BSOD: STOP: 0x00000124

Those temps are very high.

From Post#5

Don't go over 72°C, this is the Intel recommended max CPU core temp.
Intel® Core™ i7-920 Processor

Your CPU will throttle down before it reaches 72°C core temp.

Check if your CPU cooler is loose.
If it is, tighten it up, you will likely have to remove it.
If/when you do, clean the CPU and cooler contact surface with alcohol and a clean dry lint free cloth or coffee filters work well.
Get some good thermal paste, Arctic Silver 5 is highly recommended, if you haven't done this before try to get some help, this needs to be done correctly or the results could be worse.
It needs to be a very thin layer.

Thermal paste application instructions.
Artic Silver Instructions
Best Thermal Paste Application Methods



You can run the HDD diagnostic from a CD or USB memory stick, boot your computer from the CD/USB device.
Data Lifeguard Diagnostic for DOS (CD)

See if this helps

essenbe, good link, thanks.


Darksider94, let us know the HDD test results.

You should remove the CPU cooler, clean the old thermal paste, apply new thermal paste, re-install the CPU cooler.

Then, Run RealTemp check idle temps first, if they are in the upper 20's°C to mid 30's°C, then run Prime95 to see where the high temp levels off at, don't let it go over 72°C.
It should run Prime95 in the low to mid 60's°C at the most.

Let us know if you have any questions.

If you downloaded the ISO file, you can use an iso burning software like imgburn, or just click on the ISO and Windows disk image burner will open, just click burn. If you downloaded the .ZIP file, right click on it and select extract, in the extracted file you will see the ISO. Follow the same procedure. Put the disk in and restart the computer, at the Dell logo screen push the 1 time boot options key (usually F12 for Dell), use the up down key and select your Cd/DVD drive and press enter. It should boot from the CD. You have to burn the ISO to the CD to make it bootable, you can't copy it. I hope this helps.

Nero should have worked as long as it burned it to the cd.

If the CD is not working you can run the HDD test from the OS with the Windows version.