by LShun » 08 Nov 2016, 03:28 Computer's are extremely reliable and often help us to complete various complicated tasks with ease. Unfortunately, failures of computers are pretty common as they struggle to maintain their stability after significant changes. There are a few reason's that will cause your system to fail, and we will go through them one by one to identify the problem, and carry out the required actions.
Identifying the problem.
First and foremost, the easiest way to identify a problem is to wait for the problem to occur and record down the code from the BSoD ( Blue Screen of Death ) or a fatal error notification of your system when it pops up. BSoD or Blue Screen of Death is mostly specific to Windows when the system throws a STOP error that causes the whole system to fail critically and unable to continue to run safely. Some of the BSoD goes away and never surface again after a reboot, however, some still surfaces from time to time.
If your system is rebooting randomly, you might be experiencing a Blue Screen of Death too as Windows is known for restarting the system by default upon a minidump is saved. Identifying a problem from a Blue Screen of Death is pretty simple as it requires you to only:
1. Key in the error code into any search engine.
2. Identify the problem.
This is relatively easy as it is completely passive and does not require manual input to force the problem to surface compared to other methods. Examples of the common Blue Screen of Death's happening to users of Windows all around the world.
Carrying out required actions.
Time to give the error a fix. Fixing errors can either involve hardware or software. These are a few hardware and software fixes that will help eliminate the most common problems and isolating the main problem if it doesn't get fixed.
Software Fixes.
1. A quick restart. ( Applicable to most BSoD ) - As simple as that to check if the problem reoccurs.
2. Performing an SFC /SCANNOW using command prompt running as administrator. This simple command will call the System File Checker ( SFC ) to scan all protected system files for damage and corruption, and replace corrupted files with a cached copy that is located in a compressed folder at %WinDir% \System32\dllcache ( you can say that this is a backup copy ).
3. Performing a malware check using Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, HitmanPro and a trustable antivirus software. Be noted that this does not apply if the BSoD is caused by hardware problems or an improper change of the software by yourself.
4. Running in Safe Mode to determine if the problem surfaces on Safe Mode.
5. Running chkdsk command in command prompt to check for hard disk problems and fix some common minor issues.
6. Wiping and reinstalling Windows - averagely faster way to solve problems, but you need to have a backup medium if you want to save your data.
Hardware Fixes.
1. Installing a new RAM and removing the old RAM if the BSoD is associated with problem regarding RAM.
2. Buying and installing more RAM. ( Applies to INSTALL_MORE_MEMORY code ).
3. Replacing Hard Disk ( if hard disk problems surface ).
4. Replacing the processor with a supported processor. ( Applies to UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR code ).
As you can see BSoD is a very effective and simple way of identifying the source of problem, and subsequently helps to make troubleshooting easier. Learning to use the BSoD to your advantage is indirectly learning your way to become better at computers. If you have any information that you think should be added or you want to comment about this article, feel free to do so.
