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General => The Workshop => Topic started by: Shintaro on March 21, 2024, 09:51:06 AM

Title: Windows crash files
Post by: Shintaro on March 21, 2024, 09:51:06 AM
Hi,

I was wondering if anyone knew any general "Rules of thumb" / heuristics when looking at a crash file that would indicate it was a hardware problem.

Periodically, over the years I have been looking at those files, but could only really make a "best guess".

Is a full crash dump file required to form the conclusion that the crash is due to hardware?

Cheers.
Title: Re: Windows crash files
Post by: Vortex on March 22, 2024, 05:16:21 AM
Here are some articles :

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-open-and-analyze-dump-error-files-windows-10 (https://www.windowscentral.com/how-open-and-analyze-dump-error-files-windows-10)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/crash-dump-files (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/crash-dump-files)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/performance/read-small-memory-dump-file (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/performance/read-small-memory-dump-file)
Title: Re: Windows crash files
Post by: greenozon on March 22, 2024, 07:37:11 AM
This guy knows everything about crash dumps
he published lots of good materials

https://leanpub.com/u/DmitryVostokov (https://leanpub.com/u/DmitryVostokov)
Title: Re: Windows crash files
Post by: Shintaro on March 25, 2024, 11:32:45 AM
Quote from: Vortex on March 22, 2024, 05:16:21 AMHere are some articles :

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-open-and-analyze-dump-error-files-windows-10 (https://www.windowscentral.com/how-open-and-analyze-dump-error-files-windows-10)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/crash-dump-files (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/drivers/debugger/crash-dump-files)

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/performance/read-small-memory-dump-file (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-client/performance/read-small-memory-dump-file)

Thanks for that.
It is finding hardware faults in the bug check files that is the most difficult thing.