My Pc Got A Blue Screen But Recovered When I Restarted It. Should I Do Anything About This?

1. J B Says

   A blue screen means you had either Hardware failure or a system crash which can be caused by anything from a corrupted windows file, malware, deleting required registry entries, etc. There are A LOT of different reasons you can get a blue screen. Its really hard to tell what it is w/o more information or testing.
   Most people usually say it happened out of no where and i wasnt doing anything is incorrect.
   like did you just turn on your computer? or has it been on for awhile? what was the last program you had open? what programs did you open? what was the last thing you installed or downloaded? Did you recently do any windows updates or driver updates? what program or process were you doing the second before it blue screened (like wordpad or firefox are not nothing). Also what programs do you notice start when windows starts, things that either pop up or load into the system tray at the bottom right? Did you plug anything in or unplug anything before it blue screened (like a usb mouse)?
   If it was for sure nothing with that, it may be hardware. This could also have lots of different things it could be besides just being broken etc.
   Did you recently add any hardware? It could be that you power supply could not power that many things and when your computer hit a certain load that needed more power then you had, it blue screened/turned off.
   Open the case and look inside. (MAKE SURE YOUR COMPUTER IS NOT CONNECTED TO A POWER SOURCE BEFORE OPENING!). Also make sure your not holding a static charge and tough something metal before touching your computer components. you can just touch the side of the case if its metal.
   Are you sure all cables(like the hdd sata/ide cable) are all firmly plugged in? maybe it was lose and a vibration or impact hit it out of place for a second. Same with the ram or any pci cards, make sure they are all firmly in their slots. Also make sure all the power cables are firmly in what they need to be.
   Also its best to keep the inside of your computer clean and free of dust.
   EDIT: yes also stated from guy below running a check on your hdd would be a good thing to do.
   To do this, go to start > computer > right click on your hdd > properties. Then go to tools and click check now under the error checking option. Check both boxes of check for file system errors and bad sectors. then hit start and schedule for next system restart. then restart your system.
   @additional details:
   ok that actually narrows it down more then you think lol. Since it was running for awhile it wasnt anything like a problem with a windows update or driver update, and i doubt it would have been the adobe reader. But its usually best to restart after installing anything. And if you didnt have it running for days its probably not a problem with memory holes. Some other things i could recommend is using something like CCleaner to get rid of junk temp files and clean registry, and then defrag your hdd, this will stop a few problems from popping up and help your system run a little bit faster.
   It could still be 1 of many hardware problems, probably not a hdd problem it if started and ran fine, but doesnt completely take it out of possibilities. id run a chkdsk anyway for the hell of it. If that passes no errors, then its definitely not your hdd.
   It could really be nothing, but id say get/run ccleaner ( http://piriform.com ) and defrag your hdd ( http://www.auslogics.com/en/software/dis… auslogic is a good one, vistas default one sucks hardcore.).
   Run a chkdsk(right above this is how to do it) to make sure your hdd doesnt have any problems. Open your case clean out dust and make sure everything is properly/firmly inside their slots. Also it still could be the power supply not being able to power your system if you added anything different then what it came with. If you want to see how much power you should have for w/e is inside your system: http://www.thermaltake.outervision.com/i… (not to scare you into thinking you need a new power supply). Because this was probably not the case as you really wernt putting your computer under much load.

2. Travis Uchiha Says

   Good Commonly asked question first I would do a surface scan to make sure there are no disk errors.
   Try that. There are plenty of free programs to use to help you out.

3. christop Says

   I wouldn’t worry about it if it happened only once. It was just a fluke anomoly, due to some random error in your operating system, that could occur for a variety of reasons. Want to see something a bit scary? To get some insight in to the cause of the problem, open a program on your computer that is called Event Viewer. Click on your Start button, then, in the search box type, event viewer.
   Or, you Can go to Start, Control Panel, All Control Panel Items, Performance and Information, Tools, Advanced Tools, View Performance in Event Log.
   The file path I just gave you digs deep into your computer maintenance tools, that some people don’t know are available. With each click along the maintenance tools file path I gave you, check the tools that are available to you, learn what they are, and how to use them. But ultimately, it is the event viewer that will give you some insight into what happened to give you a blue screen.
   For speed at start up, and to improve the stability and performance of your computer, download, install, and run a program called Ccleaner. It is a free program that will, among other things, clean your registry.

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