Instant Blue Screen of Death

My machine works great all day except once or so it will restart, and I get
in an Instant the Blue Screen of Death. There's no time to read the screen.
This was a VERY expensive "game" machine.
It seems to happen with the most recent version of Firefox -3.08
But I'm not sure.
Is this likely software, hardware, power variance, what?


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Are you overclocking?
Is the CPU overheating?



"Pete" <> wrote in message
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> My machine works great all day except once or so it will restart, and I
> get in an Instant the Blue Screen of Death. There's no time to read the
> screen.
> This was a VERY expensive "game" machine.
> It seems to happen with the most recent version of Firefox -3.08
> But I'm not sure.
> Is this likely software, hardware, power variance, what?
>
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> Vista OS- Vastly Inferior Software Try Another OS

Causes: Over heating, power supply, failing hard disc.

'Disable Automatic restart'
(http://pcsupport.about.com/od/window...startvista.htm) to
view the BSOD code next time it crashes, then post back the code.


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most probally it is a software issue ..
do u get any error msg on blue screen


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Ricky123 <> wrote:

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>most probally it is a software issue ..
>do u get any error msg on blue screen

What part of "There's no time to read the screen" did you find
difficult to understand?

On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:16:31 -0400, "Pete" <> wrote:

> My machine works great all day except once or so it will restart, and I get
> in an Instant the Blue Screen of Death. There's no time to read the screen.


If your computer is restarting spontaneously, you are presumably
blue-screening, and you are set to the default of rebooting whenever
that happens. It's a poor default setting and you should change it.
Right-click My Computer, and choose Properties. On the Advanced tab,
click Settings under Startup and Recovery. Under System failure,
uncheck the box "Automatically restart.

Now when the problem occurs again, instead of restarting, you will get
the blue screen with diagnostic information. Post back with those
details for more help.




> This was a VERY expensive "game" machine.
> It seems to happen with the most recent version of Firefox -3.08
> But I'm not sure.
> Is this likely software, hardware, power variance, what?



It's hard to be sure without more information, but most problems like
this are hardware ones, not software.

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"Pete" <> wrote in message
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> My machine works great all day except once or so it will restart, and I
> get in an Instant the Blue Screen of Death. There's no time to read the
> screen.
> This was a VERY expensive "game" machine.
> It seems to happen with the most recent version of Firefox -3.08
> But I'm not sure.
> Is this likely software, hardware, power variance, what?
>
>
> --
>
> ...............
> Vista OS- Vastly Inferior Software Try Another OS

Hi there Pete--

If you want the BSODs to stop why haven't your taken instructions of how to
read the BSOD error, which will give a little bit of indication of the
probably multiple causes for it, and *could tell us it's software (the
highest probability here of transient BSODs), also if you've recently added
any hdw devices, and we'll show you how to get 'er fixed goshdarnit, you
betcha, "gimme the launch codes." Ah kin see Redmond from here.

BTW--how did you determine Vista is an "inferior OS?" It represents a lot
of good work. It does a remarkable number of things on a remarkable variety
of hdw world wide. It gets a bad rap mostly from individuals who have never
used it who heard it was a headache because some 3rd party driver makers
dragged their feet. Granted there are many fine tools in Linux. OS X works
extremely well. Why not use all 3?

I have heard a rumor that MSFT is making a newer better faster more CPU
efficient OS called Windows 7. You will be able to download and try the
CPP of its RC1 pretty soon. Give it a shot.

At this point have you fixed your OS? If not post the info on the BSOD and
we'll get it fixed.

CH

Ken Blake, MVP;4367030 Wrote:[color=blue]
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:16:31 -0400, "Pete" <> wrote:
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> It's hard to be sure without more information, but most problems like
> this are hardware ones, not software.
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Since it is a HP computer and i work for HP , i can say it is mostly a
software issues


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Ricky123 <> wrote:
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>Ken Blake, MVP;4367030 Wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:16:31 -0400, "Pete" <> wrote:
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>> It's hard to be sure without more information, but most problems like
>> this are hardware ones, not software.
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>Since it is a HP computer and i work for HP , i can say it is mostly a
>software issues

You can say whatever you like, but that doesn't make it correct.