After a recent power spike, a user upgrades their motherboard. However, every time they try to turn their workstation on, it only crashes and performs a core dump. All hard drives and processors are…

The correct answer is D. Stop error. A 'core dump' is the Windows term for a memory dump that occurs during a Stop Error, commonly known as a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). When Windows encounters a critical, unrecoverable error it cannot handle (such as a hardware incompatibility or corrupted driver after a…

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After a recent power spike, a user upgrades their motherboard. However, every time they try to turn their workstation on, it only crashes and performs a core dump. All hard drives and processors are compatible with the new motherboard. Which of the following symptoms has MOST likely occurred?

Options

AFans spin but no power to other devices
BMissing operating system
CSystem only works in Safe Mode
DStop error

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A
9% (3)
B
3% (1)
C
3% (1)
D
84% (27)

Explanation

A 'core dump' is the Windows term for a memory dump that occurs during a Stop Error, commonly known as a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). When Windows encounters a critical, unrecoverable error it cannot handle (such as a hardware incompatibility or corrupted driver after a motherboard swap), it halts execution and writes the contents of RAM to disk for diagnostic purposes. This is definitionally a 'Stop error.' Fans spinning with no power to other devices suggests a POST failure or PSU issue, not a crash with a dump. A missing OS would show a boot error message, not a BSOD. Safe Mode issues imply driver problems but not necessarily a full crash with dump.

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