{"id":4097,"date":"2025-02-07T21:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T21:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.auslogics.com\/en\/articles\/?p=4097"},"modified":"2025-10-15T17:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T17:48:25","slug":"causes-of-bsod-on-windows-10-8-8-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.auslogics.com\/en\/articles\/causes-of-bsod-on-windows-10-8-8-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Stop Codes: How to Check and Fix the Causes of BSODs?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This guide walks you through the various stop codes, what they mean, and their causes.<\/p>\n

You have probably heard recent news stories about the thousands of Windows PCs booting up with a blue screen of death <\/a>, disrupting the operation of supermarkets, banks, airlines, and many other businesses worldwide. Even though it wasn’t Microsoft’s fault, it shows how problematic BSODs can be.<\/p>\n

Data loss, system instability, and serious work disruption are some of the issues that can result from BSODs. Fortunately, BSOD errors usually come with a W indows stop co de, which can help you identify the problem and resolve it before it gets worse.<\/p>\n

I’ll walk you through everything important you need to know about stop codes and how to use them to resolve various BSODs issues.<\/p>\n

Let’s begin.<\/p>\n

What Is a Windows Blue Screen of Death?<\/h2>\n

\nBSODs (blue screen of death), or STOP codes, alert users about critical system failures that force Windows to crash. They appear on blue backgrounds (hence the name) and typically do not linger for long before the system restarts.
\nEvery Windows blue screen may look similar, but each error displays a message with the name of the affected file and a code (called a bug check value) to explain the cause of the problem. The operating system saves a dump (.dmp) file with more details about the crash on your system before rebooting.
\nEarlier BSOD errors threw a lot of vague information and code at users, which left most of us even more confused. But since Windows 8, Microsoft has scaled back the texts and tried to make the screen less scary and more helpful.
\nStop code interfaces now contain QR codes, stop code descriptions that you can look up on Microsoft’s website, and sad smiley faces.<\/p>\n

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The code usually starts with “0x” followed by eight characters, like “0xc000021a.” Sometimes, these codes may come in a shorter way by removing the zeros, so “0xc000021a” becomes “0x21a.”
\nRegardless of how the code appears, each Windows stop code has its own special meaning and points to a specific problem with your computer.<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n

What Causes the Blue Screen of Death?<\/b><\/h2>\n

\nI mentioned that Windows saves a dump file before rebooting. Reading and interpreting these .dmp files can help explain the causes of the BSOD error. Going through the Windows Event Viewer is another way to find the specific cause of the problem.<\/p>\n

Still, the following underlying issues should come to mind whenever Windows displays a blue screen:\n<\/p>\n