Blue Screen

[Night]

Hello. So ive been having some blue screen issues. I just finished disasembling my computer because im moving tomorrow... I figured id take the motherboard out and have a look.

Theres a scratch right from on of the rear standoffs across to the edge. This is just below the IO. What do you guys think? Is this whats behind my bluescreens?

[Lays]

It could be... But when it comes to bluescreens, there's a zillion things it could be.

 

Try getting one of those crash-dump log files or a picture of the blue screen so we can make a more informed decision on what could be the problem.

[Dayone]

If this happens again, makes sure to follow this:

 

On the BSOD you'll see something along the lines of 0x0000008E. There'll be a few, and the one you want is the one on the line above the others. Write this down (only the last few letter/numbers matter) and check it against these this full list of stop errors. Then go from there. 

 

Also windows 7 tends to give a little box when you reboot your PC that also gives you the stop error, although not always for whatever reason. 

[Night]

It would say "reason:blue screen."

When I rebuild im going to use my other motherboard and see if there is a difference.