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Screen freezes,and blue screen pops

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  • Blue Screen
  • Windows 7
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October 16, 2014 7:26:22 PM

While i was chatting in fb,my screen froze and a blue windows popped up.I didnt manage to see what it was sayng exaclty beacause it restarted by itself after a couple of seconds.I dint go safe mode,i choose start windows normaly,and the windows opened smoothly like it never happend.Do you have any thoghts what this might be?

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October 16, 2014 7:31:57 PM

Your computer crashed. A driver may have caused it, or it overheated, or your processor just shat out. If it doesn't happen too often, and if a crash/data loss won't devastate you (like it would a financial business), then... ignore it. Just save your work every now and then.
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October 16, 2014 7:33:14 PM

Bsod's occur for a lot of reasons, to protect components the computer shut itself down..

Check the minidump file in the windows folder
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October 16, 2014 7:45:47 PM

How do i check it :p  ?
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October 16, 2014 7:47:16 PM

To keep the computer from automatically rebooting after a crash (this will help with finding the exact cause) do the following:
Click on Start
Click on Control Panel
Click on System
Click on System Protection (it should be on the left hand side)
A System Properties Window will open
Click on the Advanced tab
Under Startup and Recovery click on the Settings button
Under the System Failure section remove the check beside "Automatically restart"
Click on Ok to exit that window
Click on Ok to exit the next window
Close Control Panel

The next time the computer encounters a system failure the computer should not automatically restart.
Update: Forgot to mention that you should make sure there is a check beside "Write an event to the system log"
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October 16, 2014 7:55:15 PM

Escap3 said:
How do i check it :p  ?


You can look for it under C:\Windows\minidump
You can use a tool like BlueScreenView to view the contents of the dump file.
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October 16, 2014 7:56:01 PM

Its in
C:\window\minidump
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October 16, 2014 7:58:54 PM

I opened the minidump folder but its empty :p ,so i dont think there is a problem anymore.Thanks for the help guys!
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October 16, 2014 8:02:53 PM

Escap3 said:
I opened the minidump folder but its empty :p 


Try what I suggested in a post above. It is possible that no dump file was created because the system was set to automatically restart or the option to "write an event to the system log" is not enabled.
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October 17, 2014 9:33:16 AM

qwazwaz said:
Your computer crashed. A driver may have caused it, or it overheated, or your processor just shat out. If it doesn't happen too often, and if a crash/data loss won't devastate you (like it would a financial business), then... ignore it. Just save your work every now and then.


That is not good advice, BSODs don't just happen for the sake of it.
You shouldn't ignore it as it happens for a reason, that reason is severe enough to bring instability so the system must stop.

Now, we do need the dump files to help.
Due to the fact that there are no files in C:\Windows\minidump isn't helpful, there might be a Kernel memory dump.

Go the Start
Right click My Computer
Select Properties
Click Advanced system settings
Click on the Advanced tab
Select Settings under Startup and Recovery
Then under Write debugging information select Kernel memory dump.

Once a dump is created go to:

  1. C:\Windows\memory.dmp


Copy the file to the desktop, zip it up and upload it to a file sharing site like Onedrive. After the upload is done post the download link in your next reply.
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I'll try it out,thanks mate :) 
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