heavenly_pearl

For the past week or so, I've been getting the dreaded BSOD. At first, I thought it had something to do with the graphics driver since at other times the screen would mess up and the computer would freeze, so I updated that, but that doesn't seem to have worked. In fact, now I'm getting different error messages than the ones I got before. Then today I was going to try a System Restore, only to find out all my restore points were gone except one from yesterday. (They do that on occasion, but gah, worst. possible. time.)

So now I'm not sure what to do. The good thing, I guess, is that at least the computer still works. The errors usually come within a couple of minutes of me waking the computer from sleep mode, and once I reboot, everything's fine. (And it doesn't happen every time; just some of the time.) They're more of an annoyance than anything else. Still, I can't imagine that constantly being rebooted from these errors can be good for the computer... I could take it to the local repair shop, but that would be the second time I had to do so, and if that's the case, I think I would rather get a new one instead than pay to fix another problem. I don't know. I think for right now, I'll just continue using this computer until it gets to the point where I can't use in anymore. (Or the errors drive me crazy. You know, whichever comes first.)

Well, at least I have time to make backups of all my important files this time, which I'm in the middle of doing right now just in case.

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Maybe instead of using sleep mode, either a.) shut it down when you're not using it, or b.) just set it up so that the screen shuts off when it's not in use but it doesn't actually go to sleep. I've never ever ever trusted sleep mode - I've had a lot of problems with computers after they go to sleep being completely wonked out. This might be a strange personal thing, not trusting sleep, but that's always my solution when computers act weird after sleep: don't use it!

Whether this is helpful, I don't know.

(You might also want to check the harddrive for errors and defragment, just in case.)

Yeah, I was thinking about going the "shut down when not in use" route. That seems the easiest solution. Bit of a pain, but if the errors are going to force me to reboot anyway, I might was well do it on my own terms!

(There doesn't seem to be any problems with the hardware as far as I can tell, but I haven't tried defragging. I might give that a try.)

As long as it doesn't take foreeeeever to start up, I think shutting it down is the best solution. You could also just leave it on during the day without sleep (just turn the monitor off) and then shut it down at night if you are going to be back and forth from the computer throughout the day.

Hard drive problems can create weird behaviors from a computer. I once had a hard drive go "poof!" but only after it created massive amounts of weird graphics problems. I thought it was my graphics card, so I replaced it. I thought it was the drivers, so I dumped and replaced them. In the end, the HD had a fatal error - but it didn't manifest that way.

(Which is not to say your HD has a fatal error - my problem was a LOT worse than yours - but just that HDs can do weird things.)

When in doubt, back up ad infinitum. But you know that.

And I agree. Replacing a computer entirely is actually cheaper than repairing one, more often than not.

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