Windows 8's Blue Screen of Death is different from the previous Windows versions' one:

In order to find out what caused the problem you need to write down or remember the search term it presents you with.
The two search terms I have seen suggested so far are SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION and HAL_INITIALIZATION_FAILED. Both of them are quite generic terms.

While it’s nice not to have to look at a blue screen full of text, the previous BSoD was more informative than the Windows 8 BSoD, since it contained a detailed error code (information for diagnostic purposes that was collected as the operating system performed a bug check), which could get you closer to tracking down the root of the problem.

How can I get more information about the error Windows 8 has encountered, in order to track down the root of the problem?