What does BSOD 0xF002 (SAVER_BLANKSCREEN) mean?

 
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SAVER_UNSPECIFIED SAVER_INPUT

SAVER_BLANKSCREEN

SAVER blank-screen bucket for SAVER_BLANKSCREEN

SAVER_BLANKSCREEN is bug check code 0x0000F002.

This SAVER value suggests that the observed failure involved a blank or non-rendering shell/display surface. It should be diagnosed through graphics, shell, session, and app-model state rather than treated as a classic display-driver stop code.

How to read it in a dump

  • Treat the value as an internal Windows diagnostic bucket, not as a classic blue-screen stop code with public parameters.
  • the process name, module list, event-log record, and WER bucket are more important than the symbolic name alone.
  • if a dump exists, check whether it is a live dump, app-model dump, or kernel bug check triggered for diagnostic capture.

What to check

  • Preserve the dump and WER report before repeatedly rebooting or clearing logs.
  • Correlate the bucket with shell, app model, graphics, input, resource, or service-host events.
  • Use the code as a routing clue; root cause still depends on the stack and provider-specific telemetry.

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