Bluescreen shutdown issue

[Guest CheckorCall]

Basically I'll be running Continuum and then all of a sudden a blue screen flashes with some text (too quickly for me to read) and my CPU shutsdown. I've tried vacuuming the dust out of my CPU and it helped for a while.. but now it's happening again very often. I can usually stay online for 30 minutes before it shuts down. This only happens when running Cont, nothing else. Any help would be appreciated.

[rootbear75]

usually, the BSoD (Blue Screen of Death) sits up there

its also called a STOP error

as in, something critical that prevented your computer from running happened, and your computer had to restart in order to fix itself

 

usually, the STOP error lists what program caused it, and an error code.

if you can manage to get that code written down or find out what program causes it will tell you a lot

[Samapico]

Maybe a corrupt file...

 

1- Run a scandisk (with XP: My Computer -> Right-click on C: drive, properties -> Tools -> ScanDisk...; you'll need to reboot)

2- Defrag (Start -> Accessories -> System tools -> Disk Defragmenter)

3- Reinstall Continuum

 

Which version of windows are you using?

[Shock]

Could be a conflicting IRQ issue.

 

C:\Windows\minidump

 

Windows makes a file when when there is a system error. You can download the Microsoft Debugging Tools for Windows and debug the file yourself to see exactly what the error was. Or, you can go to the Event Viewer and see if you can find it under the System or Application tab. Sort the category by source and look for EventSystem and find the one that happened when you got a BSOD.

 

OR, do it the ghetto way. Take out a digital camera or a cell phone and take a picture of the BSOD message and tell us what it says.

Edited February 13, 2008 by Shock

[Incomplete]

I had this problem before, for me it happened to me a damaged harddrive and I had to get another one. Back your files up if you can incase it is your HD.

[Samapico]

A full scandisk should reveal those