Purple Screen of Death
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Template:HowTo A purple screen of death (Also known as PSoD, purple screen of doom or purple screen) is the name of a fatal error. It is most known to happen in VMware ESX, although it is also known to happen on Windows Vista and the Nintendo DS.
VMware ESX
Windows Vista
It is possible to get a PSoD on Windows Vista. This can be caused by the WDDM drivers partially crashing and DWM not properly deactivating. It is caused by the video driver failing to render a dialog box after it stops responding in the grayed out tone, and is not a traditional screen of death in that there is no fatal error or need to restart the computer, and it does not take up the entire screen. [1]
Nintendo DS
There is also a PSoD on the Nintendo DS, which can be done by doing as follows:
Step 1: Make sure there is a game card inserted.
Step 2: Turn on the system, and then press the A button on the health and safety screen.
Step 3: Enter Pictochat.
Step 4: Enter any room.
Step 5: Now remove the game card and you should get it (if not you have an older version of DS; the original gives blue screens).
Most Nintendo DS lites and a few pink original DSes display a pink/purple screen, while the older versions either display an orange/yellow screen or a light green screen. In the first release of the DS, the screen simply freezes. The color determines the firmware version of the device. This does not happen on the Nintendo DSi because, unlike the Nintendo DS, game cards can be hot-swapped.