BSOD: Blue Screen of Death.

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Windows 8 newly launched Window operating system has made a remarkable presence in market with its unbelievable feature. But the problems related to computer are hardly changed. In Window 8 for BSOD rather than displaying detailed technical information about the error, it simply displays a short explanation that the system needs to restart, the technical name of the error and a sad facial expression with light shade of blue in the background color. It also contains a lighter shade of in the background. BSOD is abbreviation of BLUE SCREEN OF DEATH. This BSOD occur when computer encounters a critical error which results in system crash. Official name of BSOD is STOP error. This type of error can't be recovered by windows operating system and it goes into halt screen...The term is named after the color of the screen generated by the error.

Error Picture.




Causes of BSOD:

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BSOD or Stop error can be caused due to many reasons like hardware and driver related issues, incompatible software, faulty driver etc.

When BSOD occur it is always advised to note down the error. Every code is concerned with particular type of error.

The name of the error, such as PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA.
The hexadecimal number, such as 0x00000050, which can be abbreviated as 0x50.
The parameters (in hexadecimal format), which follow the hex number and are in parenthesis.
The file or driver listed, if present.
List of Common Error message encountered due to BSOD:

1.      IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL 0x0000000A: This BSOD occurs caused by faulty diver and incompatible software. It may be possible you have tried to installed incompatible software in your computer which has resulted in BSOD.

DATA_BUS_ERROR 0x0000002E:
This type of error occurs due to corrupt memory (RAM).Make sure your RAM is compatible to the motherboard and is installed properly.

3.      INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE 0x0000007B:
This can occur if your hard drives are configured incorrectly.  If you have PATA (IDE) hard drives, make sure that the jumpers are in the correct location.  Certain viruses or installing the incorrect driver for your hard drive controller can also cause this.

MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION 0x0000009C:
This error is often caused by the CPU like if the CPU  is overclocked, then it will boost the voltages which in turn generate the thermal output to sky rocket .This will result in the physical damage of computer. Make sure that all of the fans in the case are spinning and that the CPU isn't overheating.  It may also be caused by a faulty power supply.

NTFS_FILE_SYSTEM (0x00000024):
 This type of error occurs due to Corrupted NTFS file system or bad sectors on the hard disk can induce this error. Most likely problem occurred in ntfs.sys, the driver file that allows the system to read and write to NTFS drives is corrupted.

PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA 0x00000050:
This type of error occurs due to faulty hardware or the event failure of installed hardware usually related to defective RAM, be it main memory, L2 RAM cache, or video RAM. Another common cause is the installation of a faulty system service, Antivirus software can also trigger this error and corrupted NTFS volume.

 PFN_LIST_CORRUPT 0x0000004E:
This error is typically caused by a driver passing a bad memory descriptor list. For example, the driver might have called MmUnlockPages twice with the same list

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