omfg blue screen

[Kurdiern]

Just got a blue screen of death a few minutes ago. I shut down my computer last night, it was working fine. I botted it up this afternoon and it got forzen on the windows logo when starting up. I reset it and booted again. 1 min or so after login I got the blue screen. Any ideas on how or why?

[eternalwhitemoon]

It would help if we had a little more information.

Do you remember reading any actual words on the BSoD?

To clarify, was it the standard "O hey, Windows couldn't start normally. Sorry bro" or was it something intimidating like "IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL" or something about a memory dump?

[ninjee]

We definitely need more info.

After the line that reads "A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer", there should be an error message or some text. This is important.

Further down under "Technical Information" is some more good info we could use:

Stop: 0x_more_stuff_goes_here.


You can find the logs Start > Run > eventvwr.msc or
Start > Control Panel > System and Maintenance > Administrative Tools >
Event Viewer

[Kurdiern]

The blue screen appeared and disappeared too fast for me to remember anything specific about it. Checking my event logs, there are only 2 logs from today.

Critical Error - Kernel-Power (Source) - 41 (Event ID) - 63 (Task Category)
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
Date: 3/28/2011 6:27:37 PM
Event ID: 41
Task Category: (63)
Level: Critical
Keywords: (2)
User: SYSTEM
Computer: FIRST
Description:
The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-03-29T01:27:37.005211400Z" />
<EventRecordID>184482</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>FIRST</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">209</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0x0</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0x2</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0x1</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0xfffff880048732e7</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

Error - BugCheck - 1001 - None
Log Name: System
Source: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting
Date: 3/28/2011 6:27:41 PM
Event ID: 1001
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: FIRST
Description:
The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x000000d1 (0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000001, 0xfffff880048732e7). A dump was saved in: C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP. Report Id: 032811-11138-01.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReporting" Guid="{ABCE23E7-DE45-4366-8631-84FA6C525952}" EventSourceName="BugCheck" />
<EventID Qualifiers="16384">1001</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-03-29T01:27:41.000000000Z" />
<EventRecordID>184490</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="0" ThreadID="0" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>FIRST</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="param1">0x000000d1 (0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000001, 0xfffff880048732e7)</Data>
<Data Name="param2">C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP</Data>
<Data Name="param3">032811-11138-01</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

[ninjee]

Have you recently installed any new hardware, or updated any drivers?

Also, if you press F8, will it boot into Safe Mode?

[Cilraaz]

Post the minidump file (found at C:\Windows\Minidump). That will help people diagnose it.

[Pancho]

although a BSoD is a pain in the a$%&, it reminds me of the good old days of windows 95/98 (ME...) when every time u insert a diskette or a cd u would get one :P

now with windows 7 I've barely see one in months...

dont worry about it, unless it happens more than once in a few amount of time.

Usual suspects are:
- Driver errors
- Memory errors/conflicts
- Hardware errors/conflicts

If it happens too many times, even thru different drivers and running configurations u may have an hardware malfunction

[Kurdiern]

The blue screen appeared after trying to install the new version of uTorrent, so that might be it. Also, the minidump file is a DMP file, which i have no idea what/how to open it with.