BSOD randomly - playing games or not - error 0x124

jooliop

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Hi community,
I have been getting BSODs randomly, I built this computer this June, I am not sure when the BSOD started as I was busy with university and initially I thought since its haswell it might take some time for stable drivers, may be that's why I avoided it.
Now I have time to diagnose this problem, the BSODs are random, sometimes playing game (BF3) and sometimes even when on skype. I checked the whocrashed program and it said it is caused by hal.dll (error code : 0x124).
Here's what I've done but to no avail:
- Initially I had TR2 Thermaltake (500W) PSU, then a month ago I changed to Seasonic G-Seires 650W but still suffered from BSOD.
- Prime95 fo 12 hours and no problems, all passed.
- Memtest, I think 12 passes (both modules were in at same time)
- All the drivers updated for both video card and motherboard.
- I am not overclocking anything and in bios performance is set to normal (factory).
- I thought it might be caused by drivers, so I enabled driver verifier and fixed all the drivers causing any BSODs.
- Initially when playing Bf3 my CPU temperature would go high, so I also changed my cooler to NH-U14S.
- Upon researching, I thought memory was under voltage, so in BIOS I enabled XMP for ram and after a day of enabling it, I still received the same BSOD.

My thoughts: I am thinking my motherboard is bad, since it is A series only from ASUS which is base for Z87 models.

My temperatures are good as well:
GPU 63 C (while playing bf3)
CPU as a package is 57 C
HDD 35 C
Motherboard is 33 C.
All my parts are under warranty, the only problem is I am not sure which part is bad so I could RMA it.
My dmp files attached are just of recent because after enabling XMP I cleared the Event log.

Thank you in advance for helping.
 

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Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Motherboard
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Memory
Corsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz)
Graphics Card(s)
2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
Sound Card
Onboard (Realtek High Definition Audio)
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LG Flatron E2040T
Screen Resolution
1600x900
Hard Drives
Western Digital 1 TB
Seagate 500 GB
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Corsair VS550
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Cooler Master K380
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Cooler Master Seidon 120V Plus
Keyboard
Logitech MK260r
Mouse
Logitech MK260r
Internet Speed
PMPL Broadband
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Windows Defender + MBAM
Browser
Firefox
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Dell Studio 15" Laptop
Do the dump files tell you anything ?
I cleaned the pc as well,
What's left is :
Install Fresh Windows
then
remove hardware one by one, I can start with removing video card, if nothing then ram if both are good then its either motherboard or cpu. Do you think SSD could cause it ? (knowing it has new firmware)
 

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The dump file says, stop 0x124 which means it is a hardware related issue. Moreover, the first parameter is 0x0. that means the CPU reported a hardware issue, but the hardware which is failing is unidentified.

Unfortunately the crash dumps in case of stop 0x124 does not provide more information usually.
 

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Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bitIntel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHzCorsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel ...2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Self Assembled
OS
Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Insider Preview 64-bit
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-4130 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. B85M-D3H
Memory
Corsair Vengence 4GB x2 (8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 798MHz)
Graphics Card(s)
2047MB GeForce GTS 450 (ZOTAC International)
Sound Card
Onboard (Realtek High Definition Audio)
Monitor(s) Displays
LG Flatron E2040T
Screen Resolution
1600x900
Hard Drives
Western Digital 1 TB
Seagate 500 GB
PSU
Corsair VS550
Case
Cooler Master K380
Cooling
Cooler Master Seidon 120V Plus
Keyboard
Logitech MK260r
Mouse
Logitech MK260r
Internet Speed
PMPL Broadband
Antivirus
Windows Defender + MBAM
Browser
Firefox
Other Info
Dell Studio 15" Laptop
I will try to remove the video card first and go from there

Edit: First I will use Furmark to stress my video card
 

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Used Furmark and stressed for 20 mins ... all normal
Removed one ram module and will test for few days or hours until next BSOD
 

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