two possibilities in my opinion:
1. drivers, if the receiver is analogue and your sound adapter has jack-sensing which most do now it may have BSODed when trying to sense the change
OR
if the receiver is digital could be related to drivers for digital sound
2. bad electrical ground and the blue screen of death was almost death for your pc because something BAD happened when you plugged in the receiver
could just be coincidence though my friend used to have his pc restart whenever he plugged in speakers or a microphone, no BSOD though