Originally posted by: jononew22
My computer keeps getting a BSOD...I send the error report and it says it's a device driver...other than that i have no real information on what the problem could be. when i first got the computer working it didnt reboot..then i went away for a week and came back and it just started doing this... i have no idea what it could be...sometimes it can stay on for a while like 5 hours and not reboot but other times it does it just as it starts up...I'm sorry to be so vague with this but i dont have any more info...the BSOD pops up and goes away so fast I cant see what it says...sooo...any tips on maybe troubleshooting so i can find out what the problem is would be helpful...thanks.
The computer is rebooting because it defaults to reboot on serious errors. What you need to do to see what is causing the BSOD is to turn this " Feature " off... So you can actually read the BSOD information on the screen without rebooting too fast.
Right Click On My Computer.
Select Properties
Select the advanced tab
On the displayed screen at the bottom there is a header " Startup and Recovery "
Select the settings button
At the bottom of the window there is a section " System Failure "
Uncheck " Automatically Restart "
Click OK on that window and OK on the System Properties Window, DONE!
Then the next time the system has this problem it will not reboot and keep the BSOD window displayed so you can get the information required to troubleshoot the problem. Or you can read the minidump file in the root directory.
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