The bug check error also indicates that a critical process has stopped working. As a result, your Windows keeps restarting from the BSOD with the bug check error. To fix this error, you will need to identify the problematic driver on your PC or even a problematic hardware component causing this error. If you are receiving this error while playing a specific game, such as MW2 or VALORANT, you should also consider reinstalling its anti-cheat software, which can fix this error. Before you move on to the methods, it is important to keep in mind that every bug check error is different, so you should follow all the methods to fix your bug check error.
1. Remove overclocking from the GPU, CPU, and RAM.
If you have overclocked your GPU, CPU, or even RAM, the first thing you should do is reset the overclock settings to default, as incorrect overclock settings can cause your components to overheat. This can result in various BSOD errors and also cause the “The computer has rebooted from a bug check” message. Hence, try removing the overclock settings. Below, we have listed the steps for resetting the GPU overclock settings: If you overclocked your RAM from BIOS, simply navigate to the BIOS settings and disable the XMP feature. The same applies to CPU overclocking; access the BIOS settings and reset the CPU overclocking to default.
2. Run the Driver Verifier.
In most cases, ‘The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck’ occurs when there is a problem with one of the system drivers. To identify the problematic driver, we use Driver Verifier, a troubleshooting utility that checks drivers installed on your Windows operating system. Once you run this utility, your drivers will be tested after the restart. If Driver Verifier detects any violations, it will display the BSOD error with the name of the causing driver. To do so, follow these steps.
3. Use DDU to reinstall the GPU driver.
Before we proceed to analyze a dump file, which may become a lengthy process for you, it is recommended to first reinstall the graphics driver, as this error typically occurs when there is a problem with the graphics driver. To uninstall the graphics driver, we recommend using DDU instead of uninstalling the driver from the Device Manager. DDU, or Display Driver Uninstaller, is an application that allows users to remove drivers completely from the system, along with registry files. To do so, follow these steps:
4. Analyze a minidump file.
A minidump file contains important data about system crashes. When a BSOD error occurs or the system crashes, the minidump file automatically generates on a system drive. By default, a minidump file generates automatically; you don’t need to tell Windows to generate it. However, if your Windows is not configured to generate a minidump file, you can follow the steps provided. Otherwise, proceed to read or analyze the minidump file.
5.1 Read a Minidump File
Now, your next step is to read a minidump file. For that, you will have to download a software development tool, which is a package of debugging tools that you can use to read a minidump file. To do so, follow these steps: Your computer can also crash due to a corrupted driver. To confirm this, search the Image Name, as shown in the screenshot above, on Google to determine to which device it belongs. If it belongs to a network driver or any device driver connected to the computer, reinstalling it will fix the BSOD and bug check error. However, if it belongs to the game’s anti-cheat system, reinstalling it will also fix your error.
5.2 Reinstall the corrupted driver.
6. Run the System File Checker.
This error can also occur due to corrupted system files since some BSOD errors can be caused by them. Hence, we will try running the System File Checker (SFC) command, which will verify the corrupted files and restore them from the cache folder located at %WinDir%\System32\dllcache. To run the SFC command, follow these instructions:
7. Reinstall the game’s anti-cheat system.
If you are encountering this error in a specific game such as MW2 or VALORANT, you should try reinstalling the game’s anti-cheat program. You might wonder why you should reinstall the anti-cheat program. Most anti-cheat systems run with a kernel driver to prevent cheaters from taking unfair advantage. Hence, it is possible that the anti-cheat driver is causing BSOD issues, which is why you keep getting this bug check error whenever you play that specific game. To prevent this, try reinstalling the anti-cheat system.
8. Use a System Restore utility.
If you have created a restore point in the past, then this can be very helpful for you in fixing this error. If you do not know about a restore point, it is a troubleshooting utility that allows users to restore a previous state, or you could say the previous version of Windows when everything was working properly. Since it requires a restore point, you might not have that if you learned about the System Restore utility in this article. In this case, you can reset your Windows, which essentially will uninstall all the drivers, including the corrupted ones. We recommend that you first check the restore point, even if you have not created it, because Windows redistributables, driver installations, and even optimization applications often create a restore point. If something bad happens, the user can restore to the previous version. To use a system restore utility, follow these steps:
