tinmann Posted October 2, 2013 Member ID: 3821 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 158 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 52 Achievement Points: 1050 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 4 Birthday: 04/20/1972 Device: Windows Share Posted October 2, 2013 I had a system crash in the middle of a game last night and got the BSOD but didn't catch the number. it only flashed it for about 2 seconds. this system never crashed before but it did hang up a couple times in the past week. is there a way to find out what it was? im running windows 7 any help would be great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
rookido Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 5785 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 7 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 172 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 74 Achievement Points: 1098 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/27/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 19 Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted October 3, 2013 Hmm. My rig also has the same crash once in a while during game. My is wind7, the best way to see what causes it is click Window-Control Panel- Action Center-Maintenance-View Reliability History. My gpu sometimes runs out of vram and crashes. tinmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tinmann Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 3821 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 158 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 52 Achievement Points: 1050 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 4 Birthday: 04/20/1972 Device: Windows Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 thanks rookido.. I will check into that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Volvotech Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 808 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 36 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 31 Achievement Points: 292 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/29/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: December 15, 2023 Birthday: 08/24/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted October 3, 2013 I use BlueScreenView. It's a free utility http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7Toes Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 57 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27249 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Share Posted October 3, 2013 i just smoke another bowl and laugh at my computer seems to help me tinmann, JohnnyDos, TecHnOBoY and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
7Toes Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 87 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 57 Topic Count: 98 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 3789 Content Per Day: 0.70 Reputation: 3589 Achievement Points: 27249 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18, 2022 Birthday: 04/02/1871 Share Posted October 3, 2013 make sure your not over heating check fans when was the last time you cleaned your computer? tinmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
KaptCrunch Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 389 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 45 Topic Count: 296 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4480 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3643 Achievement Points: 36586 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 40 Joined: 09/14/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 11 hours ago Birthday: 01/01/1970 Device: Windows Share Posted October 3, 2013 this on a laptop or tower ? HDD failling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 05:42 PM Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted October 3, 2013 (edited) You do not need a 3rd party viewer to see what went wrong. Simply open the Windows Event Viewer (run eventvwr.msc) and click into the "Windows Logs" area and start scanning for errors at the date and time of the BSOD. They will be obvious. The reason you are not able to read the BSOD because the system reboots too fast is because you have Automatic Restart on System Failure enabled, which it is by default. To turn it off so you can actually get a look at the BSOD screen: Go into the Control Panel and start the System app (or right click on Computer in the Start menu and select Properties.) Select Advanced System Settings from the selections on the left sidebar (this places you in the System Properties dialog on the Advanced tab.) Under the Startup and Recovery section, click the Settings button. Uncheck Automatically Restart. If you do this, you will need to force a restart yourself whenever you get a BSOD. Edited October 3, 2013 by djMot tinmann 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Twinkie 13 Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 3003 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 26 Topic Count: 36 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 419 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 348 Achievement Points: 3598 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/21/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: 2 hours ago Birthday: 03/17/1979 Device: Windows Share Posted October 3, 2013 I have found that most BSOD lately have been because of a failing memory stick. Windows has a built in memory test to find out which one is bad. Or you can pull all but one stick out and reboot and play around for a while and see if you get BSOD. Repeat using each memory stick by itself until the bad one is found. If not a memory stick be sure to turn off all overclocked items and return them to stock specs and overclock only one item at a time. Also check for dust bunnies that can cause cooling problems. Also you can check the power supply for failures as well. Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tinmann Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 3821 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 158 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 52 Achievement Points: 1050 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 4 Birthday: 04/20/1972 Device: Windows Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 make sure your not over heating check fans when was the last time you cleaned your computer? its all clean and the fans are running. I clean it out every month make sure your not over heating check fans when was the last time you cleaned your computer? this on a laptop or tower ? HDD failing everything appears to be fine with the hard drives and it is a tower with lots of air movement Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tinmann Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 3821 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 158 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 52 Achievement Points: 1050 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 4 Birthday: 04/20/1972 Device: Windows Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 You do not need a 3rd party viewer to see what went wrong. Simply open the Windows Event Viewer (run eventvwr.msc) and click into the "Windows Logs" area and start scanning for errors at the date and time of the BSOD. They will be obvious. The reason you are not able to read the BSOD because the system reboots too fast is because you have Automatic Restart on System Failure enabled, which it is by default. To turn it off so you can actually get a look at the BSOD screen: Go into the Control Panel and start the System app (or right click on Computer in the Start menu and select Properties.) Select Advanced System Settings from the selections on the left sidebar (this places you in the System Properties dialog on the Advanced tab.) Under the Startup and Recovery section, click the Settings button. Uncheck Automatically Restart. If you do this, you will need to force a restart yourself whenever you get a BSOD. thanks dj I found that setting. I always like to find out what the code means and then fix it. fortunately this was the first time this system ever crashed and its almost 3 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
tinmann Posted October 3, 2013 Member ID: 3821 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 158 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 52 Achievement Points: 1050 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 4 Birthday: 04/20/1972 Device: Windows Author Share Posted October 3, 2013 I have found that most BSOD lately have been because of a failing memory stick. Windows has a built in memory test to find out which one is bad. Or you can pull all but one stick out and reboot and play around for a while and see if you get BSOD. Repeat using each memory stick by itself until the bad one is found. If not a memory stick be sure to turn off all overclocked items and return them to stock specs and overclock only one item at a time. Also check for dust bunnies that can cause cooling problems. Also you can check the power supply for failures as well. Good luck. im gonna try the memory just to be sure but it only happened once(so far) I don't have anything O.C.ed .... I will have to pick a day to shut down and start playing with it!lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
djMot Posted October 4, 2013 Member ID: 3189 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 94 Topic Count: 355 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 5234 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 11106 Achievement Points: 48754 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 112 Joined: 02/11/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 05:42 PM Birthday: 12/24/1957 Device: Windows Share Posted October 4, 2013 You do not need a 3rd party viewer to see what went wrong. Simply open the Windows Event Viewer (run eventvwr.msc) and click into the "Windows Logs" area and start scanning for errors at the date and time of the BSOD. They will be obvious. The reason you are not able to read the BSOD because the system reboots too fast is because you have Automatic Restart on System Failure enabled, which it is by default. To turn it off so you can actually get a look at the BSOD screen: Go into the Control Panel and start the System app (or right click on Computer in the Start menu and select Properties.) Select Advanced System Settings from the selections on the left sidebar (this places you in the System Properties dialog on the Advanced tab.) Under the Startup and Recovery section, click the Settings button. Uncheck Automatically Restart. If you do this, you will need to force a restart yourself whenever you get a BSOD. thanks dj I found that setting. I always like to find out what the code means and then fix it. fortunately this was the first time this system ever crashed and its almost 3 years old Be aware that a fluke BSOD is possible. A gamma ray just happens to pierce the heart of your processor at just the wrong moment and flips just the wrong bit... or whatever. Only become nervous when it seems like a chronic issue. A second time in as many days would have me worried, but not once in a blue moon. Did the system logs tell you anything? They should have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
AflacDuck Posted October 4, 2013 Member ID: 2114 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 233 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 66 Achievement Points: 1574 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/09/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 5, 2016 Birthday: 06/28/1966 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Before you start dissecting your system and OS - try checking your memory (RAM) sticks. I repair a lot of computers and that is a VERY common cause of BSOD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AflacDuck Posted October 4, 2013 Member ID: 2114 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 13 Topic Count: 30 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 233 Content Per Day: 0.05 Reputation: 66 Achievement Points: 1574 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 01/09/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 5, 2016 Birthday: 06/28/1966 Share Posted October 4, 2013 sorry - Sgt. Twinkie already advised you of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinmann Posted October 5, 2013 Member ID: 3821 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 8 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 158 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 52 Achievement Points: 1050 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/20/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 4 Birthday: 04/20/1972 Device: Windows Author Share Posted October 5, 2013 i did notice a window update a day before it started and just for giggles i restored it... it hasn't lagged or crashed since but i will keep an eye on it.... see what happens from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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