Crashing to blue screen on win 7- help please

soprano · 30 Jan 2011 at 11:08

About once every 7-10 days I get a blue screen with white writing and windows closes down :mad:

the screen isnt on for more than a few secs so I cant see what it says apart from its found a fault and is closing down.

I start up again and all is fine- until the next time - any ideas what fault it is finding or how do I find and fix the fault please?
I did a disc check and it was ok. On Win 7 pro 64 bit with 6 gigs Ram, Win Core i7 930 @2.80

thanks for any help

Philtor · 31 Jan 2011 at 08:40

Run Memtest for a few hours. I suspect your RAM is causing this issue.

d_brennen · 31 Jan 2011 at 09:04

Have a look in the Event viewer (type event in the search/run box) look for errors that occurred right at the point of BSOD and post back. Might yield some clues

deuse · 31 Jan 2011 at 09:10

Get who crashed from here http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed
it will tell you more info.

edscdk · 31 Jan 2011 at 09:14

next time it crashes, unplug it from the mains and stick you hard on the cpu H/s and the video card if you get burnt it over heated....

d_brennen · 31 Jan 2011 at 09:48

Monitoring temps would be easier tbh

davedudes · 31 Jan 2011 at 19:37

edscdk said:
next time it crashes, unplug it from the mains and stick you hard on the cpu H/s and the video card if you get burnt it over heated....

Eh? Didn't understand a bloody thing.

predator70 · 1 Feb 2011 at 13:22

might be worth backing up personal data and trying a full reinstallation of windows.

components could also be overheating inside. If this is a desktop, there could be a build up of dust inside - use antistati compressed air to clear out.

running memory test is a good idea (agree wth philtorrens). could run memtest or the windows memory diagnostic tool.