Is a blue screen and a hdd related

tomatthe

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Blue screens can be just about anything. It could be your hard drive, ram, systemboard, or just a driver issue. Testing your hard drive is fairly easy by visiting the manufactures website and running the test they offer.
 

John_VanKirk

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Hi there,

With the next BSOD, write down exactly what the white printing states. The hexidecimal parameters are not so important as the initial stop code, and description. Sometimes it will list a driver that may be the cause.

Report back those findings for help.

If it occurring frequently, there is a appl program called "Who Crashed", you can download and run that can read the minidmp file logged on your computer, that sometimes will ID the culprit.