Steam Causing BSOD

Skeng · 14 Nov 2010 at 00:19

Hi I've had a problem with my LAN computer for a couple of months now and I've finally realised the problem. Originally I thought it was a hardware error, this is because my blue screen said so. It used to say hardware error but I've finally come to realise that every time my computer blue screened I was using steam.

I have the latest version of steam sometimes as soon as I login it blue screens and other times It will let me play a game for a hour or two before it blue screens. I've been googling this issue and not found anything that helpful yet, some things I have tried are...

Install new OS (Windows 7 - 64bit)
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Amnesia · 14 Nov 2010 at 06:40

tried uninstalling steam and reinstalling to a different directory ?

SkeeterUK · 14 Nov 2010 at 06:46

I didnt use steam for a very long time because when i first tried it i got a really bad bsod which messed up my bios. Luckily it hasnt happened again since and its ok now.

Tombo · 14 Nov 2010 at 09:50

RAM error?

Destination · 14 Nov 2010 at 10:03

have you tried running memtest from a cd?

software should no longer lead to BSOD under windows7, probably a hardware issue

Gimpymoo · 14 Nov 2010 at 10:24

Hikari Kisugi said:
software should no longer lead to BSOD under windows7, probably a hardware issue

This.

Ran a hard drive diag recently? Checkdisk would be a start.

Skeng · 14 Nov 2010 at 12:00

Hikari Kisugi said:
have you tried running memtest from a cd?

software should no longer lead to BSOD under windows7, probably a hardware issue

Yes I ran this and it came up with no errors. I uninstalled steam last night and before I went to bed my PC BSOD. I'm assuming it's the motherboard, it's been doing this since I bought it.

iviv · 14 Nov 2010 at 16:33

SkeeterUK said:
I didnt use steam for a very long time because when i first tried it i got a really bad bsod which messed up my bios. Luckily it hasnt happened again since and its ok now.

What? Is this even possible?

Memphis · 14 Nov 2010 at 16:44

SkeeterUK said:
I didnt use steam for a very long time because when i first tried it i got a really bad bsod which messed up my bios. Luckily it hasnt happened again since and its ok now.

A Steam-caused BSOD caused you to have BIOS problems? Eh, no.

linktoinsanity · 14 Nov 2010 at 16:57

SkeeterUK said:
I didnt use steam for a very long time because when i first tried it i got a really bad bsod which messed up my bios. Luckily it hasnt happened again since and its ok now.

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Very few programs can touch the BIOS. The likely thing is that it was a hardware issue so dunno why you are blaming Steam. :eek: