Re: So for a while now...
BSOD's on the other hand, are a frequent occurence
I don't think I've only ever seen a BSOD when there's not a hardware fault. The last time it was a faulty RAM module, and the BSOD message was diagnostic enough to be able to google it and then pop in a memtest86 boot CD to diagnose it properly.
Maybe back in the mists of pre-history I might have seen one or two on a 386 running Win3.1, due to dodgy drivers or IRQ conflicts.