My PC just crashed!!! for what seems to be no reason.

[Linny40]

My pc just crashed and i have no idea why. I was in the middle of a long email and it came up with a blue screen telling me it had crashed. The screen was on for seconds so could not read it. It came back on and asked if i wanted to start normally or in safe mode- i auto went to normal after a few seconds. I am now doing a scan to see if it picks anything up.

IS there a way i can find out what caused it. This has never happened before.
I was sending an email to a family member, so it was a safe address. I did have FF open in the background with my usual home pages on.

im running windows 7 and pc is only less than a yr old

 

[Mooley]

I think I remember someone putting up a program that tells you what crashed a machine on here somewhere. I'll have a look on my external and see if I can locate it and upload for you Linny. 👍

It needs to be installed and then crash again before you'll be able to find out though!

Update: Here's the thread Linny, thanks to knot!

http://www.techkings.org/useful-fre...ind-drivers-crashed-your-system-whocrash.html

 

[Linny40]

ah cheers Mooley and Knot for adding it

 

[Knotaclu]

Glad to see it came in useful guys!
:)
if you have any problems with it linny post it here - and i will try and be-online in the next few days to help if you need it
How`re ye Mooley mate - looks like i just missed you again!

 

[Linny40]

i used that prog and it told me i had had 3 crashes - a bit of a surprise as i didnt know about the other 2.
Anyways here is the analysis results mean nothing to me so maybe you could enlighten me tells me what module - but then thats it im lost!!

Welcome to WhoCrashed Home Edition 2.10
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This program checks for drivers which have been crashing your computer.

Whenever a computer suddenly reboots without displaying any notice or blue screen of death, the first thing that is often though about is a hardware failure. In reality, on Windows most crashes are caused by malfunctioning device drivers and kernel modules. In case of a kernel error, most computers do not show a blue screen unless they are configured to do so. Instead these systems suddenly reboot without any notice.

This program does post-mortem crash dump analysis with the single click of a button.


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Just click the Analyze button for a comprehensible report ...



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Home Edition notice
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This version of WhoCrashed is free for use at home only. If you would like to use this software at work or in a commercial environment you should get the professional edition. The professional edition of WhoCrashed also allows analysis of crashdumps on remote drives and computers on the network and offers more detailed analysis.


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Analysis
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Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump

Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.


On Mon 05/07/2010 09:46:19 your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe
Bugcheck code: 0x1A (0x403, 0xFFFFF68000071298, 0xC1B00000B066D867, 0xFFFFF68000054C30)
Error: MEMORY_MANAGEMENT
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\070510-18096-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.



On Fri 07/05/2010 15:28:43 your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe
Bugcheck code: 0x109 (0xA3A039D89BB415C5, 0x0, 0x12CF0C053220486, 0x101)
Error: CRITICAL_STRUCTURE_CORRUPTION
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\050710-21871-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.



On Thu 17/12/2009 23:05:08 your computer crashed
This was likely caused by the following module: usbhub.sys
Bugcheck code: 0xFE (0x8, 0x6, 0x6, 0xFFFFFA80068CFC80)
Error: BUGCODE_USB_DRIVER
Dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\121709-21106-01.dmp
file path: C:\Windows\system32\drivers\usbhub.sys
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Default Hub Driver for USB
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect, possibly the culprit is in another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.




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Conclusion
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3 crash dumps have been found and analyzed. Note that it's not always possible to state with certainty whether a reported driver is really responsible for crashing your system or that the root cause is in another module. Nonetheless it's suggested you look for updates for the products that these drivers belong to and regularly visit Windows update or enable automatic updates for Windows. In case a piece of malfunctioning hardware is causing trouble, a search with Google on the bug check errors together with the model name and brand of your computer may help you investigate this further.