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(SOLVED)BSOD out of the blue (pun intended)
Tacotardis42:
Hello! I have a Windows 7 home premium laptop computer, and my computer shut down with a BSOD suddenly. On reboot it informed me that it did not shut down correctly (Thanks, I hadn't noticed) and it gave me some info. Here it is.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 3b
BCP1: 00000000C0000005
BCP2: FFFFF96000164FB3
BCP3: FFFFF880025C5230
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_1_7601
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 768_1
Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\100315-23415-01.dmp
C:\Users\(My Account)\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-82321-0.sysdata.xml
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Conveniently, I had just run CHKDSK earlier with no problems found, after BSOD I checked and it found many errors, and I am currently running a virus scan, and afterwards I'll reboot to fix the errors. Any idea what caused it, and if it may be a bad sign, or just a random meaningless error? Also, I would like to know how to read dmp files, preferably without installing anything if possible. Thanks in advance!
Boggin:
Windows doesn't have a built in program to view Memory Dump files and if you want to go through this https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/315263 you still need to know what you are looking for such as BSOD experts do.
However, the rest of use either BlueScreenView or WhoCrashed.
http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/blue_screen_view.html
http://www.resplendence.com/whocrashed
You should be able to boot up into Safe Mode with Networking to download those, but often, a reboot will resolve unless they keep recurring.
Tacotardis42:
So unless it recurs, I won't have to check the memory dumps? And by the way the scan found nothing and the chkdsk found no issues besides unused security descriptors, with no KB in bad sectors.The SFC found no issues. Any idea what could have caused it it, seeing as there are no apparent residual problems?
Boggin:
BSODs are usually caused by 3rd party drivers and it's usually just a glitch during the Boot process when they don't reoccur after the reboot.
You could still try either or both of BlueScreenView and WhoCrashed to see what they make of the Dump files.
Tacotardis42:
Well, I didn't isntall any third party drivers, and the computer had been on a while (hours). Any chance it was a bizarre thermal shutdown?
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