Blue Screen of Death

[babaagr]

Hi,


I am seeing the so-called Blue Screen of Death on my Windows 7 laptop, almost once everyday, causing my system to shut down abruptly. I have scanned the system for viruses/malware, and there is none. What to do?


-Prakhar

 

[Wamphryi]

Get the RAM checked. Win 7 is fussy in the area of memory. If there is a fault there it will cause Win 7 to Bluescreen.

 

[babaagr]

Ge the Laptop Ram checked ?

 

[Herr_Koos]

RAM is one possibility; it could also be buggy drivers. I had plenty of crashes a while back thanks to a buggy and unstable wireless chipset driver.

 

[babaagr]

How do I check for buggy drivers?

 

[Herr_Koos]

Make sure al your hardware drivers are up to date. Windows Update should alert you if there is a new version, otherwise you can do this manually from the Device Manager.

 

[babaagr]

I have done that already.

 

[MechaNintendoMaster]

Run memtest to rule out ram.

 

[Herr_Koos]

This is a legal version of Windows, right?

 

[babaagr]

Yes, this is legal.

 

[babaagr]

@ Mecha: Can we run it without using the DVD drive?