My computer just blue screened

[MaroonCacti]

all i was doing was writing a reply to a post on the forum and my screen went black
then it gave me a blue screen and then my computer restarted itself with no issues whatsoever

does anyone know what happened?
how come my computer can restart itself like that?

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[steve5451]

Should have tried to memorize the message while it flashed.

[MaroonCacti]

Should have tried to memorize the message while it flashed.

blue screen, white text but it didint look EXACTLY like the blue screen of death
i don't know

[MaroonCacti]

It looked like this:


that wasn't the exact message but i remember it saying "a problem has occurred" at the top before it went away

[Raeyok]

yeah that's a "blue screen of death."

run a scan with your antivirus. if it happens again, try to memorize or write down the error code it gives you.

[TheChaosCarrier]

actually i'm pretty sure once you restart your computer it'll pop up a window after start-up displaying all the error information and codes.



at least, it does for me.

[Lando The Climber]

Earlier today I accidentally corrupted my hal.dll
anways, I BSOD'd once and after that it never happened again :/
But you should most likely do what Raeyok said.

[dkamm65]

Get this:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

The download is near the bottom. It will tell you the error associated with the BSoD.

[fred da kiko]

a computer crash with a bluescreen isn't always the death screen. blue screens aren't always that much of a problem, sometimes your computer fixes them by resetting stuff that got changed.

[MaroonCacti]

yeah that's a "blue screen of death."

run a scan with your antivirus. if it happens again, try to memorize or write down the error code it gives you.

I did a scan
i had 18 cookies
thats it :/

[NotKreation]

I've been getting Blue Screens all week.
stuff's cray.

[fred da kiko]

I did a scan
i had 18 cookies
thats it :/

[MaroonCacti]

What are cookies anyway?

[dkamm65]

Get this:

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html

The download is near the bottom. It will tell you the error associated with the BSoD.

[Kingdaro]

What are cookies anyway?

data that websites store on your computer to remember things like being logged in and various site settings.