What is BSOD, BSOD causes and How to fix that?

 BSOD (Blue Screen of Death)

             Blue screen of Death or Blue Screen Memory Dump (BSOD) is an error screen that is displayed before system rebooted.

More about BSOD 

        - Fixing a blue screen memory dump will be specific to correcting the error which is displayed on the screen.

        - Finding information about your particular BSOD, and then search the Internet for more practical advice.

        - Begin dump of physical memory error is one of the error occur due to RAM Problem.

        - Blue screens are caused due to hardware and software problems.


What is reason of BSOD issue?

Hardware  Causes:

    - Newly installed hardware which is not supported or properly configured

    - Defective hardware attached to your PC

    - Damaged hard drive

    - Defective RAM (Most common cause)

    - Overheating of Motherboard, CMOS and memory module


Causes for BSOD due to RAM

    - If the RAM sticks are not of the same FSB speed

    - If the RAM has not been inserted properly

    - Test your RAM by using a program called  "Memtest86"


Causes for BSOD due to Hard DISK

    - Faulty hard disk

    - Hard disk generating  bad sectors

    - Repair bad sectors using "chkdsk" command


Causes for BSOD due to Motherboard

    - Motherboard overheating

    - Changing to a new motherboard chipset

    - Faulty BIOS settings

Suggestions: Reset the BIOS settings to factory default settings.


How to Fix BSOD issue?

1. Hardware Solution         2. Software Solution

Hardware Solution

  • Read carefully error message shown on screen
  • First of all check newly installed hardware or software
  • Remove newly installed Hardware, Software and Updates
  • Scan your computer for Viruses
  • Check CPU Temperature from BIOS
  • Check memory using built in or third party tools
  • Check Hard disk, may be bad sector in HDD
  • Faulty Processor may be
Software Solution
  • Restore your PC
  • Reinstall your OS
  • Scan your computer for Viruses

Check other solution


  • Identify the problem or error code from the blue screen.
  • Research about the error and its solution on Internet.

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