BSoD 124: No overclocks?

wazza300 · 6 Jan 2014 at 14:33

you could do with an intake fan on your case

im using silver arrow cooler on my gigabyte z77 just fine but case is an arc midi with good airflow

TehBluebear · 6 Jan 2014 at 17:27

It just BSoD'ed :/

Will try the new BIOS version later tonight, see if that helps. If not, then would I be looking at either a borked mobo or CPU?

wazza300 · 6 Jan 2014 at 17:38

could be the board,

it shouldn't be crashing at stock clocks

setting cpu/pci bclk to 100 or 101 might help tho,some are more stable on one or the other

Rroff · 6 Jan 2014 at 17:40

TehBluebear said:
It just BSoD'ed :/

Will try the new BIOS version later tonight, see if that helps. If not, then would I be looking at either a borked mobo or CPU?

Did you look at the vtt, imc and vcore relationships btw? While not a very common issue it does happen and usually causes 124 or 101 BSOD.

TehBluebear · 25 Jul 2016 at 22:56

Well, 2 years later and the saga still continues.

Since the last posts, I've replaced the Gigabyte Z77-D3H with an Asus P8Z77-V, I've used a new SSD with W10 installed, and I'm also currently using my mates set of DDR3 RAM, all to no avail.

Honestly, the only thing that hasn't been swapped out, or replaced, or tested with equivalents is the CPU, the i5-3750k, and even then that's had a fair few tests of Prime thrown at it without any problems indicated.

Completely at my wits end. I'm honestly just going to price up a new completely fresh change of hardware, and move to a completely different socket. I've had nothing but issues ever since I went onto 1155 from my old 775 Q6600 system.

Doogles · 25 Jul 2016 at 23:10

What about PSU if you changed motherboard then it will be the next thing, I'm having the same issues with my build being unstable on boot but in windows I'm fine.

TehBluebear · 25 Jul 2016 at 23:18

Doogles said:
What about PSU if you changed motherboard then it will be the next thing, I'm having the same issues with my build being unstable on boot but in windows I'm fine.

Nope, tried it back in 2014 with a mates Corsair unit and it was still doing it.

Booting is fine, it's when I'm actually in Windows that it happens. And it does it randomly; hot, cold, load, no load.

EDIT: A thought. Could it be the case at all? That is the only thing that hasn't changed (along with the CPU). That said, everything has been in and out of it more than once so if it was a shorting issue, surely it wouldn't still be doing it?

groovesection · 26 Jul 2016 at 11:44

You said everything has been out and in again in the case, does that include the motherboard?
Try taking it out and re-seating it on the case risers, may possibly be a short happening, although unlikely!

As an aside, I had a duff cpu years ago, an AM2, my system would just lock-up at random for no reason, never BSOD of but always lock up at random when doing anything, I did all the things you have tried and the cpu even passed a prime test, but I eventually diagnosed it by rendering video, everytime I rendered a video it would lock up within 2 minutes of starting the render process.
Replaced the cpu with an AM2 I got off ebay and it cured the problem.
Not saying this is the case in your situation, but it is possible

TehBluebear · 26 Jul 2016 at 13:14

Mobo has been swapped for a different one, so yes.

All I can think of is the CPU to be honest. I've put up a wanted post in the MM for another 3570k, and if not, I'll be upgrading to socket 1151. If it wasn't for the BSoD, I wouldn't even be thinking of upgrading as when it's fine, it still suits my needs perfectly.

groovesection · 26 Jul 2016 at 13:34

I wish I could offer some meaningful advice, you have troubleshooted every part of the system (RAM, MB, PSU etc) to the point the CPU has to be the cause.
If you can get an 1150 chip then why upgrade? I hope you can finally resolve this mate, nothing worse than spending hour upon hour diagnosing a problem only to end up building a whole new system to solve it!

groovesection · 26 Jul 2016 at 13:40

Oops, I mean socket 1155 not 1150

TehBluebear · 26 Jul 2016 at 14:45

I'm not actually sure what's better than the 3570k and is socket 1155. I'm guessing any of the Ivybridge i7s? Would like to replace with another 3570k to be sure if it was that though.

TehBluebear · 15 May 2017 at 14:09

A bit of closure to this thread. After getting in touch with a mate who said he had a still boxed unused 3570k, I replaced the CPU. Several months on, absolutely zero issues. So all that time, all those parts swapped out, and it turned out to be the CPU all along.

Joy.