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Title: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Clive on April 25, 2011, 07:42

 It will now be the Black Screen of Death.

LINK (http://www.winrumors.com/microsoft-switches-to-black-screen-of-death-bsod-for-windows-8/)

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: GillE on April 25, 2011, 09:29

It's a pity they're not focussing their attention on preventing any Screen of Death appearing instead of tinkering with colours.  Who are Microsoft employing nowadays - software engineers or graphics designers?

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Simon on April 25, 2011, 11:52

I thought BSODs had been virtually eliminated with Windows 7.  :dunno:

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Clive on April 25, 2011, 13:18

Hell no, it's a regular occurrence on Mrs Clive's laptop.  Usually at startup but a reboot usually fixes it. 

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: sam on April 25, 2011, 13:30

seems strange. I mean, yes, linux/macs crash, but if they do they either properly hang (once in a year from my experience) or they give you a nice useful error message.

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Simon on April 25, 2011, 13:46

Yes, 'nice useful error messages' don't come into Microsoft's vocabulary.   :laugh:

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Clive on April 25, 2011, 15:37

Hers does a full memory dump. 

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Rik on April 25, 2011, 16:55

That's the problem then, Clive, screw the cover down and it can't fall out.  :o:

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Clive on April 25, 2011, 21:17

I'll have to drill a few holes in it.   :laugh:

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: sam on April 26, 2011, 00:49

run memtest!

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Clive on April 26, 2011, 08:48

It does that automatically.   :dunno:

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: sam on April 26, 2011, 13:31

no.

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Clive on April 26, 2011, 14:42

If memtest is the same as "Checking physical memory" then that's what it does.  Then it's happy again...  at least for a while.   :D

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: sam on April 26, 2011, 14:45

well not to worry then...

but its not the same thing - but probably does a similar thing. Memtest probably gives more detailed results.

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Simon on April 26, 2011, 16:02

Memtest is third party software, isn't it?  Wouldn't have thought it to be bundled in with Windows. 

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: Rik on April 26, 2011, 16:35

It is and it isn't, in that order. IIRC, it boots from a Linux CD, which should get Sam's approval.

Title: Re: Microsoft found a way to forever eliminate the Blue Screen of Death.
Post by: sam on April 27, 2011, 04:46

indeed it does... I think you can find it on windows style boot disks too... but well I'd not recomend that.

Something like: http://www.ubuntu.com/desktop/get-ubuntu/download

(or maybe: http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/)

More on memtest: http://www.memtest.org/