Blue Screens of Death Explained

Fewer things are more aggravating when using your PC than the dreaded Blue Screen of Death! In this episode, we explain the causes of some common BSoD error codes, and what you can do to make them go away.

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Intro Theme: Showdown by F.O.O.L from Monstercat - Best of 2016

[egg]

Errors are red
My screen is blue
I think I just deleted
System 32

[livingjoke]

0:12 Bro, dont prank me like dat! I was about to have a heart attack

[jogumemajoli]

:)
Your pc walked away from a solution it could handle and doesnt need to restart.

[TheRealHedgehogSonic]

I cannot tell you how helpful this was. It's been 6 months, and I'm STILL recovering from BSOD PTSD.

[Ardeact]

I would be spooked if Windows decided to change the :( to a :)

[NghtHwkk]

Everybody gangsta until the computer speaks enchantment table.

[Domzyses]

Came here after the Crowdstrike incident

[danultimax]

0:07 imagine watching this video in fullscreen on your pc

[northernskies]

I'm so traumatized by the BSOD that I had a heart attack at the beginning of the video.

[yyunneee]

0:11 jokes on you, im on my phone while swiping through the comment section

[michaelshields]

The most frustrating bluescreen I've had was caused by putting my ram in the wrong slot and every time I got a different error code that seemed to point me towards a driver error even though it was a brand new build.

[crispy]

am i the only one who thinks the frowny face just adds to the fear of a blue screen?

[Galomortalbr]

linux users: what is a bluescreen?
windows: well it i.. bluescreen

[ek]

I love the way linus speaks like a robot when explaining errors

[noobiii]

can we just respect the fact that linus listed almost every single error code in a monotone voice

[crazybrickstudios]

“This probably my means you have an issue with your memory”

Oh yeah? What do you know about me?


Wait what were we talking about?

[JustAKrb]

:(

Your PC ran into a problem that it couldn’t handle, and it needs to restart. We’re just
collecting some error info, and then we’ll do it for you.



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[skydeit]

2:50 My i5-5200U after playing games together

[dylanhinkel]

my old laptop usually skipped the bluescreen and got straight to the point (shutting down)

[Chrishum]

LinusTechTips: You’re weak.

TechQuickie: I’m you.