Blue screen of semi-death

[Bsrz]

Very strange I was just playing bf4 - been playing for around 5 hours tonight and suddenly my screen goes blue the pc shuts down to "protect my pc because of a fatal error" then reboots - everything seems fine as far as I can tell - there is no smoke coming from the pc so that's good. any ideas why this might have happened / any programs that can check all areas of my pc for errors?

 

[keynes]

If it is a one off I wouldn't worry. If it happens again try to record the error code.

 

[vanthus]

Have a look in event viewer,it may give a clue to the problem,It's normal to have a lot of warnings & errors so best look at the event viewer immediately after the problem occurs,then check if anything is logged for that particular time.
Go to control panel(All control panel items)/performance information and tools/click advanced tools on the left hand side/view performance details in event log.
this will take you to diagnostics-performance & boot /shut down events,It may or may not give a clue to the problem,but worth a try.
If nothing obvious showing there,at the top of the tree on the left hand side,click on custom views/administrative events.
You might get more information that points to something by selecting details/Friendly & XML view,in the event viewer.you could also try selecting "event log online"at the bottom of the page.

 

[ubuysa]

You might also want to check that all vents are clear, all fans are running etc. It may have been an over-temp shutdown?

 

[Bsrz]

ok thanks guys