# Getting blue screened quite a bit

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**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\
**Created:** [August 10, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215 "2013-08-10T07:13:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 7:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/1 "2013-08-10T07:13:32Z")

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I only had chrome open this time so not sure why I’m getting this error:

![http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5845/qzd1.jpg](http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5845/qzd1.jpg)

specs:  
Motherboard: ASUS Crosshair IV Formula AM3 AMD 890FX\*   
processor: AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition Thuban 3.3GHz   
video card: MSI R6950 Twin Frozr III PE/OC Radeon HD 6950 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16   
ram: CORSAIR XMS3 16GB (4 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)   
hard drive: Kingston HyperX SH100S3/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III\*   
hard drive: random 500gb   
PSU: 1000W PC power and cooling turbo cool

any ideas??

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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 7:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/2 "2013-08-10T07:16:16Z")

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Win7?

\Windows\Minidump

> <https://superuser.com/questions/459061/blue-screen-with-no-crash-dump-generated-0xf4>

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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/3 "2013-08-10T08:18:28Z")

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Yes Windows 7. There are files in that folder, can’t open them though. Not sure what i would do with them if I could, haha.

seems the guy in that link had a crucial ssd, I have a kingston. googling kingston bsod gave this: [http://dale77.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/kingston-hyperx-ssd-bluescreen-fix/](http://dale77.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/kingston-hyperx-ssd-bluescreen-fix/) I’ll give that a shot Sunday/Monday.

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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 8:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/4 "2013-08-10T08:41:02Z")

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Open then with wordpad/notepad they will get you detail on the crash

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**Author:** ![JustinH](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JustinH](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JustinH)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/5 "2013-08-10T15:49:53Z")

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without looking at the logs we will not know, but just a shot in the dark…

At work we have had some issues with SSD hard drives doing this on laptops, both ended up needing firmware updates.

Does this have the latest drivers for graphics/chipset also?

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**Author:** ![Slaw](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slaw/32/5313_2.png) [@Slaw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slaw)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/6 "2013-08-11T06:49:50Z")

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This has been happening to my laptop too after I shut it off. I’ll hear the fan running and when I open it I see this.

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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 7:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/7 "2013-08-11T07:14:26Z")

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You realize there are thousands of reasons computers blue screen and the error code at the bottom is relevant.

So chiming in and going OMG MY COMPUTER ALSO BLUE SCREENS is pretty irrelevant.

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**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/8 "2013-08-11T08:57:30Z")

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In my experience probably 50% of the blue screens I’ve encountered, a memory stick that went bad. Start there without any further info, pull them on by one.

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**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/9 "2013-08-11T09:07:02Z")

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Had this issue with a student laptop at work. A lot of posts point to the CMOS battery. Try replacing that?

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**Author:** ![SPDboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@SPDboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SPDboy)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/10 "2013-08-11T09:12:18Z")

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have you tried restarting your computer? LOL I love this oldy but goody. [video][https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmD\_8cBqhW0[/video]](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmD_8cBqhW0%5B/video%5D)

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**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 10:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/11 "2013-08-11T10:07:11Z")

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> [@rdandy5875](#):
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> In my experience probably 50% of the blue screens I’ve encountered, a memory stick that went bad. Start there without any further info, pull them on by one.

or you know just simply run memtest to see if it throws any errors. But LZ is right start with the dumps first and see what the codes indicate they do help quite a bit.

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**Author:** ![Gus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gus/32/5112_2.png) [@Gus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Gus)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 10:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/12 "2013-08-11T10:09:21Z")

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I use this… Maybe it will show you more info.

[http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue\_screen\_view.html](http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html)

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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 7:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/13 "2013-08-11T19:22:39Z")

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> [@LZ](#):
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> Open then with wordpad/notepad they will get you detail on the crash

I tried doing that yesterday but am getting access denied error. no option to open as admin

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**Author:** ![evane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/6bbea6/32.png) [@evane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/evane)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/14 "2013-08-11T20:15:40Z")

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> [@travisn](#):
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> I tried doing that yesterday but am getting access denied error. no option to open as admin

Try opening notepad or wordpad as administrator then browsing to the location using file\>open dialog

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**Author:** ![travisn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/travisn/32/5046_2.png) [@travisn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/travisn)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 8:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/15 "2013-08-11T20:26:41Z")

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**Author:** ![honda4life](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/honda4life/32/5300_2.png) [@honda4life](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/honda4life)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2013, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/16 "2013-08-11T20:31:55Z")

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> [@Slaw](#):
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> This has been happening to my laptop too after I shut it off. I’ll hear the fan running and when I open it I see this.

Should of told me… I can look at it for you, Lz is right tho lol. Lmk bud

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**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 5:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/17 "2013-08-12T05:23:47Z")

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My bad I thought you could open them with out using another tool to get basic info

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**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2013, 6:02am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/getting-blue-screened-quite-a-bit/232215/18 "2013-08-12T06:02:48Z")

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The tool Gus suggested I’ve used before. Sometimes it can indicate just a bad video card driver that needs updating. You can also check the event log and see if there is anything in there. As stated above run Memtest on it or use the built-in BIOS memory tester if available.