BSOD randomly after OCing, error 0x00000124

Hello Plazzed,

* Is your "new" computer under Warranty?

* A stop error of 0x124 is a general hardware error.

A "stop 0x124" is fundamentally different to many other types of bluescreens because it stems from a hardware complaint.

Stop 0x124 minidumps contain very little practical information, and it is therefore necessary to approach the problem as a case of hardware in an unknown state of distress

Some generic advice.

If you are overclocking STOP. return to the default settings at least for now.
If you are running a RAID update its driver.


You can read more on this error and what to try here... Stop 0x124 - what it means and what to try

JMH said:

Hello Plazzed,

* Is your "new" computer under Warranty?

* A stop error of 0x124 is a general hardware error.

A "stop 0x124" is fundamentally different to many other types of bluescreens because it stems from a hardware complaint.

Stop 0x124 minidumps contain very little practical information, and it is therefore necessary to approach the problem as a case of hardware in an unknown state of distress

Some generic advice.

If you are overclocking STOP. return to the default settings at least for now.
If you are running a RAID update its driver.


You can read more on this error and what to try here... Stop 0x124 - what it means and what to try

All of my parts are under warranty (probably not refund, but definitely replace). I have already returned my CPU back to it's stock 3.7GHz (turbo boost was already running fine). I've kept the RAM at XMP profile settings, because I've had it at that before with no errors (and I still haven't had any), so it's almost DEFINITELY related to the CPU overclock.

I was also talking to some people over on Overclockers: The Performance Computing Community for Overclocking Hardware and How to Overclock Information, and they seem to think it's a problem with too little vcore on the CPU when overclocked. That particular thread is here, so you can look over what they said if you're curious. They suggested I turn up the vcore, but knowing not so much about overclocking, I decided against it until I learn more about how to and the drawbacks of manually overclocking.

I'll take a look over that link, too.

As a matter of interest only...
What Anti Virus Program have you currently?
Did any come pre installed with your system? If so how was it uninstalled?

JMH said:

As a matter of interest only...
What Anti Virus Program have you currently?
Did any come pre installed with your system? If so how was it uninstalled?

Microsoft Security Essentials + Malwarebytes Anti-Malware. This wasn't a prebuilt computer, by the way. I ordered the parts from Newegg and constructed them myself.

Good choices too.
From a BSOD perspective MSE is the recommended AV.

JMH said:

Good choices too.
From a BSOD perspective MSE is the recommended AV.

Thanks, I've never heard anything bad about them myself.

As far as the possible factors of the BSOD go, as I said before, people over at Overclockers seem to say it was because I had too little Vcore, which caused instability. Do you agree/disagree with them? Or since 0x124 is a "general hardware error", the provided info from the .dmp file is too vague to pinpoint?

Since we never got any DMP flies from you we are basing our response on the thread title. The only way we can be sure is to look through them ourselves.

Generally speaking, one of the first things you do when trying to diagnose a 124 is to not overclock anything, then see if it crashes

JMH said:

* 0x124 is a "general hardware error"
Did you follow ALL of the instructions in my Post 2?
If you are overclocking STOP. return to the default settings at least for now.


* Suggest you address your overclocking questions to the link below.

Overclocking and Case Mods - Windows 7 Forums

I have already reset the OC on my CPU back to what it was before. My RAM is still at XMP profile, and I personally don't see a reason to lower it, because I know for a fact that it's not part of the problem, as I've had it set to this before with no issues. I'll check over that link, too.

zigzag3143 said:

Since we never got any DMP flies from you we are basing our response on the thread title. The only way we can be sure is to look through them ourselves.

Generally speaking, one of the first things you do when trying to diagnose a 124 is to not overclock anything, then see if it crashes

Oh, I'm sorry. I thought I put .dmp files in my original .zip file in the first post. Forgive me for that blunder.