BSOD - for MHAD

Perhaps something here'll help?

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/blue_screen_survival_guide

=*dark*=Shai-Hulud wrote:

Perhaps something here'll help?

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/blue_screen_survival_guide

Thanks Shai, except my "blue screen" is different, it is completely blank.


I think after some time and thinking that it may have something to do with a video card, because, this "reboot" only happens when I'm watching videos, my video card is a ATI RADEON XPRESS 200.


Maybe it got corrupted in some way, but thanks for your concern

My Hopes and Dreams wrote:

ATI RADEON XPRESS 200.

Integrated VGA sucks. Get something better.

Is it actively (with a fan sitting on top of it - assuming you can open the case and figure out which of the dozens of chips (*is* the graphics processor! It'll probably have ATI written on it somewhere), or passively (air) cooled? If the former, maybe the fan's stopped working, or it's clogged, and the processor is overheating when you make it work hard?

Sounds like it probably shares system RAM, maybe some of the RAM modules are faulty, and the problem only manifests when you do something that requires the extra capacity provided by those modules.

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Thanks Shai, except my "blue screen" is different, it is completely blank.

That's weird - do you mean it flashes past really quickly before the machine restarts? There's a bit in the article about that:

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Alternately, if you'd prefer to see the actual blue screen rather than automatically rebooting, right-click the My Computer icon on your desktop, select Properties, and click on Advanced System Settings. In the System Properties window that appears, select the Advanced tab, click Settings under Startup and Recovery, and uncheck the box that says 'Automatically Restart.'