I’m just wondering what causes it? AKA: hardware failure on your PC.
Did you bump this thread from 1997?
Insert floppy drive and reboot!
Yeah, it’s usually hardware/driver-related. It’s commonly thought to be a thing of the past (98 and before), but XP and Vista still have BSOD issues. I just fought one in a job in FL we had, and it was our serial port cards that were causing the issue. Do this for XP: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923800 You can actually upload the file to Microsoft and find out what is causing the problem.
Mostly when your PC shuts down from overload.
Havnt had one of those in a while… ahh the good ol’ days.
BSOD is cause by lots of problems someone else already mentioned driver and hardware issues. I’ll expand on it slightly and might give you some places to start looking.
Sometimes file corruption in the OS files(bad read or writes or virii, shitty power supply causing fluctuations in power, to shitty ram or bad hard drives. Even dirty power or uneven amps/voltage if you live near and industrial area can cause it. Bad bios settings or failed battery can cause it too.
There are some places to start to check. Good luck.
You didn’t provide any info but I’m going to assume you’re using XP. Anyways, right click on My Computer, click Properties and go to the Advanced tab. Under Startup and Recovery click Settings and uncheck “Automatically Restart”.
Then if it happens again you should be able to read what caused it.
Also if you know a little about computers check out the Event Viewer and see if there are any errors in the Application or System logs.
Thanks for the advice folks…much appreciated