My Computer got a BSOD.

• Piko wrote on 2010-10-17 07:24
  Although I don't think it's because of any viruses or anything, mainly because I was an idiot and left it on for a LONG TIME (in other words it overheated). Probably from 11 AM Yesterday to 3 AM Today. Here's the story :
  
  - Got home from PSATs and started up computer.
  - Did my usual stuff.
  - Left to go to party and left defrag on.
  - Come back, defrag is finished.
  - Play for tons of hours.
  - Just right after I exit out of a game, the BSOD occurs.
  
  So yeah, here's pretty much all I want to know (Typed in red font for those who seem to keep skipping the point of my threads. Main point of that is bolded.) :
  
  My computer just suffered a Blue Screen of Death from most likely overheating, if not some other source, such as viruses (Which I'm pretty sure I am totally free of). BSOD occured after I closed out of a game (Nexon Game to be specific). Is there anything I should do as precautions to make sure my computer will be totally fine after this?
  
  Tomorrow I'm just planning on letting my computer take a well needed break and play some DS games or maybe 360. Hell, I got some stuff to study for school as well.
• EndlessDreams wrote on 2010-10-17 07:49
  If it is really overheating, turn on computer, and go to the BIOS to check the temperature. When computer overheats, it usually sudden resets instead of BSOD. I would say it is another problem besides overheating.
• Justified wrote on 2010-10-17 08:19
  Afaik, overheating will never be the cause for a BSOD, because BSODs are always severe programming related issues. The real cause is usually some abnormality in program/driver information that your computer can't execute properly, most likely something to do with the game you were playing (or else it's some part of your hardware). Reinstalling and/or updating anything related would be the best course of action.
• sakraycore wrote on 2010-10-17 15:17
  most BSOD are caused by faulty memory i think
• Piko wrote on 2010-10-17 17:18
  Though you say that, I don't think it's due to any program issues (Well, possibly. I'm never entirely sure.) since I've gotten a BSOD on a regular basis on my old laptop because of overheating (and eventually it broke because of that). Though that might just apply to laptops since they can overheat easily if you're not too careful. :/
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-10-17 18:13
  Overheating would just literally crash your computer, or just make it run like junk.
  
  I tend to leave my computer running for weeks at a time (shouldn't, but I do).
• Piko wrote on 2010-10-17 18:17
  Meh, if you put it that way, I guess my computer is pretty much fine for now. Everything's been running pretty smoothly as of lately and there's been no problems so far. I guess I'll just reinstall whatever I was playing just to be sure (And do a virus scan).
• Cucurbita wrote on 2010-10-17 21:08
  Sometimes BSOD just happens.
  
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• Bakuryu wrote on 2010-10-17 21:15

  Quote from Cucurbita;186542:

  Sometimes BSOD just happens.
  
  ._.

  
  Indeed, It's windoze we are talking about after all.
• Osayidan wrote on 2010-10-22 19:07
  For those BSODs that just randomly happen like that it's usually a problem with the way an application tried to handle memory. Exiting a game would cause it to try and get rid of itself from RAM, might be a programming issue or a RAM hardware issue or any other number of things. If it happens all the time when you exit that game it might just be the game itself.
  
  To make it even more confusing it could be a sound or graphic card problem caused by the transition of the game screen to your desktop and your computer didn't handle it properly.
  
  It's probably rarely going to be a virus. Good viruses want to not be found.