What causes BSOD

[XxKOLOHExX]

BSOD = Blue Screen of Death
i got this BSOD 5 times from yesterday and today combine and i want to know what causes the BSOD and if its a virus or malware or something can you please give me a link to a site that has the bes program to get rid of it

thank you,
XxKOLOHExX:shock:

 

[Airbot]

BSOD = Blue Screen of Death
i got this BSOD 5 times from yesterday and today combine and i want to know what causes the BSOD and if its a virus or malware or something can you please give me a link to a site that has the bes program to get rid of it

thank you,
XxKOLOHExX:shock:

Hi XxKOLOHExX,

A BSOD is when a system failure happens. For different reasons, could be hardware failure, software compatibility, memory problems,etc.

Here is a little information about BSOD's.

Blue Screen of Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Screens of death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Try to take a picture of your BSOD and post what it says.

 

[zZanthraXx]

Your BSOD does provide some information to help, sometimes simply searching the error code in a search engine will provide an answer. These failures are common when you're trying something new, and its failing.

Have you recently installed new hardware? New software? What was the last thing you did before you noticed the multiple BSODs?

System restore or other repair utilities are out there, but they can messily fix your machine. If you're not an expert though- and you think it may be software related- try system restore, to a point when you remember it working fine.

 

[XxKOLOHExX]

okie dokie ill try that i have to go back 3 days but its okay LOLthank you ecverybody

 

[Airbot]

You can't post the BSOD?

 

[XxKOLOHExX]

i took a picture but i can seem to get it to the point u guys can read it my camera only has flash on each setting so the closer i go the more glare u might get but here is the clearest picture i gots

 

[zZanthraXx]

here is a Microsoft Support article on your error.
General causes of "STOP 0x0000007F" errors


This error message can occur if either of the following conditions exists:

• Your computer has hardware or software problems (hardware failure is the most common cause).
• You try to over clock the speed of your computer's processor (for example, you set a 150 MhZ processor to run at 187 MhZ).

Seems to point towards hardware, do you overclock at all? Just curious- what is your experince would you say with computers? I dont know if you like to change a lot of settings or not. Have you installed any ram recently? Have you recently installed new hardware? New software? What was the last thing you did before you noticed the multiple BSODs? Are you getting this error when your are doing something speciffically. Sorry a lot of questions, but BSODs represent a lot of errors.

 

[Airbot]

Read this, see if anything is relevant to your situation.

Bug Check 0x7F: UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP

 

[XxKOLOHExX]

Thanks man if its hardware related can that also mean my nvidia drive because its been crashing alot latley

 

[Airbot]

Probably, or a memory problem or overclocking.

 

[XxKOLOHExX]

overclocking is leaving my computer on all night all day everyday right LOL?

 

[Airbot]

No, it's setting the CPU or GPU to run at speeds above the rated specs. If you haven't done that, then rule that out.

 

[zZanthraXx]

All night EVERY day!? that is some serious overclocking! personally i've only gotten bsods because of faulty ram... you could still check it out by running some type of memory test (onboard or os dependent)... benching or stress testing could help out too.

 

[XxKOLOHExX]

okie dokes thanks man alot for ur helps

 

[zZanthraXx]

No, it's setting the CPU or GPU to run at speeds above the rated specs. If you haven't done that, then rule that out.

I think he's joking.. hope he's joking.

 

[Airbot]

Who's joking, me?

 

[Airbot]

All night EVERY day!? that is some serious overclocking! personally i've only gotten bsods because of faulty ram... you could still check it out by running some type of memory test (onboard or os dependent)... benching or stress testing could help out too.

If you're saying that I'm joking as to overclocking, I 'd suggest you read up on what OC is. It has nothing to do with keeping your computer on all the time.

Overclocking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[zipman]

well i can tell you that if your running 3/4gb of ram your get the blue screen of death, i was running 2gb ram and windows 7 run fine and today i put in another gig and blue screened every time, rebooted in to xp and everythink was fine so i know its not the new ram, took out a older ram stick 1gb and it booted win7 fine again....

 

[dchristey]

well i can tell you that if your running 3/4gb of ram your get the blue screen of death, i was running 2gb ram and windows 7 run fine and today i put in another gig and blue screened every time, rebooted in to xp and everythink was fine so i know its not the new ram, took out a older ram stick 1gb and it booted win7 fine again....

Was the RAM different to the old RAM, sometimes if you put different spec RAM in the same channels Windows will not like - it is not recommended to start with especially with Vista/Windows 7

 

[zipman]

all the same make