How do I fix the infamous Blue Screen of Death?

ToastyDonuts

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Hey everyone. I read other forums that ran into the blue screen problem but I was unable to find a solution I could use. Let me explain my situation as there is a series of things that caused this problem probably.

My Asus MX279 was acting funny and I called Asus tech support. They gave me a list of things to try and one of them was to "uninstall display drivers" This is where I believe the trouble begins. After trying a bunch of other things they ended up requesting that I ship it in for service (Note: I have not reinstalled any new drivers). I took my old Acer monitor and installed it for temporary use;However, I did not have the drivers reinstalled AND I believe I was running it at the high resolution of 1440x900 and not at 1280x800 which is the max for my Acer. This is about when My blue screen came on when I was watching a movie about 2 days later.

So at this point the culprit of my blue screen is either software or hardware. I don't believe my GPU is damaged because I can still see the display messages. I read several solutions posted by other users but I am having trouble because I can't even boot up windows. As soon as the Windows logo begins, it cuts me back to the blue screen and restarts. I can run "safe mode" all other options like "Have windows repair" but all selections port me to blue screen.

What options do I have if I can't even get to the desktop to get the proper drivers and resolutions?
 
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Boot into Safe Mode. It uses 640 x 480 resolution which isn't the greatest, but it always works when your normal mode is set too high. From there, you can go to your Control Panel's Display Settings applet, and change the resolution to something that works.

Good luck.
Boot into Safe Mode. It uses 640 x 480 resolution which isn't the greatest, but it always works when your normal mode is set too high. From there, you can go to your Control Panel's Display Settings applet, and change the resolution to something that works.

Good luck.
 
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