Blue screen

[ManyTracks]

First time this has happened to me in years.

1.
Latest version of Reaper. W7/64

2.
Working on a project, selecting "save project as" and typing in a name and hitting ENTER.

3.
Blue screen and machine reboot.

4.
I launch Reaper again. It says there's a problem and offers "lose" or "wait". I do nothing and after a while the project loads (previous version - data before the BSOD was lost of course).



This is a project that was totally trouble free and that I have been working oon intensely before updating to the latest Reaper.

Any ideas?

[Philbo King]

1 - Load a different project. If it loads, your project file is corrupted.
2 - If the project doesn't load, one or more drivers or hardware issues are crashing Windows.
Start by blowing the dust out of the PC and it's power supply & try again. If you use an air compressor, make sure you don't over-spin the cooling fans; you'll ruin the bearings.

If that doesn't help, start disabling drivers one at a time for your PC hardware, rebooting and trying again after each one is disabled. Use common sense, do not remove keyboard, mouse and basic video card drivers....

[solger]

You might find some info about what caused the crash in the Windows Event Viewer: https://www.reviversoft.com/blog/201...-of-your-bsod/

In general, it's also a good strategy to disable the 'Automatically restart' option in the Startup and Recovery settings in the Windows Control Panel. So the next time you get a BSOD, you can see what BSOD error code is shown and use this to narrow down possible problem sources: https://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-7/b...-in-windows-7/


Do you already have Auto Backup set up in Reaper?: http://reaperblog.net/2013/07/reaper...-backup-setup/