BSOD Issue

[Parallax]

So I got a Blue Screen Of Death


What should I do? I think it's a driver problem as when it rebooted all the files were completely fine, no corruption at all.

Steam install allocations sure are faster though lol

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[GhostStar]

have you installed any new hardware lately?

[Parallax]

have you installed any new hardware lately?

Nope.

[GhostStar]

Nope.

have you updated any of your hardware?

[Parallax]

have you updated any of your hardware?

Nope.

[GhostStar]

Nope.

its a little hard for me to determine the problem due to the lack of information. if this is the only time it has happened in awhile i wouldn't worry to much about it. if you continue to get the BSOD i suggest restoring your PC to a date before the first BSOD.

[Parallax]

its a little hard for me to determine the problem due to the lack of information. if this is the only time it has happened in awhile i wouldn't worry to much about it. if you continue to get the BSOD i suggest restoring your PC to a date before the first BSOD.

I did click a suspicious link, could it be a virus??

[GhostStar]

I did click a suspicious link, could it be a virus??

possibly. what website was the link on?

[KoopaScooper]

Bug Check 0xF4 indicates CRITICAL_OBJECT_TERMINATION with a secondary string of 0x3, meaning up to seven critical processes (like say an instance of svchost or winlogon) were terminated unexpectedly. This is relatively rare and only typically happens if these critical processes are infected by a polymorphic virus of sorts, or could be the indication of a faulty processing unit. If it persists, run chkdsk /f, an anti-virus scan, or try a System Restore.

[dkamm65]

Download this:

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

It will give you the name of the error, as well as any files associated with the crash. You can google those together to get more information on why it may have crashed, and possibly ways to fix it. It's how I solve any BSODs I get, rare as they may be.

[KoopaScooper]

Download this:

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

It will give you the name of the error, as well as any files associated with the crash. You can google those together to get more information on why it may have crashed, and possibly ways to fix it. It's how I solve any BSODs I get, rare as they may be.

Do this too. There's more to a crash dump than just the bug check code.

[Parallax]

Do this too. There's more to a crash dump than just the bug check code.

What do I look for?

[dkamm65]

What do I look for?

In the top pane, under 'Bug Check String'. Search what's listed there along with any of the dll files highlighted in red in the bottom pane.

Or better yet, post a screenshot of the window and I can try searching for it too.

[Parallax]

[dkamm65]

It might be easier if you just upload the dmp file.