System and method for self-diagnosing system crashes

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, comprising:

• performing ordinary error checking until a system crash of a particular type occurs;
• and
• after the system crash, power on self tests, and initiation of booting to an operating system, executing instructions and automatically performing enhanced error checking, the enhanced error checking performed depending on the particular type of system crash and operating to assist in locating instructions or software components that caused the system crash, and wherein the enhanced error checking comprises checking resource-related operations including allocating and freeing memory.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, comprising:

• performing ordinary error checking until a system crash of a particular type occurs;
• and
• after the system crash, power on self tests, and initiation of booting to an operating system, executing instructions and automatically performing enhanced error checking, the enhanced error checking performed depending on the particular type of system crash and operating to assist in locating instructions or software components that caused the system crash, wherein the enhanced error checking comprises checking resource-related operations, and wherein the resource-related operations are performed by drivers that execute in kernel mode.

A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions, comprising:

• performing ordinary error checking until a system crash of a particular type occurs;
• and
• after the system crash, power on self tests, and initiation of booting to an operating system, executing instructions and automatically performing enhanced error checking, the enhanced error checking performed depending on the particular type of system crash and operating to assist in locating instructions or software components that caused the system crash, wherein the enhanced error checking comprises checking resource-related operations including allocating and freeing page table entries.