Frequent BSOD while playing video games

[aeon7]

Hi I have just recently built a gaming computer and I am having frequent 0x124 BSODs while playing games such as Bioshock Infinite, Far Cry 3 Blood Dragon, Assassin's Creed Revelations, and Neverwinter.

My Computer hardware is as follows:
Intel i5-3570k 3.4ghz ivy bridge - with a cooler master 120mm hsf.
16GB 1600mhz Corsair vengeance CL 9 Ram
1tb Hard Drive, Seagate 7200 rpm
Sapphire HD Radeon 7970 ghz edition 3gb 384-bit GDDR5
CORSAIR HX Series HX850 850W modular power supply
ASRock Z77 Extreme4 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 mother board
Windows 7 home premium 64-bit

Here are some of the logs that came from the 0x124 BSODs:
- System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}

EventID 41

Version 2

Level 1

Task 63

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x8000000000000002

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2013-06-20T20:02:40.953616600Z

EventRecordID 13298

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 4
[ ThreadID] 8

Channel System

Computer Russ-PC

- Security

[ UserID] S-1-5-18


- EventData

BugcheckCode 292
BugcheckParameter1 0x0
BugcheckParameter2 0xfffffa8010138028
BugcheckParameter3 0xbe200000
BugcheckParameter4 0x2110a
SleepInProgress false
PowerButtonTimestamp 0

Error 2:
- System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}

EventID 41

Version 2

Level 1

Task 63

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x8000000000000002

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2013-06-20T21:15:43.078416800Z

EventRecordID 13416

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 4
[ ThreadID] 8

Channel System

Computer Russ-PC

- Security

[ UserID] S-1-5-18


- EventData

BugcheckCode 292
BugcheckParameter1 0x0
BugcheckParameter2 0xfffffa801010a028
BugcheckParameter3 0xbe200000
BugcheckParameter4 0x2110a
SleepInProgress false
PowerButtonTimestamp 0

error 3
- System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}

EventID 41

Version 2

Level 1

Task 63

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x8000000000000002

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2013-06-22T03:54:26.409213800Z

EventRecordID 13935

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 4
[ ThreadID] 8

Channel System

Computer Russ-PC

- Security

[ UserID] S-1-5-18


- EventData

BugcheckCode 292
BugcheckParameter1 0x0
BugcheckParameter2 0xfffffa8010126028
BugcheckParameter3 0xbe200000
BugcheckParameter4 0x2110a
SleepInProgress false
PowerButtonTimestamp 0

error 4
- System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}

EventID 41

Version 2

Level 1

Task 63

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x8000000000000002

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2013-06-22T04:51:41.548015800Z

EventRecordID 14054

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 4
[ ThreadID] 8

Channel System

Computer Russ-PC

- Security

[ UserID] S-1-5-18


- EventData

BugcheckCode 292
BugcheckParameter1 0x0
BugcheckParameter2 0xfffffa800f9d7028
BugcheckParameter3 0xbe200000
BugcheckParameter4 0x21152
SleepInProgress false
PowerButtonTimestamp 0

Upon looking up the BSOD code 124, I gathered that it was an issue with the graphics driver, so I uninstalled all of the draphics drivers, then reinstalled the factory drivers from the dvd, for HD radeon 7970 graphics.

BSOD still happened after this. I checked the voltage levels, and they were at what the stock settings were. I checked the overclock settings, and they were set to stock.

I ran Memtest through both bios, and from a bootable usb drive, individual sticks, separate slots, both came up as stable.

I ran Intel Burn Test, for about 3-4 hours (I didn't have a whole lot of time) temperature peaked off at 78 degrees celcius, at very high. Everything came up stable.

I was not able to run prime95. ( due to time constraints)

I ran a burn-in test with FurMark 3D, and 3DMark, everything came up as stable, GPU had a consistent 50-90 frames per second and peaked off at 75 degrees celcius. Both were tested in 1080.

And I also ran a DXdiag, and all of the hardware came up as functioning normally.

I set everything to stock through the bios, as mentioned before I fully uninstalled the graphics drivers, reinstalled them. Ran those tests to check for stability, I even uninstalled and reinstalled some drivers that were also giving me some issues, in hopes that it would be a fix (as someone I saw on another forum mentioned that they uninstalled and reinstalled their Network Adapter, and it fixed the BSOD 124 issue for them), the mouse drivers, and the sata drivers.

I uninstalled and reinstalled steam and uplay for my games, as well as the games themselves. I have no clue as to why it is doing this and I don't know if it is a hardware issue or a software issue. I would appreciate any assistance in figuring this out.

Thanks

 

[simon12]

I suspect its driver related but it could be a sound or network driver if not the GPU. If your drivers are installed from disc try updating them from the manufacturers websites ie http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z77%20Extreme4/?cat=Download&os=Win764 you can try them 1 at a time to try to see which is the problem or just do them all and hope it fixes it.

 

[aeon7]

Thanks I will let you guys know if it works or doesn't work. Thanks again for your time and help.

 

[aeon7]

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling all of the drivers from the ASrock website but it is still BSODs within an hour during any game. Here are 3 more error codes if it helps.

error 5
- System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}

EventID 41

Version 2

Level 1

Task 63

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x8000000000000002

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2013-06-25T01:58:02.518414100Z

EventRecordID 16480

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 4
[ ThreadID] 8

Channel System

Computer Russ-PC

- Security

[ UserID] S-1-5-18


- EventData

BugcheckCode 292
BugcheckParameter1 0x0
BugcheckParameter2 0xfffffa80100ff028
BugcheckParameter3 0xbe200000
BugcheckParameter4 0x21152
SleepInProgress false
PowerButtonTimestamp 0

error 6
- System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}

EventID 41

Version 2

Level 1

Task 63

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x8000000000000002

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2013-06-25T02:28:48.206413500Z

EventRecordID 16598

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 4
[ ThreadID] 8

Channel System

Computer Russ-PC

- Security

[ UserID] S-1-5-18


- EventData

BugcheckCode 292
BugcheckParameter1 0x0
BugcheckParameter2 0xfffffa8010118028
BugcheckParameter3 0xfe200000
BugcheckParameter4 0x21136
SleepInProgress false
PowerButtonTimestamp 0

error 7
- System

- Provider

[ Name] Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power
[ Guid] {331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}

EventID 41

Version 2

Level 1

Task 63

Opcode 0

Keywords 0x8000000000000002

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2013-06-25T03:34:26.922416600Z

EventRecordID 17194

Correlation

- Execution

[ ProcessID] 4
[ ThreadID] 8

Channel System

Computer Russ-PC

- Security

[ UserID] S-1-5-18


- EventData

BugcheckCode 292
BugcheckParameter1 0x0
BugcheckParameter2 0xfffffa8010104028
BugcheckParameter3 0xbe200000
BugcheckParameter4 0x21152
SleepInProgress false
PowerButtonTimestamp 0

Thanks again for your help, hopefully when can get this solved.

 

[simon12]

OK maybe its hardware them try the following.
1st run Memtest to check your RAM is stable. If it is run Intel Burn test (at least 20 loops on maximum stress settings) while monitoring your temps with HWMonitor. If all is still OK run the GPU stress test part of OCCT again while checking temps. This will tell you if your RAM CPU & GPU are all stable, if they are (I suspect 1 will show a problem) try a complete windows reinstall and if you can try different driver versions to what you have before.