How to Fix Blue Screen Errors

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  1. Inun Reyes says:

    Hi Anthony. My internet connection drops multiple times during the day. I restart the computer to get the connection back. I then get a blue screen with the following errors- stop:0x000000fe-(0x00000008, 0x00000006, 0x00000006, 0x862dd760). The message on top of the screen states: Windows has been shut down to avoid damage to your computer. I also get file information that describes the problem- C:\Windows\minidump11210-23953-01.dmp and C:\Users\dale\AppData\Local\Temp\Wer-61109-0.sysdata.xml. Can you help me.
    Thank you. Inun

  2. Anthony says:

    @Kyla – You have tried updating all system drivers already?

    @nicola – If you have tried all that and the error is still occurring, it is going to be more likely a hardware error. The motherboard can indeed be changed, although it might be wise to consider a new PC depending on the age of the system.

    @Philippe Jacques – Stop error 0x0000007B is a problem with your boot device, so considering your scenario it appears that the hard disk has a problem. If you cleaned it, check and make sure all cables and connections are secure. If that does not help, you need to do a disk check and maybe a disk repair depending on what the check finds. The best option is to boot from a recovery or setup CD.

    @Caitlin The Windows registry can indeed become corrupted and you will need to repair it. Microsoft has a knowledge base article on how to do that. The link is present in the registry repair article we have on the site.

  3. Caitlin says:

    Regarless of which startup option I use, I am taken to a blue screen that says:
    STOP: C0000218 {REGISTRY FILE FAILURE}
    THE REGISTRY CANNOT LOAD THE HIVE (FILE):
    \SYSTEMROOT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SAM
    OR ITS LOG OR ALTERNATE.
    IT IS CORRUPT, ABSENT, OR NOT WRITABLE.
    BEGINNING DUMP OF PHYSICAL MEMORY.

  4. Caitlin says:

    Regarless of which startup option I use, I am taken to a blue screen that says:

    STOP: C0000218 {REGISTRY FILE FAILURE}
    THE REGISTRY CANNOT LOAD THE HIVE (FILE):
    \SYSTEMROOT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE
    OR ITS LOG OR ALTERNATE.
    IT IS CORRUPT, ABSENT, OR NOT WRITABLE.
    BEGINNING DUMP OF PHYSICAL MEMORY.
    dUMMPING PHYSICAL MEMORY

    I hjave a CX200S- Gateway and I have no disks or anything

  5. Philippe Jacques says:

    HI Anthony,i have pc with a asus mother board,every time the pc try to boot it goes straight to the BSOD but sillt give the options to start windows normally ,last known goog configuration,you the rest and the stop error code is:
    0X0000007B (0XF7C7A640,0XC0000034,0X00000000,0X000000)
    I also need to mention the interior was really dusty which is now cleaned.
    PLEASE HELP.
    Thank you.
    Philipppe

  6. nicola says:

    hey anthony i did a full format and the drive is fine i added a clean memory stick also and it was still doing that if it’s a motherbaord issue then does that mean i need a new motherboard?

  7. Kyla says:

    Upon shutting down my hp mini 311 about every tenth time I receive a blue screen with bugcode.usb.driver as the error message. When I try to do the windows repair system it does not correct the issue. At one point the computer made me do a system recovery which took about 3 hours to complete. A week later the blue screen error message came back on with the same error. HP customer service center has given me tons of items to supposely fix the issue but nothing works. PLEASE HELP!

  8. Anthony says:

    @Aaron – Did this always happen, or after some change? Normally that stop error is mostly caused by drivers, so maybe you updated the network drivers (or a Windows update did that)?

    @Nicola – Stop error 0x0000007B is a problem with your boot device, which is normally the hard disk. If you are certain the disk is fully formatted and connected properly, than it could be a motherboard problem yes. But did you format the disk or just clean it from a virus? Because if the clean failed, this could still simply be a disk problem. Do a full NTFS disk format if you can with the disk in a different system.

  9. Aaron says:

    Anthony,

    Yes I tried reinstalling the fax modem, no success… still the same story.

  10. nicola says:

    hey anthony so after getting the blue screen of death stay put so i could copy the error codes this is what i got ?
    0x0000007b (0xfazc3528,0xc0000034,0x00000000,0x00000000) not sure with this is but i got the hard drive to clean and fix on another computer my old one i was wondering if it was a memory issue so i tried a boot floppy disk a mc afee i had with my old comp not sure if thts a old and it said the memory was clean so i was wondering if it’s my motherboard or something if you can give me any tips it would be greatly appreciated…

  11. Anthony says:

    @Aaron – Have you checked if you have a fax/modem installed and if so, updated or reinstalled the driver for that?

    @kim – Never heard that a charger is the cause of a blue screen. If provides power or it doesn’t… As long as it did not happen when you were plugging or unplugging the charger while the laptop was running this would not be the cause.
    Only happened once?

  12. kim says:

    hi, i had a blue screen of death, but i have never had one until i bought a new charger because the other one broke. could that be the problem? i didnt get to c the code because it instantly re-started

  13. Aaron says:

    I am getting the following-

    IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL stop: 0x00000000a (0X00000000,0x000000002,0X000000001, 0x81a6783c)

    I have discovered that if I in safe mode disable telephony using msconfig then it will boot normally but I cannot connect to the internet… If I enable telephony it goes back to BSOD…

    I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling network adapters… no luck…

    Any suggestions?

  14. Anthony says:

    @Anna – Stop error 0x0000007E is generally a driver problem. But if you can not get into Safe Mode, you can not roll back the driver. Only option is to use Windows setup disk and use the Repair option or maybe a system restore if you have a recovery partition. But the restore will probably erase all your current data, so the Repair option is preferred.

    @Jacket – Your system seems rather unstable all together, it might even be the motherboard since that is the only common component.

    @John C – Definitely start running a memory scan with memtest86 first. Download the .iso file, burn it and boot from it to test the RAM.

    @vibin – If it is during games, the first thing to check is the video and audio drivers. Try reinstalling and/or updating them. Temperature is possible, but indeed less likely.

    @john – Normally you should be able to boot in Safe Mode if a driver is the cause, since Windows starts with the minimum number of devices and services possible in that mode. But if that does not work, the only option is to use a recovery or setup CD/DVD.

    @ANGEL – I think your Caps Lock is stuck…
    In any case, the 7B error indicates a problem with your boot device. Make sure there are no USB sticks or external USB disks plugged that can be mistakenly seen as boot device. If that is not the case, you can check the physical disk connections (cables) if you can open the computer (not for a laptop).
    Last option is to boot from a recovery or setup disk and do a CHKDSK or FIXMBR to restore the hard disk.

  15. ANGEL says:

    I CAN’T GET AROUND THE BSOD TO DO ANYTHING. I TRY TO RUN IT IN SAFE MODE, AND IT JUST GOES BACK TO THE BLUE SCREEN. WINDOWS NOT BOOTING, SO OF COURSE I’M USING A DIFFERENT COMPUTER TO SEND OUT THIS CALL FOR HELP!!!!! I CAN’T RUN ANY SCANS OR CHECKS BECAUSE IT WILL NOT GO PASS THE BSOD.

    THIS IS THE ERROR CODE I GET:

    STOP: 0X0000007B (0XF78AA524, 0XC0000034, 0X00000000, 0X00000000)

    PLEASE HELP….

  16. john says:

    Hey anthony great info bro. Well I hope u can help me out. one of my pc which has win 7 installed just got bsod mainly because I installed a driver in that pc. well Ive tried safemode, last known good configurationr, bios but whateve i try it gives a new error and even the pc wont pickup the windows setup. bro im stucked kindly help me out with this………….

  17. vibin says:

    i have dell laptop with XP SP3 OS gettng BSODs for over 5 months…..
    ERROR CODES
    0x000000F4
    0x000000C2
    0x0000007B
    i recently started saving mini dumps
    i get BSODs while playing games … definetly……thats fr sure
    but sm times i get while watching videos etc… plz help
    ADDITIONAL DETAILS
    my battery is dead

    my laptop temp.. goes 60-70 degrees {celsius) in just 1-2 hrs
    so i doubt my laptop fans and temp… laptop is about 3 yrs old…

  18. Jacket says:

    and now i’m a bit confused since I just got home to find that my computer had bluescreened with a ‘system_service_exception’ which usually points towards graphic card driver errors if I’m correct in my research.

  19. Ali Muhammad says:

    Dear Anthony,
    I’m sure you missed me if you didnt, the BSOD sure did. haha,

    restoring everything to factory settings in bios did solve the random BSOD but I’m getting a new which might not be the same problem that caused the older BSODs.

    What i know about this new BSOD is that,

    1 – its the same message every time

    *** Hardware Malfunction

    Call your hardware vendor for support

    *** The system has halted ***

    2 – No logs/dump-files created. Event viewer shows nothing.

    3 – Most importantly, It will happen in the first 2, 3 boots of the day (First 5 minutes, It might either crash during booting or on desktop.)

    Like i mentioned before. Turning the pc on after its been off for quite some time, the more the time its off, the more is the chance to crash on the first boot.
    But after a few boots it feels as if the pc warms up and after wards it runs perfect for the rest of the day.

    P.S, OCCT PSU torture ran for one whole hour without a crash.

  20. John C says:

    I started getting BSOD about two weeks ago and then today it came again. This time it will not allow me to restart in any mode. Safe mode, Last know.. etc. The message is Page Fault in No Paged Area with Stop:0X00000050 (xxxxx,xxxx,xxxx) The xxx numbers change when I try to restart in the different modes. Any suggestions of what I should do would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

  21. Jacket says:

    It’s me again. I got another error that was IRQL_not_less_or_equal siting memory_corruption from a vista driver again.

    Even though each of my ram sticks had passed 7 passes each individually on memtest 86 I decided to just pop it in and scan them all at once randomly for 20 hours. It tested with no errors until the 10th or so pass it suddenly caught 9 errors.

    I’m going to pull out and test each individually. Just wanted to update the situation.

  22. Anna says:

    Finally I find a place where people seem to help each other out. This blue screen has welcomed me the past few days. I can’t go into safe mode and do anything and I have no recovery disk either. What to do?

    This is at the end of the blue screen.

    STOP: 0x0000007E
    0x87035F73
    0x8ccc264c
    0x8ccc2348

  23. Ingrid says:

    Went on Intel website and installed the latest driver. No BSOD so far… Crossing my fingers! Thanks for your help.

  24. Anthony says:

    @Ingrid – Quite possible of course, good of you to check the minidump files. So the next thing to do is reinstall or update the Intel network card driver.

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