Windows 7 BSOD random when playing games

[idagon]

Hi, I keep having random BSOD's , sometimes once a week and other times several a day.

Here is my report from bluescreenview:

050811-23821-01.dmp 5/8/2011 4:56:37 PM 0x00000124 00000000`00000000 fffffa80`0a56a028 00000000`be200000 00000000`0001111a x64 C:\Windows\Minidump\050811-23821-01.dmp 8 15 7601 289,297

 

[yowanvista]

http://www.sevenforums.com/crashes-debugging/96879-blue-screen-death-bsod-posting-instructions.html

 

[idagon]

Window7 X64
Full retail
All system hardware is within a few months old



Power Supply is a Corsair 800 watt
AMD 6970 Graphics card
I7 sandybridge cpu
8 gigs corsair ram running at the spd of ram

 

[yowanvista]

Stop 0x124 - what it means and what to try

This is a hardware error caused by defective components such as CPU, RAM, GPU etc
Are you overclocking?
RAM - Test with Memtest86+
Dumps blame your CPU cache, please test it

   Information

Go to your motherboard's website and check your version of your BIOS. See if there are any problems you are having that are solved by a a later version. I do not often recommend flashing the BIOS because there is a risk involved. If there is problem addressed by a BIOS that applies to your computer, consider flashing your BIOS to the latest version. If you choose to do this, flash you BIOS outside of Windows.

Run Prime 95 again to test your CPU and your ram. Carefully the instructions in this tutorial: CPU - Stress Test with Prime95. Run 3 separate tests, one on each of the settings (Blend, Small FFTs, Large FFTs). Post back with your results.

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Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information.

BugCheck 124, {0, fffffa800a54f028, be200000, 1111a}

Probably caused by : hardware


WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR (124)
A fatal hardware error has occurred. Parameter 1 identifies the type of error
source that reported the error. Parameter 2 holds the address of the
WHEA_ERROR_RECORD structure that describes the error conditon.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000000, Machine Check Exception
Arg2: fffffa800a54f028, Address of the WHEA_ERROR_RECORD structure.
Arg3: 00000000be200000, High order 32-bits of the MCi_STATUS value.
Arg4: 000000000001111a, Low order 32-bits of the MCi_STATUS value.

Debugging Details:
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BUGCHECK_STR:  0x124_GenuineIntel

CUSTOMER_CRASH_COUNT:  1

DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID:  VISTA_DRIVER_FAULT

PROCESS_NAME:  rift.exe

CURRENT_IRQL:  f

STACK_TEXT:  
00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : 0x0


STACK_COMMAND:  kb

FOLLOWUP_NAME:  MachineOwner

MODULE_NAME: hardware

IMAGE_NAME:  hardware

DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP:  0

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x124_GenuineIntel_PROCESSOR_CACHE

BUCKET_ID:  X64_0x124_GenuineIntel_PROCESSOR_CACHE

Followup: MachineOwner
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[idagon]

Thanks for the reply, I have already ran prime 95 (even longer than you recommended) on all tests as my CPU has been overclocked Also have ran memtest.

However I have my Video Card bios changed from a 6950 to a 6970. I went ahead and changed it back to the 6950 specs with just the shaders unlocked. So far it has ran about all day without a hitch. I will keep you posted.

Funny it says CPU cache on the error.

 

[idagon]

all seems well, thanks so much for the help yowanvista!