Daedalus 7.1.xx Crashing My HP Pavillion : Blue Screen of Death

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Is anyone having issues installing the current version of Daedalus on their Windows 10 PC. My HP computer began crashing overnight a few weeks ago. I was able to restart it and eventually Daedalus would resynch with the blockchain, but last week, the computer crashed and went to the “Blue Screen of Death” when I attempted to restart. I took it into local repair shop and they got it up and running again [for $150] and I reinstalled the most current (as of 28 Feb 2025) version of Daedalus. The blockchain synch was taking more than 24 hours and got to about 66% and it crashed to the Blue Screen again. The labor is warrantied for 30 days, but the question is: Is the problem in the computer hardware (which the tech said checks out fine) or is there something in the current version of Daedalus that is causing the crash?

Should I just scrap the HP which is running 32GB ram and new 512 GB hard drive and power supply in Dec, 2023, or have the shop repair it again?

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You dont need to run Daedalus mate.

You can simply use a litewallet, where you dont have to sync the whole blockchain.

If you are using a hardware wallet, you even have the same security and even if you dont, i would argue that a litewallet isnt less secure than Daedalus.

You can use your seedphrase (if you arent using a hardware wallet) to restore your keys in a litewallet like Typhon or Eternl. If you do use a hardware wallet, you can simply connect your hardware wallet with the litewallet and export the public keys.

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Thanks for the reply, Zyroxa… I was running Eternl wallet, but preferred the information Daedalus provided in staking and tokens.

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Eternl can be abit overwhelming if you are new. I prefer Typhon because it has a very clean user interface yet you see alot of details.

You can check it out and test it to see if you like it.

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I’ll check out Typhon. Is it just pc or mac version available?

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Of course, this doesn’t answer the question of why the blockchain resynch is killing the computer.

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You can use it as a webapp or a browser extension, which is useable on Chrome, Brave and Edge browser. See here : Typhon Wallet

I assume because the syncing process is resource intensive.

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Using Typhon… how do I set up a second wallet: I have two.

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You just click on the wallet name (i marked it red) and then “add new”.

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Worked! Grazi!

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Did you take a photo of the error code on the Blue screen maybe ?

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So, I bought a refurbished Dell… still took nearly a week to reinstall Daedalus…part of the problem was sluggish bandwidth and blizzard power outage. Now using Lace, as well.

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