It so happened that blue screen death always scares PC users. You play CS:GO or Dota 2 for yourself - when the Blue Screen suddenly crashes. Or they wrote a term paper for 2 hours - and again this mistake. And if autosave was also disabled, then it's generally great.

Top 10 Reasons

First, let's look at the main reasons why the blue screen of death crashes:

  1. Failure of HDD, video card, RAM, etc.
  2. Device conflict (usually new RAM).
  3. Some device is incompatible with Windows.
  4. Overheating of devices (most often - a video card or processor).
  5. Unsuitable driver (or its incompatibility with Windows).
  6. Driver conflict.
  7. Incorrect BIOS settings.
  8. Not enough free space on local disk FROM.
  9. Overclocking the processor or RAM.
  10. Virus infection.

In 70% of cases, the blue screen appears due to drivers. Therefore, install them only from the official website of the developer.

Blue Screen crashes: what to do?

First you need to configure so that the computer or laptop does not restart after this error. What for? To write down its code, and use it to find a solution to the problem.

Instructions for Windows 7, 8 and XP are the same:

Ready. Now, when the blue screen of death appears again, you need to write down / remember the error code. Where is he? See the example screenshot below:

In this case it is 0x0000004e. Write it down and look up what it means. For example, you can search here http://bsodstop.ru/ - this site contains the most common error codes.

There is also information about 0x0000004e here: the error appears due to incorrect driver operation. Which one exactly? This is not said, but there is one easy way to find out.

To do this, you will need the BlueScreenView utility (you can find it, the download link is almost at the very bottom of the page). It will automatically find the file causing the error and display it in the report. To do this, you just need to run the program.

For example, in the screenshot above, you can see that the blue screen crashes on the computer due to the ati2dvag.dll file. He is associated with AMD graphics card(you can guess by the name of ATI or search the Internet by its name), so, most likely, you need to install new drivers for it. Or vice versa - old ones (it is best to use the disk that comes with the PC).

The seventh version of the operating Windows systems from Microsoft, although it is considered one of the most stable, nevertheless, it is also not immune from the occurrence of critical failures. One of the most unpleasant phenomena is the "blue screen of death" of Windows 7. Not every user knows what to do when it appears. Some believe that the problem will disappear on reboot (and with good reason). Others believe that full reinstalling windows 7. But before making a decision to fix the problem, you need to know its essence.

BSoD death screen: what is it?

So, let's say that the user has a blue screen of death. What to do? Windows 7, as well as any other system in this family, can offer several solutions to the problem, depending on what was the root cause.

But in some cases, in order to get rid of this scourge in the future, without special utilities not enough. We will dwell on them a little later, but for now let's see what it is from the point of view of the system itself.

Roughly speaking, BSoD is a kind of defensive reaction of Windows to a critical failure in the system when a memory dump is written. In other words, the system cannot neutralize the error in the work by its own means and because of this reports that such and such has happened. In each case, deciphering the "blue screens of death" of Windows 7 can say a lot. Typically, a message on the monitor begins with the word "STOP" followed by a fault code. What does this mean? Yes, only that at the moment some important process was stopped, vital for the functioning of the system as a whole. How to remove the "blue screen of death" of Windows 7, we will consider a little later, but for now let's dwell on the reasons for its appearance.

Causes of failures

When investigating possible problems, you need to clearly divide them into two broad categories: software failures (including the system itself) and physical problems with hardware (for example, when replacing hard drive, video card, RAM, etc.).

In addition, in Windows 7, solving problems with such problems may also imply a moment related to the fact that there is simply not enough space on the hard drive, which is especially noticeable when automatic system updates are enabled.

Group classification

To date, there are two main groups of failures. Group "A" includes problems with updating or replacing hardware, updating drivers or the system itself, and damage to system components. Group "B" includes incompatible versions of the primary I / O system BIOS, driver mismatch specific device, driver conflicts, lack of space on the hard drive, breakdown of "iron" components computer system, overheating of the processor or power supply, power outages, malfunctions of the RAM strips, problems with video cards, overlocking (overclocking) results, etc.

Windows 7 Blue Screen of Death Codes

As you can see, there can be quite a lot of reasons for errors and failures. In any case, when such a screen appears, first of all, you should pay attention to the description that is present at the bottom of the message. Separately, you can highlight the most common codes that are most common:

  • 0x0000006B;
  • 0x00000000 (0022);
  • 0x0000007E;
  • 0xC0000005;
  • 0x80000003;
  • 0x80000002;
  • 0x804E518E;
  • 0xFC938104;
  • 0xFC937E04 etc.

Of course, the list is not limited to these codes only (you never know what situation may arise). However, the most common "blue screen of death (0x0000007E)" occurs, Windows 7 in this case gives a description indicating that some kind of exception was not handled.

But it's just short information. To view Full description error or failure, it is better to use a small utility called Blue Screen View. It is this program that can give the key to understanding how to treat the "blue screen of death" of Windows 7. This can be done using the system's own means, which will be discussed further.

"Blue Screen of Death": what to do (Windows 7)? The first and easiest solution

In the case where the failure is short-term, for example, due to a sudden power outage and the transfer to the unit uninterruptible power supply, you can use a normal reboot with a forced shutdown by long pressing the power button.

But if the "blue screen of death" Windows boot 7 will appear again, this will already indicate serious damage. For a start, you can try to simply disable the recording of dumps and mini-dumps. This is done through the properties section, called from the right-click menu on the computer icon, where you need through the tab advanced settings go to download and restore. In the options window, you need to disable automatic reboot and recording small dumps, and then perform a full system restart.

If after that the problem is not fixed, it is very likely that this is no longer a software failure, but physical damage to the hardware (most often the problem is in the hard drive and RAM).

Viruses

One of the reasons for the appearance of failures can be viruses that purposefully affect the system and malicious codes. They cause a lot of trouble rewriting system components and replacing them with their own files, and can also cause a "blue screen of death". What to do? Windows 7 has no means in this case, apart from its own primitive tools in the form of a defender and a firewall.

In the very simple case the system should be checked by a regular virus scanner, but you will most likely have to use more powerful programs. Free is the best option. disk utility Kaspersky Rescue Disk, which can perform its own loading even before the system starts and detect viruses that have penetrated deep into the RAM.

System component failures

If it is the system that is damaged, the recovery may not work. In this case, it is best to boot into Safe Made mode using the F8 key at startup, and then, if there is constant Internet access, perform an online recovery by using the command shown in the image below in the command line run as administrator.

The process will take 5-10 minutes, after which you should write the sfc / scannow command and wait for the verification verdict. In the event of a violation of the integrity of Windows 7, system files will be restored automatically.

Lack of hard drive space

Lack of space in the system partition can also lead to the “blue screen of death” of Windows 7. How to fix the situation? To do this, the system provides its own disk cleanup tool. It is advisable to use it, and not the modules of optimizer programs, since the latter do not interfere with the system part.

In Explorer, right-clicking on the drive or partition being checked opens the properties menu, in which you can see the cleanup button on the general settings tab. After clicking it in the window, select all the components to be removed and confirm your actions.

Incorrect installation of updates

Quite often, incorrectly installed or underloaded updates become the cause of BSoD. It doesn't matter if it's included automatic update, or the search for updates was done manually.

How to remove the "blue screen of death" Windows 7 in this case? You need to go to the appropriate section of the "Control Panel" and view the latest installed updates. They will have to be removed one by one, rebooting the system each time after uninstallation. Perhaps the reason is just in them. As a last resort, if you do not want to do such things manually, you can try to roll back the system to a previous state. But it is worth considering that with automatic installation updates will be integrated into the system again.

But in the first case, having found out which update failed, it can be excluded from the list during a manual search again.

Hard disk errors and damage

The most problematic situation is when the cause of the failure lies in the hard drive. In the simplest case, you will have to check it for errors.

For this, the checker tool from the properties menu is used, but in the settings, the lines for automatic error correction and fixing bad clusters are activated. The same procedure can be followed from command console, where you need to write the line chkdsk / x / f / r.

If the damage to the hard drive is physical, nothing can be done, although some experts recommend using a special hard drive remagnetization program called HDD Regenerator. True, there are legitimate doubts about the fact that it is possible to restore the disk in this way (in the sense of using software tools). Nonetheless…

BIOS incompatibility

Another problem is outdated or incompatible with the system BIOS firmware. The screen will be displayed immediately at startup. In this situation, there is nothing left but to turn to the manufacturer's resource on the Internet. As already clear, you need to download the firmware and install it.

Information about the BIOS version can be obtained in the system information section, which is called by the msinfo32 command from the Run console (Win + R).

Incorrectly installed drivers

But most often, the appearance of a deadly screen is influenced by drivers or conflicts between them (the most common problems occur with video cards). At the same time, if you turn to the "Device Manager" (the devmgmt.msc command in the "Run" console or the section of the same name in the "Control Panel"), it is not recommended to update the drivers.

It is best to remove the problematic driver and then install it from scratch. In some cases, this may not positive result. Therefore, you will have to completely remove the device. When restarting the system, it is advisable not to use the installation of the most suitable driver from its own database, but to install it, for example, from the Driver Pack Solution directory or preload correct driver from the equipment manufacturer's website.

But to search for the driver itself, first in the same “Device Manager” for the problematic component, you need to find the VEN and DEV identifiers in the properties with a transition to the details tab, where the equipment ID display is selected from the drop-down list. For reliability, it is best to use the longest line in the description.

Damaged RAM

But suppose the blue screen of death reappears. What to do? Windows 7 seems to have exhausted its capabilities. Apparently, the problem is in the RAM.

You can find out the cause of the failure provided that the appropriate verification program is activated. The most powerful utility is Memtest86+. But there is also the flip side of the coin. On stationary PCs, it is quite easy to remove memory sticks one by one from the slots on the motherboard, reboot the system and look at its behavior. You can’t do this in laptops, so you have to contact a service center.

Problems with the remote control program

Finally, although infrequently, there is a problem with programs remote access. Specifically, this is a Win32k.sys file error. The way out of this situation can be the usual removal of a failed application. Only it is better to uninstall not by means of the system, but to use programs like iObit Uninstaller, which can not only delete the main program files, but also completely clean the system from residual files, folders, and even system registry entries.

Instead of an afterword

As can be seen from all of the above, the reasons for the appearance of failures in BSoD may be quite a lot. And it will not always be appropriate to reinstall Windows 7. Finally, it remains to give advice to most users who believe that such a screen means a “rally” of the system. There is nothing too critical about this. In most cases, a simple reboot or reinstallation of drivers helps, of course, provided that there is no physical damage to the hardware.

I would like to say that even advanced users PCs are often not always able to successfully determine the cause of the blue screen, and even reinstalling the system does not always help solve the problem. The blue screen reappears. This is evidenced by numerous forums dedicated to the blue screen of Windows, where the cause of the blue screen, many managed to establish with great difficulty.


 Usually the file system is damaged or there are a lot of errors on the hard disk, it happens in most cases from an incorrect shutdown of the computer, it hung up a bit and we rebooted it or turned it off using the Reset button. Of course, there may be problems with a power outage in your home. One of the results of all of the above will be a blue screen with error 0x000000E3 or error code 0x00000024 called NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM, which indicates problems with the file system and hard drive.

Information on how we solved the problem of our reader's blue screen and a few other similar problems at the end of the article, but first we will analyze what causes the blue screen, how to decrypt the blue screen error code and how to act if the error code cannot be decrypted at all managed.

The blue screen, instead of the desktop when loading Windows 7 and Windows 8, indicates a critical error in the operating system, in which further work is not possible. Even if the blue screen appears when you boot the system from time to time, this is still a reason to look for a possible error.

The most common causes of a blue screen in Windows 7 and Windows 8:

o Drivers not working properly, you have installed an incorrect or written with an error into the system, or maybe an old driver that does not work correctly with any device. Or in other words, the driver tries to perform an impossible operation in the system (many drivers can even make changes to the system kernel) and Windows, protecting itself from severe system violations, blocks what it has time to do and goes into reboot, while creating an entry in system log, as well as postponing the dump file to the C:\Windows\Minidump folder, with which you can determine the cause of the blue screen (memory dump is not always created, details below).

o Software conflict,e.g. damage file system or the simplest example - two computers were installed on the computer antivirus programs and in addition a firewall. Naturally, a problem arises in startup, one program perceives another as a virus and blocks it, the result is a blue screen when the computer boots. Or often there is a conflict between the program and the operating system, for example, many users sometimes try to install a 64-bit application on a 32-bit system.



o If there are small children at home,surely they often press the red burning button network filter or at big button POWER system block, after which, of course, the computer crashes, as a result of this, the structure of some system file may certainly be broken, which is also the cause of the blue screen. If this happens quite often, you just need to remove the filter away, and turn off the POWER button "Control Panel->Power Options->Power button action->select When the power button is pressed->No action required". And your computer, when you click on it, will turn on, but not turn off. In this case, the operating system, for example, can be brought back to life through system restore or update in the XP installation menu. In more complex cases, the file system is damaged and has to be restored (details below).


o An iron conflict or in other words, the incorrect operation of one of computer components, such as RAM, video card or hard drive. Once I could not determine the cause of the blue screen for a long time, and most importantly, reinstalling the system did not help. I began to ask what actions were taken recently with the computer. It turns out that a bar of RAM was added to the system unit the day before, which not only worked at a frequency different from others, but also had a different supply voltage.

o Viruses, The cause of the blue screen is quite rare.

Of course, to solve the problem of a blue screen on our computer, it is very good to first find out the reason for its appearance. To do this, the operating system displays us the relevant information on the blue screen, which is basically the same, except for two small items - the name of the error and the error code.
How to decipher the blue screen error. Let's look at two cases that you may have.

· The blue screen appears when the computer boots up and remains on the screen for a long time, giving us the opportunity to read the name and code of the error.

The blue screen appears when the computer boots up for a second and disappears, while the computer goes into reboot again, so we don’t have time to read anything (more on this complex option below).

It is impossible to rely only on the decoding of error codes in solving the blue screen problem. The same error, for example, 0x0000008E, may indicate a malfunction of the RAM and at the same time a rootkit infection, and another error, 0x0000000A IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL, may indicate dozens of reasons in general. But it’s also not worth reinstalling Windows right away, if a blue screen occurs, you still need to try to figure out what’s the matter ...

In order to ensure that in the event of a critical error your computer does not constantly restart and you can read the error code on the blue screen, the first thing to try is when you turn on the computer, press the F-8 key on the keyboard and get into the menu Additional Options boot, then select Disable automatic restart on system failure,

If it does not help, then it will not be superfluous for you to know such information. I want to say that the operating system is able to save information about the blue screen error in a special file called a memory dump, it will be located in the C:\Windows\Minidump folder. But for this you need to enable the debugging entry Windows information. Do it right now.


On Windows XP:
Click on My Computer right click mouse, then Properties->Advanced->Startup and Recovery Options->System Failure->Turn off the Perform an automatic restart option. Select Small Memory Dump (64 KB) and click OK.

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For Windows 7 and Windows 8, 10 :
Start –> Control Panel –> System and Security –> System –> Advanced system settings –> Advanced tab” –> Startup and Recovery-> Settings uncheck Perform an automatic restart. Select Small memory dump (128 KB) and click OK.
Let's now move on to concrete examples(which actually I had to solve) fix the blue screen problem.
So the first option. We have debug information recording enabled. On the computer after installation latest game the sound disappeared, after updating the audio drivers, the computer went into reboot and threw out a blue screen with such an error. We write out the name and error code, the decoding of almost all error codes is given on the website http://bsod.oszone.net/. Information about your error code can also be searched on the Internet, through any search engine. For anyone, she has already come across and some solution is applicable to her.
In our case, the system compiled file HDAudBus.sys is directly indicated in the title of the error. belongs Microsoft program UAA Bus Driver for High Definition Audio, a large percentage of our blue screen is due to a problem with the system audio driver. Error code:
STOP: 0x00000101 (0x00000031, 0x00000000, 0x807c9120, 0x00000001)


In this case, you can try to reinstall the drivers on sound card. And what to do if there is no name of the faulty file on the blue screen. In this case, you can download the utility on Ozone- to more accurately determine the driver or file that caused the blue windows screen BSOD. I will now tell you how to use the BlueScreenView program. The program is very simple, we launch BlueScreenView and it immediately scans the folder for a memory dump file, which I remind you is located at C:\Windows\Minidump.

Select the memory dump with the left mouse in top window our program and immediately look at the bottom window, information about the error will definitely appear there. By the way, if you press F-8 while the program is running, our blue screen will appear in the lower window.

Microsoft has its own debugging tool, but I would say the BlueScreenView utility works simpler, and the result is no worse.
You may ask, our computer does not boot, how can we reinstall the audio drivers? First, you need to try to rollback a certain period of time back, using system restore points, this can be done in safe mode or in the troubleshooting menu Windows problems 7 (when loading F-8) or from the recovery disk of the seven. To remove the problematic driver, in case of a blue screen, you can try to enter safe mode with command line support and type the devmgmt.msc command and you will be taken to the device manager.

After removing the problematic driver, you need to install updated versions drivers, preferably taken from the official websites of device manufacturers. Or vice versa, install an old and stable driver.

Now let's move on to a more complex issue. What to do if the blue screen appears for a second and it is not possible to read the name and error code?



Know that if you deal with someone else's computer, you will often not be able to see the error code, the blue screen will appear for a second when you turn on the computer and disappear. Since not everyone unchecks the Turn off automatic reboot on system failure option. Now you know what to do, so that the blue screen remains on the monitor and the computer does not immediately reboot, you could read it above.

In this situation, do not hesitate to ask on various forums, and remember especially interesting cases. If you even know the error code, but you can’t fix the situation, just talk to people, ask what programs or drivers were installed last before the blue screen appeared. What were the last steps taken on the computer?
What else can you do if your Windows has shown you a blue screen? Let's take an interesting case of our reader, especially since I had to solve a similar problem very often.
Real examples of eliminating the blue screen in the operating system Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 8

Our computer at work broke down

windows xp, Windows 7 and Windows 8reboots regularly, the screen is blue, appears for a second, the error cannot be read, although it should not be so, since I removed the checkmark in the Perform automatic reboot (see information above). There is a lot of important data on the computer, they all appeared on the computer over the past few hours and everything is on the disk (C :), on the desktop, you need to get everything at all costs, and then you can restore the system, for example, just restore it's from a backup I made last night, but that's if all else fails.

I opened the system unit - everything is clean, not a speck of dust, I changed the RAM, then the video card, it did not help. I think let me boot the computer from the recovery disk (I always have two 32-bit and 64-bit disks with me), maybe I can get to the system recovery. Well, I booted sinfully in half from the disk Windows Recovery 7, but not a single system could be found



We write notepad , notepad opens, then File and Open, the Computer window appears, open it, I think now I’ll go to the disk (C :) on the desktop, copy necessary files on a USB flash drive and reinstall the system, I look, but there is no disk (C :). There is a disk (D :), but there is no partition on which Windows 7 is installed, which means that there are no necessary files located on the desktop C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Desktop.

I booted from a simple Live CD and there is the same thing, there is no disk (C :).
I boot into the Acronis Disk Director 11 program, my disk (C :) is visible and the data on it is all intact, but nothing can be done with them, with any operation with the partition, Acronis immediately gives an error The file system is damaged!


There is nothing to do, I decided to remove the hard drive and connect the hard drive to another computer with the Windows 8 operating system installed.

A utility that exists in Windows 8 or 7 for hard checks CHKDSK disk, immediately detected a problematic disk with a broken file system and began checking it for errors in five stages: checking files, checking indexes, checking security descriptors, checking data in files, and checking free space!
I had to wait three hours, then reboot and my system boots safely, the missing section of the connected hard drive also became available. In general, friends are the first sign that the hard drive will soon become unusable and needs to be checked. special programs , for bad sectors and Bad blocks (bad or bad sectors). If everything is more or less successful, in order to use such a hard drive, ideally, it should be completely formatted and the operating system reinstalled on it.

Friends, when your operating system does not boot due to errors on the hard disk, you do not have to remove it to check it with the Chkdsk utility, you can boot the computer from the Windows 7 installation disk or the recovery disk, then enter the recovery environment, select command line, then enter the command:
chkdsk c: / f, which means to run a check of the system disk (C:) with options / f - checks for file system errors on the disk and fixes them. Details in our article: Chkdsk program.

Another example: one of my old friends, for a long time looking for the cause of the blue screen on one computer. A newly installed operating system, with native drivers installed for all devices, after 5-10 minutes of running any active application (for example, a game), went into a blue screen with a Stop: 0x00000019 error. Tests were carried out on almost all components, including the Mem test program, 512 MB RAM was successfully checked, which in the end turned out to be to blame. The fact is that on a computer with a relatively weak configuration, there was a powerful giga video card, and only 512 MB of RAM. He replaced the 512 MB RAM bar with 1 GB and the blue screen stopped appearing, the old RAM bar is still working on another computer with an integrated video card.

· My friends bought a computer, two years have passed and they periodically have a blue screen when playing games. Decided to reinstall the system. We reinstalled and began to install drivers for all devices, when installing the driver on the video card, the system went into a blue screen. Updating the driver on the official website did not give anything, the problem was solved only by replacing the video card. By the way, on another computer, this video card behaved the same way.
· Exactly the same case was with a network card installed in the form of an expansion card in the PCI slot. We went through all the possible and impossible drivers during installation Windows drivers 8 showed a blue screen with an error and immediately went into reboot, preventing the name and error code from being read. network card replaced it and everything works fine.

· Sometimes people look for the cause of the blue screen for a long time, reinstall the system, drivers, and the point is a banal overheating of the processor, it is worth removing the side wall of the system unit, looking at the dust cap on the processor cooler and everything will become clear.

· Processor overclocking, which is also often the cause of the blue screen, is treated by resetting the BIOS settings.

· Once, my friends, I was asked to save the Windows 8 system from the blue screen, they did not limit me in time, they gave me the whole day. It was not possible to find out the error code, the operating system rebooted all the time. First of all, just in case, I made a backup of the faulty system, namely system partition-disk (C:). If you can’t fix the problem, I’ll deploy a backup and give the computer back without changes, maybe someone else will succeed.

I tried almost everything that can be done in this case, the last thing I tried this way - I replaced all the SAM, SEKURITY, SOFTWARE, DEFAULT, SYSTEM registry files from the C:\Windows\System32\config folder with the same files from the C folder :\Windows\System32\config\RegBack, in it every 10 days the Task Scheduler creates backup registry keys - even if you have Disabled System Restore and Windows 8 booted safely.

When loading or running operating system Windows may encounter an error or glitch that will result in a blue screen with white text.

And in this case, you can only reboot the computer, since other actions will not be available. It is for this reason that this very screen is called the "blue screen of death" (BSOD).

What it is

The appearance of the blue screen of death means that the operating system has crashed. The reason for such a failure can be very diverse. A similar problem can happen to anyone, so you need to know what to do if a BSOD appears.

There is no need to worry and overly fuss. It is recommended to reboot the system unit, while all unsaved data will be lost.

Often, when you reboot, the problem disappears, but it is still useful to know the reason why the failure occurs. To do this, you need to parse some string located on the blue screen of death, which contains an error check string and verification code errors to find information on them on the Internet.

System Setup

In order to be able to diagnose and fix the problem when a critical failure occurs in the operating system, you must configure the operating system in a special way.

For this you need:

  • check that in Windows settings memory dump saving is enabled;
  • guided by the required size of the memory dump file, you need to check whether there is enough free space on the system disk for its location;
  • disable rebooting the operating system after a BSOD.

Windows XP

To configure Windows operating system settingsXPnecessary:

  • enable debug information logging, namely go to:

  • Specify how much debugging information should be logged if a crash occurs.

Windows Vista/7

Windows Vista/7 settings are similar Windows settings xp.

Windows 8

In Windows, you can adjust settings so that the operating system does not automatically reboot. In Windows 8, this requires:


Deciphering information in the Blue Screen of Death

Each critical error is accompanied by a detailed description and an eight-digit error code. When you first encounter a BSOD, the information displayed on it seems to be a random sequence of characters, but in fact, the description and error code will help to a large extent to reveal what caused the failure and what this error means.

The top of the monitor contains a description of the error, consisting of words stuck together in capital letters and separated by underscores.

Immediately after the description of the error, some troubleshooting tips are displayed. They are followed by a section technical information with an eight-digit hexadecimal error code.

Depending on the nature of the error, the code is usually completed with four auxiliary values ​​enclosed in parentheses.

If the error that caused the BSOD is directly related to some file, this section displays its name.

Reasons for the appearance

There are many reasons for the blue screen of death.

All reasons for the appearanceBSODon Windows can be broken down into three components:

  • equipment;
  • drivers;
  • programs.

Video: Blue screen in Windows

Equipment

One of the most common causes, which can cause BSOD, in this category are problems with RAM. It needs to be tested.

Also, failures in the functioning of the storage system are not uncommon. In this case, it is worth diagnosing HDD and check if there is free space on it.

Less commonly, the cause of the blue screen of death is a problem with the video adapter and processor. It is important to test this equipment using specialized utilities.

In addition to the main components of the computer, problems can arise with additional cards that expand functionality system block. You can find out the source of the problem by removing additional nodes and testing the computer for several days without them. If the computer functions normally without failures, then the problem is solved.

You can also try plugging the board into a different slot. motherboard. After testing all the components separately, you should test the operation of the entire system under load. If it fails under load, the problem is probably in the operation of the power supply. The way out is to replace the power supply with a more powerful one.

Drivers

There is an opinion that drivers are the source of 70% of BSOD cases. To treat the system, the driver must be reinstalled, after deleting it. If the problem is not solved, then you need to download the driver from the manufacturer's website and install it.

There are situations when it is not possible to find a fresh driver, in which case you can install an earlier version.

If replacing the driver does not help, then you should check the compatibility of the device with the operating system. If there is no compatibility, it is recommended to replace the hardware or reinstall the operating system.

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Problems encountered with software, are solved in a similar way. It is necessary to reinstall the existing one, or install the version downloaded from the developer's site.

The likely cause of a critical error may be the simultaneous installation of two or more anti-virus tools for one operating system.

Memory dump analysis

To analyze critical memory dumps, you can use one of the huge amount program, for example, DumpChk, Kanalyze, WinDbg.

Consider the example of WinDbg (part of Debugging Tools for Windows) how to analyze crash dumps.

The sequence of actions is as follows:

  • download current version programs from the developer's site;
  • install the program on the computer;
  • run the program;
  • go to the menu item “File –> Symbol File Path…”;
  • in the “Symbol Search Path” window, click “Browse…”;
  • in the window that appears, select the location of the Symbols directory. Then press “OK” twice, then select the menu “File –> Open Crash Dump…”;
  • in the "Open Crash Dump" window, select the path and click "Open";
  • in the "Workspace" window, set the "Don'taskagain" checkbox to "No";
  • the "Command Dump" window will be displayed with dump analysis;
  • analyze the memory dump in detail;
  • it is especially important to pay attention to the "Bugcheck Analysis" section, which displays possible reason failure;
  • to view complete information you need to click on the link "!analyze -v";
  • close the program;
  • apply the data obtained to eliminate the cause of the crash.

Fixing blue screen of death errors

The lion's share of blue screen of death errors is due to damage to some system files or missing or incompatible drivers.

WhenBSODyou need to do the following:


Video: BSOD - Screen

Error codes

For a faster and more effective “computer treatment”, you need to have an idea of ​​​​what the error codes mean and how to fix the blue screen of death problem. Therefore, it is extremely important not to ignore the text that displays the BSOD. The most important information on the blue screen of death is the hex code of the error and its description.

The number of BSOD errors reaches several hundred. It is simply impossible to know or describe all error codes and how to resolve them. It is much easier and more optimal to use specialized resources that have detailed information about errors, and describes the sequence of actions to solve the problem in the most efficient and safe way.

To do this, you just need to go to the appropriate resource, find the error with the required code, study the information about it and restore the operating system in accordance with the recommendations received.

The most common errors:

  • 0x00000001 - internal kernel error;
  • 0x0000000A - inaccessible memory address;
  • 0x0000001E - incorrect processor command;
  • 0x00000020 - driver error;
  • 0x0000002B - stack overflow;
  • 0x00000051 is a registry error.

AT individual cases the functioning of the Windows operating system may end with the appearance of a blue screen of death, which displays a certain sequence of characters.

The appearance of BSOD speaks of critical error in the operation of the operating system. The way to resolve the failure depends on the system error code, which can be viewed at the bottom of the blue screen.

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