Windows 8 BSODs in a new style

[tweakboy]

http://www.guru3d.com/news/windows-8-bsods-in-a-new-style/ :thumbsdown:

 

[lxskllr]

It should also play this when it SadSODs...

http://instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=downer&play=true


:^D

 

[Andrmgic]

I think it's funny..

If your machine is running right, you'll likely never see one anyway.

I've seen one since I installed windows 8 on tuesday evening.. and it was an ATI driver failure..

I like that it gives you a more concise description of what the problem is instead of a bunch of hex memory offsets that aren't useful to most people.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I noticed that when I installed it the other day lol. Did not like the VirtualBox Sata controller, I gave it IDE and I was fine.

 

[blurredvision]

Are you going to elaborate on why you're giving it a thumbs down?

 

[CrimsonWolf]

With a BSOD that cutesy, I expect it to come with an audio message saying "Critical error... Shutting down...", Portal turret style.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The funny thing is, now that they're using a higher level BSOD, what happens if that level fails, such as a video card driver issue? Is it now possible for the BSOD itself to actually crash? LOL.

 

[Andrmgic]

The funny thing is, now that they're using a higher level BSOD, what happens if that level fails, such as a video card driver issue? Is it now possible for the BSOD itself to actually crash? LOL.

I had a graphics driver issue and it very clearly told me exactly what module failed.. and it was an ATI dll..

It just showed it in low resolution.. because the display driver failed.. haha.

I guess it falls back to a basic driver to display the message.. and then restarts the machine.

I haven't had another one, though.

 

[MrChad]

The funny thing is, now that they're using a higher level BSOD, what happens if that level fails, such as a video card driver issue? Is it now possible for the BSOD itself to actually crash? LOL.

What is a "higher level BSOD"? It's still a kernel space failure.

 

[dawks]

What is a "higher level BSOD"? It's still a kernel space failure.

Yea, this is still text, so its pretty easy for the kernel to print text to the screen, even if most of it has crashed. The text can be any size and color they want.

Also the video driver isn't in the kernel anymore so it can crash, and restart without BSOD'ing all the time.