Many people might already be familiar with the Blue Screen of Death from many of the previous versions of Windows.
Basically when something goes wrong with your computer, your computer will go into this death screen and stop you from any further use until you restart it, in order to protect itself from any damage.
And although the screen does show you an error, they usually do not make any sense, to computer repair people or the users.
Windows 11 is Microsoft’s latest and greatest operating system, but it seems not much has changed. It is still susceptible to a multitude of reasons for which it cam fail, except for the Blue Screen is now black.
If you are having the Black Screen of Death, there could be a few common reasons this might have happened.
Windows Drivers
Windows Drivers are computer software and codes designed to interface between your computers hardware and operating system.
Your computer has a bunch of different hardware components under the hood. The drivers are the brains behind the hardware which drive them to be used by the operating system *Windows 100) and in turn you.
Sometimes they stop working, are made incorrectly or your computer has the wrong drivers which might cause a Black Screen of Death.
Make sure you always down the latest drivers from your computer hardware manufacturers website or the Windows update settings.
Computer Viruses
Computer viruses are just computer program designed with malicious intent to disrupt, manipulate or destroy your computers software, data or hardware.
Over the recent years we are seen the definition alter a bit to include spy on you, steel your data, or to take over your computer to advertise to you.
The most annoying of these viruses is Ransomware. These are programs designed to lock your computer up until you pay the ransom, in which case they never release your data.
A lot of the time these programs infect your operating system and Windows 11 is not immune. When this happens your computer can become inoperable and a lot of the time Windows 11 will fall into the Black Screen of Death to try and minimise damage of bother programs, applications, data and hardware.
Poorly Developed or Incompatible Software
If you upgraded your computer from Windows 8 or 10, you probably had all your software you use already sitting and running on your computer.
One day Microsoft gives you a notification informing you that your computer is eligible for a upgrade to the Windows 11 operating system and you accept.
The upgrade goes well, but after a while you start getting the Black Screen Off Death and you don’t know why.
It could be the programs or applications already on your computer are incompatible or not designed with Windows 11 in mind.
In the defence of the particular software developers, and if you have had their software installed on your computer years before Windows 11 was introduced, they have designed your software before Windows 11 was ever introduced.
What you can do is, look at the programs you use, go to their websites and see if their are any updates to your programs. A lot of the software developers will provide updates when new operating systems are rolled out and if they are a common or widely used application by enough people they will probably have the eligible update already waiting.
Call Townsville Computer Repair Nerds Today
All is not lost. Your computer is very likely salvage and so is your data. If you are having the BSOD Black screen of death or blue screen of death, call Ross at Townsville Nerds today on 0402 807 890 and we will provide you with a 100% free diagnosis and no obligation quote.
