Blue Screen of Death on Windows 7 - Comments Page 2

PS: the latest display driver installed AFTER all important Windows 7 updates (including SP1) and no problems so far

I have this problem when trying to open a file in office 97.
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@ guys with Intel/Nvidia hardware:

Check your computer's temperatures.

My Windows 7 Vista running on Toshiba Satellite laptop -- three times in the last 2 weeks the screen has gone black and the machine is unresponsive. During these events I was (1) nowhere near the computer; (2) running a backup; and (3) watching a YouTube video. Shutting off the computer and restarting it causes it to restart normally; however, it has lost my passwords for Facebook and another website to which I was signed in. I received this computer from my brother in law who said that it has never done this in the time he had it. Any ideas?

EDITOR'S NOTE: Random glitches like that usually point to a failing hardware component. Could be the RAM memory, or power supply. Also possibly an overheating condition. See http://askbobrankin.com/computer_overheating.html

Similar to Kate, running Windows7, I was getting blue screen notification on automatic restarts of my HP laptop's dump. I vacuumed the vents on the bottom and it has been fine for a week.