Could the blue screen of death(windows 7) damage the laptop in this situation?

Question

Basically when I went on and click troubleshoot "Display Aero desktop Effects" my laptop displayed the blue screen of death and the laptop turned off itself, so I had to press the power button to turn it on.

I had found out the problem which caused it which was the anti-virus software activating when the troubleshoot was scanning the laptop so I disabled it for a short time and it finally worked when I clicked "Display Aero Desktop Effects",

My question is:Can the blue screen of death damage the laptop such as hardware and software in this situation.

Could pressing the power button on when the laptop has just switched off damage the laptop? (Not sure if this is called a cold-boot or hard boot)

The laptop is fairly new so I'm just worried.

Answer 1

Most blue screens are caused by a OS/Program/Hardware driver or a

Registry/dll entry clash.



Most blue screens are what they call a memory dump.



How it works in simple terms, is the CPU can only carry out one instruction at a time.



Those millions of instructions are held in priority in what they call the IRQ sequence.



When two instructions clash, the CPU freezes because it doesn't know what do next

consequently the computer/laptop freezes or locks up.



That IRQ sequence memory is then dumped [blue screen] usually with a reboot so the

RAM and other memory chips can be cleared so control can be returned to you.



In principle you wont physically damage the computer/laptop unless there is an intermittent

internal hardware fault, which obviously will only get worse till it totally fails.



But as I said earlier most memory dumps are caused by a corrupt driver(s).



The odd one now and again can basically be ignored but if they are frequent to the point of several times a day then the only option is to completely reinstall the OS

Answer 2

Hi There,



Bsod (non official term for the windows blue screen of death) usually means there is a software error. This can be a range of things like a damaged file or an out of date driver. Out of date drivers are the main cause of this problem. The best way to find the latest drivers is to check the manufacturers website. Alternatively there are a massive of range of driver detection scanners available but be careful as some of these charge a premium and some for lack of better word are malicious. As to weather you can damage your laptop from the Bsod this is unlikely and the worst case scenario is that your files become corrupt at which point you may need to restore your computer.



As for powering it up straight after switching it off this wont be a problem however constantly doing this over time may create an undesired effect. Laptops and computers these days are are built with extreme resilience to human operation and power surges etc are usually dealt with when the computer is designed and made.



As for the error coming up on your pc are you running two anti-virus programs? eg security essentials and norton anti-virus? If you are this can cause your laptop to Bsod as it is causing programming conflict.



As the blue screen appears to happen when you click on troubleshoot for display effects it is more than likely that you need to update your display driver if the anti-virus isn't the problem. Do this by entering ''Safe Mode" at start up push F8 on your keyboard and you will get an advanced option for starting windows. Choose Safe Mode with Networking. Once in go to the internet and check the manufacturers website for the latest driver and install.



Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Can the blue screen of death damage the laptop such as hardware....

no (not in and of itself)

....and software

yes (but as others have stated not likely and can be resolved)



Pressing the power button on the laptop immediately after it has turned off is no more likely to cause issues then turning it on an hour after it was turned off. (and what you experienced was a "cold boot")



There is no need to worry about what happened as long as you are running fine today.

Answer 4

In most cases i doesn't spoil any hardware.

The only thing it damages is Microsoft's image.

So keep windows updated, because i have got only 1 blue screen of death on my this 8 month old laptop during firefox uninstall, might be a malware related fault, because after that i ran malware bytes scan which found 6 virus which mcafee couldn't find. Since then no blue screen of death

So run a scan and update your windows

Answer 5

Well. Computer's now days do a very good job at protecting the hard ware/soft ware with the BSoD.



The blue screen should also say what caused the problem. Usually some form of hard ware malfunction, probably the hard drive.



Usually blue screens meant hard ware failures and meant the purchasing of a new piece of equipment, I find that blue screens now are a sign of an imminent failure.

Answer 6

So..

A good registry cleaner I use is CCleaner. It's a reliable tool to get rid of worms, trojams, malwares and viruses that affect your pc performances. Free download here http://bit.ly/UrAq8d

It's a good free solution.

Good Bye

Answer 7

It could corrupt your files.