What Is Blue Screen Error?
The Blue Screen error or STOP error is also known as BSOD- Blue Screen Of Death error.It is a term used to describe a situation where the system is shut down after a critical system error so that further damage can be averted. It does not indicate what exactly went wrong. Common causes include poorly written driver files, or hardware malfunctions. You first need to find out what caused this error before attempting to solve it.
How To Fix Blue Screen Error?
Follow these steps -
1. Check if you changed any configuration recently. This is the most common cause for BSOD. If you changed settings or hardware, the drivers might not have properly updated. Since there are many configurations possible, your new drivers might not be compatible.2. Check internal hardware.
A poor connection inside your PC or laptop might cause the error.Open it and check all connections are firmly secured and all cards sit properly in their sockets.In case of laptops, make sure RAM and hardware is connected properly.3. Rollback drivers If you installed new hardware, the new drivers may not be compatible with your system. Roll back to previous version. Access device manager, locate the hardware for which you want to rollback the driver, right click on it and select properties. Select Driver and then select rollback. 4. Rollback Windows updates Recent windows updates you installed might be conflicting with the hardware configuration. Roll back updates by means of System Restore to a point when your system was working fine.5. Repair Windows installation Insert your Windows installation disk and boot using it. At setup, select repair windows. Old windows files will be deleted and replaced with new files.6. Run Virus scan
Malware or virus can also cause this issue.Perform full system scan to find out anything wrong. 7. Clean up hard disk space Insufficient storage can cause BSOD error. Make it a habit to cleanup disk space often by deleting unnecessary and temporary files.8. Reinstall WindowsIf you are unable to track the exact error, reinstall full windows OS. Make sure you have backed up your important data before proceeding. 9. Replace faulty hardwareIf the error is caused due to faulty hardware, reinstalling windows will not solve the problem. Replace the faulty hardware. Possible culprits could be RAM stick, Graphic card or in extreme cases, hard drive.
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