STOP 0x124, and that was a long time ago, and was in fact the very problem that prompted me to join the Vista Forums, and then later SevenForums.

Didn't even get a hiccup in Windows 7 BETA!

But as far BSODs go, I encounter them on an almost weekly basis on customer computers - usually right after they thought they could save a bit of money by having a backyard techie work on their computers...

And that has long been a good source of income for techs.