How to Fix The Blue Screen Of Death

This guide will give you some helpful tips and strategies you can use if you are continually getting the infamous "blue screen of death."

Instructions

1. The blue screen of death generally results from a fatal error performed by Windows, and there are a few things you can do to avoid it happening in the future. Often, I've seen the 'BSOD' occur in laptops that have over heated. In this way, the BSOD is actually a prevention measure for damage being done to your CPU or GPU. It will turn off the computer to prevent and damage to these units.

2. A much more common cause of the BSOD is a lack of available memory for Windows to operate with. In early Vista machines, from say a year to a year and half ago, companies saved money by shipping computers with less RAM than is actually needed to run Vista. Vista generally requires about 2 gigabytes or RAM, but many of these machines shipped with 1 to 1.5 gigs. When too many programs are running, the BSOD occurs because there is not enough RAM.

3. Check with who you bought your computer from and see how much RAM your computer actually has. If you are using Vista and have only 1 gigabyte of RAM, you should consider investing in another gig. The total cost should be no more than 50-100 dollars and it could save you a lot of lost work in the future. Good luck with your computer!