Blue screen errors are caused by many different reasons, the main reasons why you encounter this annoying Blue Screen of Death error are:
- RAM memory is faulty or due to loose plugging
- HDD has problems, BAD hard drive, loose hard drive plugging,
- VGA driver (Video card) is not compatible with computer hardware
- Blue screen error due to Virus
- Error Blue Screen BSOD due to Services of 3rd party software
- Blue screen error when plugging in USB, installing additional software, hardware
- System file error, Windows
- Conflict between software
- CPU, RAM too hot
In this case, it can be confirmed that the cause is a hardware error. You need to check your hard drive and RAM again.
- For hard drives, it may be due to choosing the wrong hard drive connection standard. Restart your computer, press the F2 or Del button to enter the computer's BIOS . Many models will have different ways to enter the BIOS, and if you don't know how to enter, you can refer to the article on how to enter the laptop BIOS that we shared earlier.
Then go to Boot section , select SATA Configuration , if it is IDE then switch to AHCI or vice versa.
- For RAM, you can remove it and use paper or towel to clean the slot and copper-plated pins of the RAM bar, then re-plug it into another slot and try to see if the error occurs again. If the problem still persists, you can take another stick and plug it in and try starting the device to check again.
The cause of the blue screen error in this case is that you should upgrade the driver your computer is using using the latest version of the DriverEasy program.
To search and update new Drivers for your computer, please refer to the article on how to update Drivers with DriverEasy
If your computer has viruses, they can cause software conflicts, which is also one of the reasons why your computer screen is blue. So you need to install virus scanning programs (like KIS or AVG ) and scan to fix errors.
In addition, you can also choose one of the top most powerful anti-virus software to find and remove dangerous viruses, malware, trojans, and system errors.
Sometimes third-party services installed during use also cause conflicts with the system. Therefore, fixing the blue screen of death error by turning off third-party services and not allowing those services to run with the Windows startup process is quite effective. This is also a way to help speed up the startup of computers and laptops. your.
Press the Windows + R key combination to open the Run dialog box. Here you type msconfig to go to the System Configuration window.
On the System Configuration window, switch to the Services tab to manage services. Here you check the Hide all Microsoft Services option to hide Microsoft services to avoid turning off the wrong system services.
Click Disable all to turn off all 3rd party services such as Bluestacks (Bluestacks Android Service, Bluestacks Plus Android Service), Google (Google update service) then click OK to save your changes. At this step, if you do not select Disable all , you can select each service that you suspect is causing the blue screen error for your PC or laptop.
If you have turned off all 3rd party services and no longer encounter blue screen errors, try reactivating each service one by one to check which service is causing the error on your system.
This problem usually occurs due to a driver error, most commonly the graphics card driver or some video/graphics related hardware.
- Reinstall the driver or update a new driver for your graphics card
- Turn off hardware acceleration using the graphics chip: note that this method is only temporary to handle blue screen errors, but in the long term it does not work. Why would we turn off such a great feature like this? How to do it: go to Start > type " Display " in the search box. Go to Change Display Settings > Advanced Settings > Troubleshoot > Change Settings . Here, you turn the "Hardware acceleration" bar to off (none). Then restart your computer.
- Replace the graphics card: This is the last solution when all the above methods are ineffective. If the card is damaged, you can take it for warranty or buy a new card depending on the situation you encounter
In this article, I have shown you how to recognize and fix blue computer screen errors. If you encounter one of the above situations, try the solutions we recommend.
Besides, if you are using Windows 11 and encounter a blue screen error, you can refer to how to fix it here.
Hope you can find the error yourself and fix the blue screen error by applying the methods mentioned in the article. If your computer or laptop is having a blue screen error, you have found a way to fix it or have experience handling this Blue Screen error. Please leave your comments below to support and share more experiences.