Solved BSOD - primarily when using Lightoom (sometimes just randomly)

[Boozad]

I don't have an internal GPU, but i switched cards - I went from 1gb EVGA card with 192 CUda cores to 2gb ASUS HD850

That part has confused me, you have an HD7850 yes?

 

[odessit40]

Correct. HD7850 is my current card.

essenbe - i have 2 SSD drives - i used one to wipe and build a system a new, and only then cloned it to the other HD. Problem persists. I tried to rebuild my LR catalog today, but I doubt it will change anything.

 

[Boozad]

Remove the GPU and switch to onboard graphics and test.

 

[odessit40]

I do not have an an onboard graphics card - Asus Sabretooth Motherboard doesnt have a GPU output

 

[Boozad]

Mine does, strange. Did you have this trouble while your old GPU was fitted?

 

[odessit40]

sorry, but see the link below:
ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 AM3+ AMD 990FX + SB950 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with UEFI BIOS - Newegg.com

 

[odessit40]

Trouble was the same on the old Board..old and new GPU, then the problem continued with the Sabretooth board, so it's definitely not the GPU card

 

[essenbe]

Odessit, your system specs say an ASUS M5A99X EVO, which I realize has no graphics ports either, but it may help out to know which one you have.

 

[odessit40]

Currently, I am on Asus Sabertoooth 990FX R2.0

 

[essenbe]

OK, fine. Are you convinced that Lightroom is your only problem?

Also, I had the same issue as Boozad. I have a Sabertooth also, but we have Intel Sabertooth's. They have Graphics on chip and ports on the back. I almost wrote the same thing he did. It's hard keeping up with all this hardware and stuff. That's why correct system specs are important to us.

 

[odessit40]

100%

 

[Boozad]

OK, if changing a motherboard and GPU hasn't helped and all stress tests and diagnostic tests have passed and only Lightroom is causing the problem, the next step is contact Adobe support. You need to outline everything you've done in detail (hardware changes, stress tests, diagnostic tests) and see what they have ot say. If nothing else is causing the BSODs then it has to be that. Quite how it's throwing up 0x124 stops I don't know, but if it's the common cause then you need to get in touch with Adobe.

Report back with what they say.

 

[odessit40]

I installed LR on another machine and everything was fine. So I came to the conclusion it had to be the CPU - i swapped the CPU in for a new one last night. So far so good...Lightroom did not crash out on multiple attempts.

Will keep testing and report back.

 

[odessit40]

So far so good. New CPU is stable, no crashes...
I guess Prime95 ran, but did not stress it enough to cause BSOD...

 

[essenbe]

You can't stress it too much as long as the cooling is there. I run Prime95 for 24 hours at times. Prime will only crash your computer if there is something wrong with it. Just keep constant watch on CPU temps. However, that is not really important right now. If you are running stable and everything is good, don't worry about it unless you plan on overclocking it. In that case, you need to run Prime for a long time to make sure it is stable. If it is not stable at stock, don't bother with overclocking it. It will never be stable.

 

[odessit40]

So far so good
Thank you for all your help and patience.
Will report back

 

[essenbe]

You're very welcome. Once you feel your problem is solved, please mark the thread as solved.