Windows 7: Locks up with a weird sound

Adabro6 · 01 Jul 2013

Hello

I used to have a problem a few months ago where my computer would lock up whilst playing BF3. I couldn't find the answer so i gave up and stopped playing BF3.
Now i have a new problem.
If im playing a game it will sometimes lock up and give me a weird sound through the speakers.
I recorded it with my phone
[YOUT********.youtube.com/watch?v=d1j-1pjKM1M[/YOUTUBE]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1j-1pjKM1M
It is random.
I can sometimes go 6 hours without it happening, sometimes i can go 3 minutes and it will happen, other times 40 minutes.

It it does crash and give the weird sound, if i reboot it will do it again with 10 minutes, even if its just sitting on desktop.
The only temporary solution I've found is to turn everything off. Unplug the GPU from the PSU and then plug it back it and it won't crash for a week or so.

I updated my GPU drivers but that didnt make any difference.

My temps at full load are
GPU:72c
CPu:61c
HDD:33c

My specs are:
Geforce GTX 460
2 Quad CPU Q9550 @2.83GHZ
Windows 7 64bit
4GB Ram

As it doesn't give me a BSOD i was abit unsure what to post, so i followed Using Driver Verifier to identify issues with Drivers and it gave me a BSOD.
I've attached all the files need i hope.
Although they will contain my old BF3 crash dumps

x BlueRobot · 02 Jul 2013

Welcome to the forums Adabro6,

There's seems to be quite a few Stop 0x124's:

Code:

BugCheck 124, {0, fffffa800491c8f8, 0, 0}

Probably caused by : GenuineIntel

Code:

Usual causes:  Hardware, Incompatibility, May be driver corruption

Code:

1: kd> !errrec fffffa800491c8f8
===============================================================================
Common Platform Error Record @ fffffa800491c8f8
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record Id     : 01ce76aa9cb72fe3
Severity      : Fatal (1)
Length        : 928
Creator       : Microsoft
Notify Type   : Machine Check Exception
Timestamp     : 7/1/2013 22:31:01 (UTC)
Flags         : 0x00000002 PreviousError

===============================================================================
Section 0     : Processor Generic
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor    @ fffffa800491c978
Section       @ fffffa800491ca50
Offset        : 344
Length        : 192
Flags         : 0x00000001 Primary
Severity      : Fatal

Proc. Type    : x86/x64
Instr. Set    : x64
Error Type    : BUS error
Operation     : Generic
Flags         : 0x00
Level         : 0
CPU Version   : 0x000000000001067a
Processor ID  : 0x0000000000000000

===============================================================================
Section 1     : x86/x64 Processor Specific
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor    @ fffffa800491c9c0
Section       @ fffffa800491cb10
Offset        : 536
Length        : 128
Flags         : 0x00000000
Severity      : Fatal

Local APIC Id : 0x0000000000000000
CPU Id        : 7a 06 01 00 00 08 04 00 - fd e3 08 0c ff fb eb bf
                00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
                00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 - 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Proc. Info 0  @ fffffa800491cb10

===============================================================================
Section 2     : x86/x64 MCA
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor    @ fffffa800491ca08
Section       @ fffffa800491cb90
Offset        : 664
Length        : 264
Flags         : 0x00000000
Severity      : Fatal

Error         : BUSL0_SRC_ERR_M_NOTIMEOUT_ERR (Proc 0 Bank 0)
  Status      : 0xf200084000000800

The first parameter or argument has the value of 0x0, which is a Machine Check Exception, which means the CPU has detected a hardware problem and the address points to a processor error because the CPU has found one, so it could be a different form of hardware which is causing the issue.

In such a situation, it is best to use these steps:

Hardware - Stress Test With Prime95

Enable "Round off checking" before the test (see first post below tutorial).

Stop 0x124 - what it means and what to try

All the hardware seeming to be running stable and tests reporting no errors, could mean a bad motherboard.

Remove:

Code:

Start Menu\Programs\AVG

Code:

0: kd> lmvm avgidsfiltera
start             end                 module name
fffff880`06281000 fffff880`0628c000   avgidsfiltera T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: avgidsfiltera.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\avgidsfiltera.sys
    Image name: avgidsfiltera.sys
    Timestamp:        Fri Dec 23 12:05:40 2011 (4EF46E94)
    CheckSum:         0000EE61
    ImageSize:        0000B000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

AVG seems to be a possible cause, and is known to cause BSODs, please remove the program entirely using the AVG Removal Tool, and then installing and running full scans with these free and proven alternatives which work the best with the operating system due to their compatibility and lightweight nature on system resources.

Install and perform full scans with:

Information

Remember to install the free version of Malwarebytes not the free trail; untick the free trial box during installation. MSE is the most lightweight and compatible with the Windows 7 operating system

You can also view this thread for a complete free and lightweight security protection combination:

Good and Free system security combination.

Remove:

Code:

Start Menu\Programs\Driver Genius Professional Edition
Start Menu\Programs\DriverMax

Driver updating programs usually install corrupt or incompatible drivers for the hardware, the best method is to check the motherboard vendor's site or the hardware vendor.