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Computer falls into BSOD

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x5ga:
well, usually it's the system disk drive having a few errors. chkdsk should fix it.

another less frequent cause is corrupted system files. "sfc /scannow" should help with that.

if you're unlucky, it's the RAM. If you're moderately lucky, removing the RAM, blowing the dust, and reinserting the RAM back (or maybe even changing the sockets in which you insert them) should fix it.


--- Quote from: Lupin on August 02, 2011, 04:40:01 PM ---3. PSU - just a wild guess but maybe your PSU is barely supplying enough or the contact between your drives and the power connector aren't tight enough

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this is also a less frequently cause, but it's worth checking. PSUs not having enough power to run all components, or faulty cabling/connectors can result in very annoying and non-specific errors.

kitamesume:
i`ll go with faulty cable connections if its the PSU, usually the first thing to fail on a faulty PSU is the power sensitive ones like GPU and CPU, although they do have power backups that lasts a couple of milliseconds to filter spikes and/or hiccups, i think they call it power phase? well i`m not betting my ass on this info.

luckily when i get BSODs its usually the OS thats acting up, havent witnessed a failing system due to age and other natural faults. though i have witnessed a failing system caused by getting wet, dust build-up and causing a short circuit(dust+high humidity is bad) and similar to that.

one thing to try, take apart the whole rig piece by piece(take the ram out, unplug the PSU from the motherboard, take the HDD out, everything) and replug it back, this time tightly, ohh and clean up the parts while you're at it. loose/rusted connections causes similar problems imho, specially on years-old PCs.

Big Teeth:
Download the free 'WhoCrashed' tool from http://www.resplendence.com/
Maybe it shows a little more details on the problem.

My most recent crash (PC rebooted automatically and resumed without issues):

On Thu 07-07-2011 03:55:45 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\Mini070711-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: tcpip6.sys (tcpip6+0x19EE7)
Bugcheck code: 0x100000D1 (0x15, 0x2, 0x0, 0xFFFFFFFFB7E28EE7)
Error: CUSTOM_ERROR
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\tcpip6.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: IPv6 driver
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect.
Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.

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