My new computer freezes or reboots when I'm pushing it (e.g. encoding video). Can you help me figure out which part is bad before I start having to ship things back to newegg and pay restocking fees? [more inside]
posted by chndrcks on Sep 30, 2009 - 19 answers

Windows Vista 64. Computer started bluescreening at random a few days ago, with increasing frequency - it's up to several per day now. [more inside]
posted by sailoreagle on Sep 2, 2009 - 13 answers

BSODFilter: I tried to install a RAM upgrade in my girlfriend's Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop, and got nothing on screen after powerup. So I replaced the old DIMM, and got the BSOD -- the file that was missing was a driver for the Intel video adapter. Long story short, it's still not working. [more inside]
posted by YoungAmerican on Aug 2, 2007 - 10 answers

BSOD! My windows PC has decided to give up. I would just let it go, but it's got an interesting symptom... [more inside]
posted by Pants! on Jul 29, 2007 - 7 answers

Why am I seeing so many "Inaccessible Boot Device" blue screens of death? [more inside]
posted by Cyrano on Apr 9, 2007 - 5 answers

Why does my new computer crash? [more inside]
posted by bradn on Jun 12, 2006 - 18 answers