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Crucial Fixes m4 SSD BSOD Issues with New Firmware Update

Crucial has recently released a new firmware update, version 0309, for the Crucial m4-series SSDs that is said to resolve the BSOD issues faced by its drives after being used for a certain period of time.We first learned about the problems faced by the m4 solid state drives at the beginning of January when we spotted...

16 January 2012
04:40 GMT

OCZ Releases 2.15 Firmware Fix for SF-2200 SSDs Affected by BSODs

After a wide series of users have complained about problems involving SSDs based on second-generation SandForce controllers, the controller maker has now finally identified the bug behind the BSOD/disconnect issues and has released a fix, which was implemented by OCZ in its latest firmware.The new FW carries the 2.15...

18 October 2011
02:52 GMT

Windows 8 Blue Screen of Death Evolves, the Old BSOD Gets Reimagined

One thing that users are bound not to miss in Windows 8 is the old text console screen on a blue background which their computer displayed when Windows crashed. Make no mistake about it, the Blue Screen of Death is still present in the next iteration of Windows, but the promise from Microsoft is that customers wi...

21 September 2011
08:01 GMT

HTC EVO 3D Suffering from BSOD Issue, Battery Pull Ineffective

Several HTC EVO 3D owners are  apparently experiencing a critical issue that renders their smartphones useless. The problem has yet to be addressed by HTC with a software update, but this hasn't been confirmed.According to the guys over at Phandroid, some HTC EVO 3D users have reported that their devices h...

18 August 2011
02:43 GMT

Fix Windows 7 SP1 Blue Screen of Death for Network File Copy Processes: 0x0000007F

Microsoft is helping Windows 7 Service Pack 1 customers affected by stop error 0x0000007F when copying a file over a network to resolve the issue. Users will be able to download and deploy a hotfix offered by the software giant on its Support website. According to the Redmond company, the glitch impacts not only th...

14 June 2011
05:13 GMT

Windows 8 Black Screen of Death - BSOD Evolves

Evolution will reverberate from the surface to core of Windows 8, and apparently will also introduce an overhaul for one of the trademark components of the operating system, the Blue Screen of Death. The good old BSOD moniker will survive without any problems, as will its inherent connection to a critical Windows sy...

26 April 2011
12:11 GMT

Change the Color of Blue Screens of Death in Windows

The notorious Blue Screen of Death has quite a reputation, which it built for itself, Windows release after Windows release, but a new solution is capable of taking the error messages’ most well known characteristic and changing it altogether. How about having a Blue Screen of Death that is actually red. O...

14 January 2011
09:53 GMT

Windows 7 Blue and Black Screens for Graphics Driver Installs

Microsoft has informed customers running the latest iteration of its Windows client that, in specific scenarios, their laptops may crash when deploying graphics drivers. According to the Redmond company, issues have been reported involving the installation of a third-party driver in a hybrid graphics laptop running W...

26 April 2010
07:29 GMT

Attackers Upgrade Rootkits Causing Windows Blue Screens of Death

At the end of the past week, following the monthly release of Microsoft security patches, Windows users started reporting that their PCs crashed with a Blue Screen of Death error and were rendered un-bootable after applying Security Bulletin MS10-015 (KB977165). Microsoft immediately pulled the patch, and started inv...

17 February 2010
10:33 GMT

Malware Can Cause BSOD Initially Related to Windows Patch

Microsoft is still looking into the causes that generate Blue Screens of Death and throw PCs into an unbootable state following the deployment of one of the February 2010 security updates. At the end of the past week, the Redmond company provided an update indicating that the situation might be more complex than ini...

15 February 2010
05:33 GMT

Windows Blue Screens of Death After Patch for 17-Year Old Vulnerability Is Applied

Microsoft has confirmed reports that some users are experiencing Blue Screen of Death errors after they apply Security Bulletin MS10-015 (rated Important) to patch vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel (977165). At the same time, the Redmond company revealed that customers affected by BSOD after installing this month&rsq...

12 February 2010
07:50 GMT

Windows 7 RTM Blue Screens of Death for No Apparent Reason

Windows 7 is in a different league compared to its predecessor Windows Vista, in terms of user experience; however, albeit considerably less, issues do exist and affect the latest iteration of the Windows client. Microsoft notes that Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 can crash for no apparent reason. The crashes a...

10 February 2010
10:24 GMT

The Blue Screen of Death Follows Windows to the 2008 Olympics

Wherever Windows goes... the Blues Screen of Death is bound to follow. And since Windows was an integral piece of the puzzle making up the IT infrastructure of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the now equally ubiquitous BSOD was also on sight. Furthermore, XP "participated" in the 2008 Olympic's opening ceremony ...

12 August 2008
12:39 GMT

At the Roots of Windows Blue Screen of Death

Unfortunately for Microsoft, one of the aspects of its proprietary operating system that has grown to become associated by default with the Windows brand is the Blue Screen of Death. BSOD, for short, is the result of a critical system error that will stop the operating system dead in its tracks and lead to a reboot. ...

17 July 2008
12:31 GMT


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