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BSoD scariness

Poll: BSoD scariness (35 member(s) have cast votes)

Do you hate BSoDs?

  1. Yes (24 votes [68.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 68.57%

  2. No (6 votes [17.14%])

    Percentage of vote: 17.14%

  3. What's a BSoD? (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  4. I don't care (5 votes [14.29%])

    Percentage of vote: 14.29%

How often do they appear?

  1. Never (10 votes [28.57%])

    Percentage of vote: 28.57%

  2. Once every few years (9 votes [25.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.71%

  3. Annually (4 votes [11.43%])

    Percentage of vote: 11.43%

  4. Every few months (9 votes [25.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 25.71%

  5. Monthly (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  6. Weekly/Daily (2 votes [5.71%])

    Percentage of vote: 5.71%

  7. Hourly/Every few minutes (okay...) (0 votes [0.00%])

    Percentage of vote: 0.00%

  8. Huh? (1 votes [2.86%])

    Percentage of vote: 2.86%

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#1 User is offline   willythechilly5 

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Posted 10 February 2008 - 05:09 AM

I hate BSoDs.
After I maintain my computers, over and over and over, I STILL run into them.
The most recent being on my Vista laptop.
I forgot why, but it was there.
It doesn't let you sleep any easier if it appears at 3 in the morning. :realmad:
I swear, it is scary when it happens. That eerie blue glow...


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Posted 10 February 2008 - 07:38 AM

ah ye, I get them daily while programming :)

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Posted 10 February 2008 - 10:18 AM

I don't care if they show up, I have not had one on my machine that I didn't cause on purpose. Usually I have to fix them on client machines, but they are usually the just a handful of normal ones and don't take long to fix.

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Posted 10 February 2008 - 10:49 AM

My main desktop used to get them every few days. I then realized it had to do with malfunctioning USB ports; I disabled those and the BSODs disappeared! :)

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Posted 12 February 2008 - 11:00 PM

when i had my old build i axidently installed vista over its self (i have no idea how i did, i think i forgot that i installed it the first time XD) and i had them every couple hours.

#6 User is offline   nitroshift 

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 12:27 AM

I don't encounter them on my pc's at home at all (unless I trigger them on purpose)... At work it's different, but thanks to cluberti's directions and WinDBG I manage to find the culprit and get rid of them.

#7 User is offline   Tripredacus 

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Posted 13 February 2008 - 02:16 PM

At work we'll see them maybe once or twice a month. At home I have not seen one on my current computer yet, and I've had the same install of XP on it since 2001.

I love those things. I hate how they changed it for Vista.

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Posted 03 March 2008 - 09:47 PM

changed it for vista?
i dont hate bsods, my thought is hmm i wonder how that happened

#9 User is offline   Idontwantspam 

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Posted 03 March 2008 - 10:39 PM

I only ever get BSOD's when I do stupid stuff, or cause them purposefully. Or when using TI-connect, which has the buggiest drivers ever. The last time I got a BSOD I was trying to play portal on my laptop. Took me about 5 BSOD's and a lot of settings-changing to decide that no, the orange box was not going to run on an intel mobile integrated graphics 945 chip. =/

#10 User is offline   Tripredacus 

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Posted 21 March 2008 - 01:19 PM

View Postawergh, on Mar 3 2008, 10:47 PM, said:

changed it for vista?
i dont hate bsods, my thought is hmm i wonder how that happened


The only stop errors I have seen with vista are black screens.

#11 User is offline   Thunderbolt 2864 

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Posted 21 March 2008 - 08:02 PM

BSOD's, crashing, freezing and any related error is the bane of my existance in computing.

I hardly encounter a BSOD while using my computer, they only happen to appear if I did something wrong or my hardware happens to be corrupt or conflicting.

#12 User is offline   Tripredacus 

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Posted 21 April 2008 - 12:55 PM

I like them actually. I learned a lot by looking up those hex codes and errors and whatnot. Its better than getting a bomb or a question mark on a Mac where your fix is to reboot and hope for the best, or run the repair with the CD. I like getting in there and fixing those things.

I remember when Windows 2000 came out, Microsoft used to run 2 page (gatefold) ads with a BSOD on it. I remember cutting all those out and covering my cubicle with them at the time. :lol:

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