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Windows 8 Suddenly Blue Screening

  • 04-11-2012 6:01pm
    #1
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭


    Installed eight about a month ago was working fine until last night when I tried to play a 1080p video in youtube got a unhappy face for about a second and a reboot, now just browsing the web about five minutes ago it blue screen again but it come and goes like a light so I cant make out the error message and no word from windows after the reboot. :confused:


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  • #2
    mitosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,000 ✭✭✭mitosis


    You need to turn off the restart after error function. Then you can check the system logs. Are you sure it's not hardware?


  • #3
    uberalles
    Registered Users Posts: 836 ✭✭✭uberalles


    Do you have the first or second edition Windows 98?


  • #4
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭stevek93


    mitosis wrote: »
    You need to turn off the restart after error function. Then you can check the system logs. Are you sure it's not hardware?

    Could well be the hardware its a custom build, how do I check the logs usually after a reboot windows would display somewhat of a log?


  • #5
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭stevek93


    uberalles wrote: »
    Do you have the first or second edition Windows 98?

    Windows 8 not 98 lol.


  • #6
    mitosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,000 ✭✭✭mitosis


    I'm not sure on 8, but on prior versions you can turn off the restart after error and get info from the Event Viewer in Control Panel. But you need to turn off the reboot.


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  • #7
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭stevek93


    mitosis wrote: »
    I'm not sure on 8, but on prior versions you can turn off the restart after error and get info from the Event Viewer in Control Panel. But you need to turn off the reboot.

    Just found this more than likely it will work in eight http://pcsupport.about.com/od/windows7/ht/automatic-restart-windows-7.htm I'll have a look at event viewer in the control panel tomorrow and report back, hopefully it's something minor as I just upgraded the motherboard.


  • #8
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85,182 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    most blues i encounter are driver related. havent seen any with 8 yet.

    you said you installed it a month ago: is it the consumer preview?


  • #9
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭stevek93


    Overheal wrote: »
    most blues i encounter are driver related. havent seen any with 8 yet.

    you said you installed it a month ago: is it the consumer preview?

    Could be right about drivers all up to date since last time I checked though. Rtm build so its the full deal.


  • #10
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    kind of a long shot , but did you install any AV software?
    I was using Avira 2012 (as I've a licence paid up till next year) , once it had installed and updated itself I started getting random bsods (bad_pool_header ones).
    Turns out its most definitely not 8 compatable yet, on removing it(stuck with windows defender for now) the OS is steady as a rock.
    Supposedly Eset, Avast and Norton AVs can cause issues as well (not sure though as I dont use them)


  • #11
    stevek93
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭stevek93


    Dr Bob wrote: »
    kind of a long shot , but did you install any AV software?
    I was using Avira 2012 (as I've a licence paid up till next year) , once it had installed and updated itself I started getting random bsods (bad_pool_header ones).
    Turns out its most definitely not 8 compatable yet, on removing it(stuck with windows defender for now) the OS is steady as a rock.
    Supposedly Eset, Avast and Norton AVs can cause issues as well (not sure though as I dont use them)

    Same thing happened few weeks ago but was getting a bsod every time I tried to uninstall Avira 2012 ended up running the uninstall in safe mode strange how a antivirus can cause bsod using avg for the moment don't trust defender.


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  • #12
    Dr Bob
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 3,184 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dr Bob


    stevek93 wrote: »
    Same thing happened few weeks ago but was getting a bsod every time I tried to uninstall Avira 2012 ended up running the uninstall in safe mode strange how a antivirus can cause bsod using avg for the moment don't trust defender.

    Wasnt sure if AVG was working with it either,otherwise I'd have gone with that myself!


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