Bsod

[thequeenscheese]

I'd say deffo ate power or heat issue them and something probably failing, did you check the event logs?

 

[Schnick]

Event logs suck for hardware issues, I've found at least.

I ram all the traditional test like memory test and they all checked out. I have a degree in programming so I have been around a lot of computers. I got my first home computer 35 years ago. My first was a Texas Instruments

TI994a
3MHz
16K RAM, 26K ROM
Data storage cassette

New computer
2.5GHz, 6MB L3 Cache
16GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM
1 TB Hybrid drive for data storage.

My first PC was an AMD K6 500MHz with 512MB of RAM!

But to make you feel old, you got your first computer before I was even born

 

[thequeenscheese]

there pretty decent if you know how to read them, but the issue can also make reading them a headache

 

[cwgrizz]

Sometimes it just boils down to being cheaper to replace instead of repair. I had a 17" Dell laptop. The BSOD started happening on boot up (randomly). Finally it became a regular occurrence. I tried booting with PuppyLinux off of a disc or thumbdrive. Can't remember which, but I think it was a thumbdrive. Hey that worked for quite a while. The video card was not working with the windows system, but the puppy linux having a simpler video driver seemed to be able to overcome the problem. Anyway this work around finally gave up the ghost too. A replacement, refurbished video card for the laptop was more than I could get another laptop for, so the Dell got pushed into the long forgotten stack of computers and replaced with a Toshiba.