Tag Archives: “Blue Screen of Death”

ATI / AMD Catalyst 12.6 Beta Driver

ATI / AMD have recently released Catalyst 12.6 Beta Driver Suite You can download it here http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/AMDCatalyst126beta.aspx Resolved issue highlights of the AMD Catalyst™ 12.6 Beta: •AMD Radeon™ HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Tri-CrossFire™ configurations + Eyefinity BSOD when launching a DirectX application. •AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 Eyefinity/Multiple Display configurations BSOD when using … Continue Reading ››

Troubleshoot a Blue Screen of Death BSOD or Crash Dump on a Microsoft Windows Operating System

It's probably the thing we all dread most, evereything has been working great for weeks/months/years and then suddenly your machine starts randomly crashing to a Blue Screen of Death or BSOD All is not lost though as Windows will often generate its own crash dump a report of what happened to cause the crash, this is … Continue Reading ››

Windows will not boot with a Stop Error 0x0000007B

A very common BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) is a STOP error 0x0000007B and may indicate either a hardware, software or driver issue. Please see the great troubleshooting guide put together by Tim Fisher on about.com http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/stop0x0000007b.htm One thing that Tim does not mention is that sometimes it is necessary to slipstream the AHCI SATA Controller Drivers … Continue Reading ››

Windows Kernel Power Event ID 41 Error

Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 may restart unexpectedly, you may get a brief glimpse of a BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) and then find yourself back at the Windows login prompt.  When you inspect the Windows Event Log you will find the following event logged Log Name: System Source: Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power Event ID: 41 Level: Critical Description: The system has rebooted … Continue Reading ››