Oh boy, the joys of computer equipment past it's use-by date and the resulting "
Blue Screen of Death",
nvlddmkm.sys error - or to address the issue fully; "
STOP: 0x00000116 (0x8941C008, 0x8FA1A9A0, 0x00000000, 0x000000002)" and "
nvlddmkm.sys - Address 8FA1A9Ao base at 8FA0E000, DateStamp 4a9cdd24". Normally the cause is a bad driver, either corrupt during install or as the result of something else (usually installing other 'graphics' based applications - video games, video editors and so on).
It can also be cause by faulty hardware, as I recently found when dusting down the innards of the Xa2528 this error belongs to. Turns out the CPU/GPU heat-sink unit covering both chips is held in place by two types of connections; one a set of receiving nuts embedded into the motherboard, the other a similar set of nuts soldered to plates on the outward facing surface of said-same board. I've no idea why it wouldn't occur to the designers of the laptop, Fujitsu-Siemens in this instance, that doing that was possibly the worst way to secure a component that is under a constant and tremendous amount of tension, as CPU heat-sinks are - the joint is only ever as secure as the strength of the solder holding the mounting nut, and these modern 'lead-less' solders have a tendency to become relatively brittle over time causing connections to break.
The result? An improperly cooled CPU or GPU resulting in overheating or various other sundry problems that may, or may not, manifest as the "Blue Screen of Death" (note: say that the voice over guy for a really bad 60's "tales from the edge of the Universe" show). */me goes looking to buy a new computer *sigh*.
Blue screen of Death on a Fujitsu Xa2528. Need a new PC
