Windows crash files

[Shintaro]

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.

[Vortex]

Here are some articles :

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/troubleshoot/windows-client/performance/read-small-memory-dump-file

[greenozon]

This guy knows everything about crash dumps
he published lots of good materials

https://leanpub.com/u/DmitryVostokov

[Shintaro]

Here are some articles :

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/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.