Identified cause of BSOD 124
Identified cause of BSOD 124
CPU has been increased beyond its limits? A friend recently gave me a 2600K that was unintentionally overvolted in the BIOS by the owner, leading to memory issues and random crashes. The processor failed soon after these errors began, even when the overclock was reset to normal settings. Perform a Memtest86 session for several hours to check for memory problems. Then run Prime95 for 24 hours and look for any CPU core failures.
I used an i5 4690k at 4.4 and lowered it to 4.2 to test the impact. I tried Prime 95 on both settings, and didn't encounter any issues (though it lasted only a few hours). We'll check out what 4.2 does. The problem with the F4 boot was likely due to the SSD not handling sleep mode well on this machine, which might be why some drives have trouble waking up.
The F4 BSOD resulted from Intel drivers for my Intel NIC. Removing the driver resolved the issue. The 124 BSOD has disappeared after resetting all BIOS settings. It’s unclear if the scheduled boot via MB or overclocking triggered the problem. I plan to reoverclock gradually and monitor for recurrence. I’ll update once I have more information.