I assembled a computer for myself about 11 months ago. It was my first build ever, but I seem to have done well-enough. However, I sporadically run into a problem where the audio hangs, all computer functions immediately cease, and I'm then forced to either restart or power-down the computer.
In short, it is very much like a blue screen of death, except that my monitor loses the visual display (it goes into idle mode, and then powers down after a few seconds).
Since not having a blue screen to view, this ongoing problem has been hard to diagnose, as these crashes are completely random, sometimes happening within 10 minutes of boot up, sometimes happening after hours of running fine, sometimes after hours of low-CPU work (such as MS Word).
What exactly happens when a computer gets a "blue screen of death"? ; Could there be an actual 'blue screen of death' occuring that, because of my monitor, I just can't view?
Answer
My computer crashed today, in a manner similar to how it always has -- video dies, audio gets stuck stuttering, and I have to reset my computer.
However, this time I apparently waited long enough that Windows 7 had a nice handy alert when I rebooted:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1033
Additional information about the problem:
BCCode: 124
BCP1: 0000000000000000
BCP2: FFFFFA80070ED738
BCP3: 0000000000000000
BCP4: 0000000000000000
OS Version: 6_1_7600
Service Pack: 0_0
Product: 256_1
Files that help describe the problem:
C:\Windows\Minidump\053111-30482-01.dmp
C:\Users\Evan\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-55567-0.sysdata.xml
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So in this case, it is clear to me that, yes, a monitor can fail to show a blue screen of death.
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