Why So Blue?
Posted by admin on May 29, 2011 in Featured | 1 comment
Ok, so you are in the middle of writing that 6 page long email arguing that Poi is better than rice any day of the week to your Aunty and BOOM! Blue Screen! What just happened? What can I do to fix it? Is a Computer Repair needed to get back to normal? What can I do to prevent it from happening again? These are all VERY good questions and I will try to explain them as detailed as possible.
What just happened?
Typically you had a hardware failure of some kind. It may have been your disk having a cache error or your memory kicking the bucket, but the only way to tell is to get some diagnostics run on a few hardware components and check a few files in your system. One other alternative is a Virus is tricking you into thinking you had a failure and is asking you to buy their ‘Anti-Virus’ to fix it (by the way, NEVER do this). The best thing to do is take it down to MyTechs Hawaii today and get a system check run.
What can I do to fix it?
As mentioned above you can bring it down to MyTechs Hawaii and get it checked out, but if you are the Do-It-Yourself type, you could run a basic anti virus scan on your system or run a Hardware Diagnostic on your system. These software are not hard to find and are typically free. Virus Removal can be a tricky thing to handle on your own, but for Anti-Virus you can use Microsoft Security Essentials and for hardware diagnostics, most are available from your computer vendor (IE: Dell, HP, Compaq, Acer etc..). Running these still may not find the solution though. Your best bet is to take it to a professional.
What can I do to prevent it from happening again?
As the causes for BSODs vary from instance to instance, so are the ways to prevent them.
Since hardware failure and the need for Virus Removal or Spyware is typically the cause of a BSOD, and since hardware can fail at any time, impractical advice would be to simply stay away from a computer in the first place. If you are like me though, I can’t live a day without mine. The key is to try and keep your computer ‘healthy’. If it is really dusty in there, take some canned air from Sam’s and clean it out every once in a while (it can’t hurt much). If you notice a clicking sound from the drive, it may need a new hard drive soon. If it is getting old, it may be time to put it to rest.
There really is not a simple answer to the BSOD question, but with a little help from MyTechs Hawaii, you may just be rid of them forever.