Random Bluescreen of Death - visual-studio-code

I don't know if this is allowed here but can someone help me why am I getting this random blue screen? It say's whea uncorrectable error but I don't know which part of my PC is faulty. I noticed the BSOD appears when there is a heavy task like when I am coding in VSCode (running npm install, etc). I will attach here the minidump if someone can read it. If you need more information about my PC, let me know. Please I really need your help. I want to use this PC for programming. Thanks!
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This usually happens due to the high temperature in your pc, driver related issues or corrupted hardware. I recommend you try stopping overclocking for some time (if it is) and check if the problem persists. If not, then I think there could be a problem with your hardware itself. Try replacing the motherboard.

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Visual Studio Code keeps crashing while working

My visual studio code seems fine and all of the sudden boom its crashed. Searched google for the error code No solution found. Any help would be appreciated.
error code = -536870904
Whenever anything stops working for no apparent reason then think:
Did it work before?
No, it is new or it has not worked yet.
Check your download, ensure it is compatible with your operating system and other running programs.
Yes, it used to work, but now it doesn't.
Look at the next step
Did you recently update the program, your operating system or any other programs?
Yes, I updated something.
Try rolling back your updates to see if it works again. New versions of software tend to be more error prone than the older, established versions.
No, I don't think I changed anything.
Either you are unaware of changes made to your system or some subscription has ran out. At this phase, the best option is to use common sense or uninstall and reinstall.
Another issue that you might be having is if you're running too many programs at once and your computer is force closing programs to protect itself. Try monitoring your Task Manager you may see a spike right before the crash. Also, make sure the crash isn't caused because of trying to run code (especially with code that has infinite loops)

Generally what would cause Unity Editor freezes and not responding?

I have encountered a critical issue that Unity Editor freezes. I've spent many hours debugging step by step of my codes but still can't find where the problem is. So I think maybe I should try thinking from another angle, generally speaking what reasons would cause Unity Editor freezes and not responding?
I can't find a general case discussion about this topic.
From my experience, infinite loop is one reason for sure. Deadlock is critical issue, but not sure if it causes Unity Editor freezes. Unity Editor bug that I encountered only makes the whole editor crashes, instead of freezing. Any other experiences are welcomed. Thank you!
In such case, what kind of tools or methods could I use to debug it? Right now since the editor freezes I can't use "print" to find out what happens after it freezes. So I use Visual studio to debug the Editor thread, in this way I can see all the prints that I wrote. It appears the game is still running, only the editor not responding. And I can use VS click "attach to Unity and play" and put some debugging points, then debug step by step.
The first thing that I would check out is for an infinite loop. At the hang/freeze moment, you can attatch the debugger of your choice and pause the execution. In the case that it is an infinite loop that it is executing, at the exec time pause you might find the execution in a forever running while (true) {...}
Other thing that I would check is the plugins in use. Several Unity plugins like Parse, FMOD, UMP (Universal Media Player), ZFBrowser, or Embedded Browser are using native threads. It’s an issue when a plugin ends up attaching a native thread to the runtime, which then does blocking calls to the OS. This means Unity can't interrupt that thread for the debugger (or domain reload) and hang. Source
To check that you can check the active threads in the visual studio command window af the freeze is reproduced:
View->OtherWindows->CommandWindow and type in this command:
Debug.ListCallStack /AllThreads /ShowExternalCode
In the stack you can check if some thread is there with no need, or if its related with the plugins mentioned above.
Also an interesting point is to check in the windows task manager (in the case that you are using windows) if the CPU usage is to 0%. It can lead you to the type of hang that is taking place.
Good luck.
Edit: I forgot to mention, you need to check also the unity logfiles
I notice this all the time, and its super frustrating.
Unfortunately, this could be any number of issues. I notice this issue most often when working in projects that are made for the Universal Windows Platform.
Try using the Task manager to monitor specific processes / threads running.
Some follow up questions:
What platform is your project currently targeting?
What version of Unity are you running? Have you tried other versions?
What are your computers specs? Is the OS up to date? Graphics Drivers?
Does it happen (or happen more often) when an external code editor is open? Perhaps try going to Preferences>External Editor > Regenerate Project files.
Are you using Unity Collab by chance? I've had issues where collab is stuck trying to communicate with Unity Servers / looking for changes. Try logging out of your Unity account through the editor, and log back in.
Have you tried looking for a Unity editor crash dump, or error log files? I think they can be found here C:\Users\username\AppData\LocalLow\Unity by default. Those files may give you more specific data concerning your problem.
Unity's new versions are getting more slower and slower. From my experience 2019 versions are the best and more stable.
I solved my issue. It's fundamentally an infinite loop.
It's not a simple case such as "while(true)". I'll try to explain.
My game was a PvP game, and I'm making a local AI. Usually my design pattern works fine, however I just turned off the simulation of "AI thinking time", and since the AI codes and server codes all run in local mode, the transmitting of data between server and client are replaced by local method call(meaning instantly executed before everything else).
There is a loophole in my server code. I use "Update" and a flag on server to change a specific game state, however in this particular case, it got into an infinite loop because the local method call is executed before the "Update". And because my AI now doesn't need real time to "think", it "acts" and transmits the event data to server right away. And since the transmitting doesn't need time any more, it calls the server method instantly, hence forming the infinite loop.

kernel stuck of reboots when loaded

Long story short, I am tring to run an custom os on REAL hardware. I am using http://www.brokenthorn.com/Resources/OSDevIndex.html this tutorial as guild line(more like copy 99% of there code there). I made it to page 20 there (demo15) and there i got into a problem, its explained there how to read from a flopy, and I have a hard drive in the laptop! so i started working on a ahci and pci driver and it was going pretty well. But then somthing wired happend I discoved that when the kernel size is more than 17kb is doesnt work. I have no idea to why and i have been stuck on it for 5 days now working on it every day. I know its the size that matter and not the code through my experiments with it. But it runs ok in Bochs only not on read hardwear.
Everything works as long as the kernel is less than 17kb and if its not than when its jump to the kernel entry point is stops or start a infinit loop where it restarts itself for some reason. Well wasnt very short story in the end sorry.
Anyway It will be realy helpful if someone has any idea to why its like that or how to fix it.
I know you dont have my laptop so you cant realy test anything but even an idea to why will help my.
my code is on github https://github.com/xXvilckoXx/os, here.
I am working on VS C++ 2010 express.
Sorry for my bad english and thank to everyone who takes his time to try help me or even just reading this post!

Twincat 3: Modbus error 4 "ads mailbox full" turns on immediately in previously working project

I recently had a frustrating problem:
Modbus-connection throws in bError 4 as soon as bExecute is turned on. No variables could be read, and error persisted until reboot.
Previously working project stopped working over the weekend.
I might have fiddled around inside PLC, uninstalling couple libraries mainly, but logically thinking nothing should be wrong and I didnt do much at all. Its still possible I done goofed on friday, and didnt notice until after weekend.
On to the troubleshooting:
Reboot both machines
State machine is fine. Even made stripped-down project with one input and output and previously working minimalist state machine.
Reinstalled Modbus library in PC and PLC
Git revert the code couple weeks to a time when I 100% knew it worked.
PLC can ping PC in 1ms
Had an old project zipped in store, including "original" libraries
Reboot again
I still could wipe out PLC OS and start anew, but lets save that off for now.
"Thats all a mere mortal can do." I thought, and shot off a mail to Beckhoff.
Lets shoot off a mail to Beckhoff support.
Troubleshooting ensues:
Strip down the program even further, so only FB_MBReadInputs stays and bExecute can be flipped on or off manually.
Running only MBReadInputs, only MBWriteCoils, both at the same time
bError 4 problem persists no matter how much is stripped or ran.
Running the same project Locally on PC works just fine. Inputs can be read and output bits can be written.
In the end, flashing new image ended up being the solution.
Still in process of fiddling that out, so the actual problem isnt yet solved.
Update: Stuff works as it should. Some cosmic ray must have hit SD-card just right so during the weekend things got awry and problems surfaced.
Beckhoff image repo in my case: https://download.beckhoff.com/download/software/embPC-Control/CX90xx/CX9020/CE/TC3
Thats it, in the end wiping out SD-card is pretty basic thing to do when facing larger problems, but I just wanted to go through all the troubleshooting steps and end results for anyone struggling with Modbus and Twincat as much as I have.
I just reached out the same problem on CX8180. In my case there was some program uploaded before mine. I've activate my configuration and run PLC - get bError 4. TwinCAT errors code list says that is something with ADS mailbox and too much ADS calls. My program works fine on the same hardware elsewhere. Restart origin and activate configuration doesn't work.
I need to login with CeRHost and make a reboot of PLC. After that move communication works like a charm. The problem was the previous modbus communication.

OS Booting Issue

Because my work will get lighter for the next month or so, I decided to mess around with OS's, just to see how they work. I found this website, and I'm trying to run the code he provided. I am following the instructions exactly (to the best of my ability), but when I go to try booting with QEMU, I get this text:
SeaBios (version-blahblah)
Booting from Hard Disk...
Boot failed: could not read the boot disk.
Booting from Floppy...
And it never actually boots. I am relatively new to Ubuntu, and hoping that somebody would be able to point me towards where I made a mistake. I hope this is enough information to diagnose my error, and thanks in advance!
EDIT: Alright, I tried another tutorial which took me through very similar steps (but with slightly different code), and I still had the same issue. I also booted MikeOS from the floppy image it comes with, and it worked fine.
EDIT 2: Aaaaah! I just realized that when I pressed Ctrl+C, the text that was supposed to appear appeared for just a moment, then went away, along with QEMU. What can I do to make the text appear sooner? I've tried moving the infinite loop to after the display command, but to no avail.
I want to start by saying that I didn't read the entire page you provided (as I don't have enough time). However, the error that you cannot boot from HDD, regardless of the OS, usually (always in my previous experiences) means that either the MBA (Master Boot Record) is messed up/incorrect or you don't have a partition with a boot flag on it.
When I have some time I'll look deeper into that page and see if i can find exactly what the problem could be.
Do you have the bytes 0x55, 0xAA at offset 510 of your MBR?