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Definition - What does Blue Screen of Death (BSoD) mean? Blue screen of death (BSoD) is a Microsoft Windows operating system error screen that is displayed to indicate system conflicts and the potential for a crash. This term gets its name because these critical messages were displayed on a blue screen. BSoD errors relate to system hardware, temperature, timing, resources, corrupt registries or viruses.
1 Most Blue Screens of Death are hardware or driver related so updated drivers could fix the cause of the STOP error. 2  Check the System and Application logs in Event Viewer (7/Vista | XP) for errors or warnings that might provide more clues on the cause of the BSOD. 3  Return hardware settings to default in Device Manager. If a test fails, replace the memory or replace the hard drive as soon as possible. 2  Test your system memory. 3  Test your hard disk drive. 4  Update your BIOS. 5  In some situations, and outdated BIOS could cause a Blue Screen of Death due to certain incompatibilities. 6  Start your PC with essential hardware only.