What causes the blue screen of death and how do you repair it?
In simple terms the blue screen of death (bsod) is exactly what it sounds like, to a degree. Your computer screen turns blue with error messages such as: STOP: 0×0000003F (0xA,0xB,0xC,0xD) NO_MORE_SYSTEM_PTES or STOP: 0×000000D8 (0xW,0xX,0xY,0xZ) DRIVER_USED_EXCESSIVE_PTES
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What does the bluescreen of death mean? It means there is a problem such as a driver not cleaning up correctly, maybe a memory or hardware problem or other issues. For example the “NO_MORE_SYSTEM_PTES” error message is usually caused when a driver is not properly cleaning up.
With the “STOP: 0×0000003F error message the parameters could vary due to your system’s configuration or setup and may have one of the following meanings:
0xA - Page Table Entry (PTE) type: 0 = system expansion, 1 = non-paged pool expansion
0xB - Requested size
0xC - Total free system PTEs
0xD - Total system PTEs
When a driver is not cleaning up properly you can use the registry editor called Regedt32.exe (not recommended for average user) to view a registry key such as HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management and try to modify it yourself, however that is not recommended unless you really know what you are doing. If you mess up your registry files your computer may not start and then you may need to reinstall your operating system.
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A more simple solution may be to use software that will scan your registry files for errors and then fix those errors. Make sure the software will create restore points in case there is a problem. One of the popular and good registry cleaners that does create restore points and plus lets you download and scan your registry for free is called Regcure.
You can get the blue screen of death on different Windows operating systems including Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Vista.
The Blue Screen on Windows XP seemed to occur more often then on Vista, but it still can occur. Older versions such as Windows 98 got the blue screen of death more often then Vista as well it appears.
The Blue Screen of Death on Windows XP appears to often be caused by a corrupt registry or a problem with the RAM.
The registry files have detailed information about how a computer is configured with respect to games, programs, drivers and what not. It also included configuration information on your sound care, the printer, and other hardware information. Over a period of time as changes are made such as installing new software or hardware and removing old software and hardware the registry will get cluttered and may contain obsolete data. The clutter and obsolete data may cause your computer to run slower.
Back to the bluescreen – here are some more error messages you may encounter and if you do you may want to run a quick registry scan to see if that could be the cause or part of the cause of your problems.
Stop 0×0000000A
Stop 0×0000001E
Stop 0×00000023
Stop 0×00000024
Stop 0×0000002E
Stop 0×0000003F
Stop 0×00000050
Stop 0×00000077
Stop 0×00000079
Stop 0×0000007A
Stop 0×0000007B
Stop 0×0000007F
Stop 0×0000009F
Stop 0xBE
Stop 0×000000C2
Stop 0×000000CE
Stop 0×000000D1
Stop 0×000000D8
Stop 0×000000EA
Stop 0×000000ED
Stop 0×000000F2
Stop 0xC000021A
Stop 0xC0000218
Stop 0xC0000221
Here are some common error messages that may be driver related:
IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
NO_MORE_SYSTEM_PTES
PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA
UNEXPECTED_KERNEL_MODE_TRAP
DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE
ATTEMPTED_WRITE_TO_READONLY_MEMORY
BAD_POOL_CALLER
DRIVER_UNLOADED_WITHOUT_CANCELLING_PENDING_OPERATIONS
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
DRIVER_USED_EXCESSIVE_PTES
THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER