Random idle BSOD 0x124 @ ntoskrnl.exe. ~Once / day

[CmdrCool]

Random idle BSOD 0x124 @ ntoskrnl.exe. Multiple times / day

The dreaded 124 error again... Crashing in either the NTOSKrnl.exe or Hal.exe

Completely new system with the following hardware:
Motherboard: Asrock B75 Pro-M
CPU: Intel i5 3570K
Mem: Kingston ValueRAM 1x 4GB 1333MHz
Disk: Samsung 120GB 840 SSD
GPU: Internal Intel HD Graphics 4000
OS: Windows 7 x64

The BSOD occurs roughly once a day. Even when the computer is idle overnight.
EDIT: Recently it started occuring more frequently

What I already tried:
- Complete Windows 7 x64 Reïnstall. (Secure SSD wipe from bootable USB)
- Replace memory completely with different brand / type
- Downclocking memory to 1066MHz
- Place memory in all 4 slots
- Running Memtest many hours
- Update Motherboard BIOS
- Install latest drivers for all devices
- Disconnecting USB devices (printer(s), etc)
- Overvolting the CPU (either 50 or 100mV)
- Disabling USB 3.0 ports completely in the BIOS

Hopefully something can be found in the added BSOD info attached to this topic. So far I recorded 2 BSODs over the last 3 days.
EDIT: Many more BSOD crash reports have been added in a lower post

 

[CmdrCool]

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[CmdrCool]

Today the errors started appearing in rapid succession (around7 times). Added new zip file with more info

 

[CmdrCool]

Anyone? Seems like they cannot help me at the store, as it is not obviously broken :/

 

[CmdrCool]

I cant believe my problem is so much worse than all the other posts here that nobody is replying!

 

[CmdrCool]

Just exhausted my last 2 options I could think of:

- Overvolting the CPU (VCORE) by +50mv from the BIOS
- Disabling USB 3.0 ports all together in the BIOS

 

[CmdrCool]

Anyone?

 

[CmdrCool]

Anyone?

 

[x BlueRobot]

[COLOR=Red]BugCheck 124[/COLOR], {[COLOR=Blue]0[/COLOR], [COLOR=SeaGreen]fffffa8005000028[/COLOR], be200000, 2110a}

Probably caused by : GenuineIntel

3: kd> [COLOR=SeaGreen]!errrec fffffa8005000028[/COLOR]
===============================================================================
Common Platform Error Record @ fffffa8005000028
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Record Id     : 01ce7bb91ff98703
Severity      : Fatal (1)
Length        : 928
Creator       : Microsoft
Notify Type   : Machine Check Exception
Timestamp     : 7/8/2013 8:59:18 (UTC)
Flags         : 0x00000000

===============================================================================
Section 0     : Processor Generic
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor    @ fffffa80050000a8
Section       @ fffffa8005000180
Offset        : 344
Length        : 192
Flags         : 0x00000001 Primary
Severity      : Fatal

Proc. Type    : x86/x64
Instr. Set    : x64
Error Type    : Cache error
Operation     : Generic
Flags         : 0x00
Level         : 2
CPU Version   : 0x00000000000306a9
Processor ID  : 0x0000000000000006

===============================================================================
Section 1     : x86/x64 Processor Specific
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor    @ fffffa80050000f0
Section       @ fffffa8005000240
Offset        : 536
Length        : 128
Flags         : 0x00000000
Severity      : Fatal

Local APIC Id : 0x0000000000000006
CPU Id        : a9 06 03 00 00 08 10 06 - bf e3 9a 7f 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  @ fffffa8005000240

===============================================================================
Section 2     : x86/x64 MCA
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Descriptor    @ fffffa8005000138
Section       @ fffffa80050002c0
Offset        : 664
Length        : 264
Flags         : 0x00000000
Severity      : Fatal

Error         : [COLOR=Red]GCACHEL2_ERR_ERR (Proc 3 Bank 7)[/COLOR]
  Status      : 0xbe2000000002110a
  Address     : 0x000000001ad5c100
  Misc.       : 0x000000388801c086

Please reset the BIOS settings back to their default values - How To Clear CMOS (Reset BIOS)

• http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/100352-hardware-stress-test-prime95.html

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

• 
  http://www.sevenforums.com/crash-lockup-debug-how/35349-stop-0x124-what-means-what-try.html

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

 

[CmdrCool]

Thank you for your reply.

Are you sure that all the hardware is running stable? From the report you posted I read this:

Error : GCACHEL2_ERR_ERR (Proc 3 Bank 7)

Could that not mean that the CPU is bad? Considering the L2 cache has invalid values with specific bank numbers?

I already tried resetting the BIOS (both with jumper as 'soft reset' factory defaults from the menu. BSODs keep happening.

Also, I have run both Memtest and Prime95 stresstests before as indicated by the link you posted. These show no abnormalities. This is in line with the fact that the BSODs are not seemingly linked to system usage / stress but also happen randomly.

 

[x BlueRobot]

There's a possibility that your CPU is bad, I would recommend running the Prime95 test again as confirmation, firstly run the Small FFT's and then the Blend and Large FFT's.

 

[CmdrCool]

Just started running the FFT test again hoping that some errors will show up.

Here is a screenshot attached of the current window. Does anything seem odd to you?

 

[CmdrCool]

There's a possibility that your CPU is bad, I would recommend running the Prime95 test again as confirmation, firstly run the Small FFT's and then the Blend and Large FFT's.

Finished all 3 tests for 2 hours. No errors found! Now what?

 

[x BlueRobot]

Okay, do you have the latest chipset driver?

• http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/105647-ram-test-memtest86.html

Run Memtest86+ for least 9-10 passes, and preferably overnight as it can take a while to fully complete.

Test each RAM stick individually, if an error is found then move the same RAM stick into the next DIMM slot and test again, if errors are found for the same RAM stick in every available slot then you have a faulty RAM module. On the other hand, if no errors are found in the next slot or the other slots for the same RAM module, then you have a faulty DIMM slot.

Test each RAM stick and every motherboard DIMM slot available.

test|Slot1|Slot2
RAM1| Error | Error
RAM2|Good|Good

It is a RAM, a bad RAM.

But if you have got a result like that:

test|Slot1|Slot2
RAM1| Error |Good
RAM2| Error |Good

It is a motherboard issue. The particular slot is bad.

 

[CmdrCool]

Think I have the latest driver. Could you point me towards the one I need? Intel i5 3570k on Asrock B75 Pro3-M

As you can read in my first post I have already tested and REPLACED the RAM altogether, as well as used the different slots on the motherboard

 

[x BlueRobot]

Scan for any potential updates - Intel® Driver Update Utility

2: kd>[COLOR=SeaGreen] lmvm intelppm[/COLOR]
start             end                 module name
fffff880`049d8000 fffff880`049ee000   intelppm T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: intelppm.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\intelppm.sys
    Image name: intelppm.sys
    Timestamp:        [COLOR=Red]Tue Jul 14 00:19:25 2009[/COLOR] (4A5BC0FD)
    CheckSum:         0000F4EC
    ImageSize:        00016000
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4

Please also post your hardware temperatures when idle and under load:

• HWMonitor CPUID - System & hardware benchmark, monitoring, reporting

 

[CmdrCool]

The driver scan utility from Intel is terrible. It sees all devices as 'unknown' except for the GPU which I already have the latest drivers for.

Temperatures are idle around 35-40 and under load 60-65 according to OCCCT. As you can see in the screenshot I posted a couple posts above, 'Realtemps' listed these as high as 80-85 during a Prime95 run. They shoot almost immediately 70-80 and stay level around 80-85. Never higher.

Since the blue screens either appear in rapid succession (4x per hour) or over night when the PC is idle I think we can rule out temperature as a cause. Especially since 2 hour Prime95 runs show nothing

 

[CmdrCool]

Just installed these drivers:
https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=20775

Even though they list version as 9.4.0.1017 the setup installed 9.3.0.1027 (maybe older hardware?). Lets see if this helps, although I used to to have this driver installed before I re-installed Windows 7.

 

[x BlueRobot]

Okay good, let's hope it provides some more stability with your system

 

[Faladu]

I have heard bad things about Kingston Value RAM, so it's a suspect.

Did you Memtest+ for several runs, would take several hours.

Random errors is usually RAM. It is Random Access Memory after all.

I just worked backwards on the thread, so you replaced all the RAM with what?

Digging further on something else as well, was going to say the Northbridge is the high speed side of the chipset (deals with the video card and RAM directly) and if it's ON the CPU (as most are on newer CPUs) .... yeah another suspect, so I too am hopeful a chipset driver COULD fix it.

Extra RAM lying around is always a good thing.