Diagnostic Guides

Longer walkthroughs: reading dump files, capturing Event Viewer evidence, and separating software faults from hardware failure.

• GuideFinding Your Crash History in WindowsBuild a timeline of every crash the machine recorded. The pattern beats any single dump.
• GuideHow to Read a Windows Crash Dump FileInstall WinDbg, open the dump, run one command. Fifteen minutes, and it usually names the driver.
• GuideHow to Test Your RAM ProperlyTwo different questions: is a module defective, or are your settings unstable? Different tools.
• GuideLiveKernelEvent: Hardware Errors Without a Blue ScreenReliability Monitor's 'Hardware error' entries. No crash, real dump file, poorly documented codes.
• GuideUsing Driver Verifier SafelyThe tool that names a bad driver. Plus the boot-fail flag that makes it safe to use.