I have been wrestling with BCCODE 124 ever since I bought Vista last Summer. I do like Vista, I prefer it to XP without a doubt; however, this error has nearly ended my patience. It's either back to XP, or a new component.
The problem I have, is that I can't tell which component it is. I've heard that BCCODE 124 is related to audio, some say it's a hardware problem so I don't know what to believe. I refuse to guess, buy a new CPU and still have the same problem.
I am struggling with deadlines enough as it is and my crashes have become more and more numerous of late.
I used to have a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS - I would get about 3-4 crashes a week. I upgraded to an X-Fi in January, the errors ceased for a little while but soon returned after a couple of weeks. Currently, I am getting around 5 a day - which is just unacceptable. Although sometimes it crashes when the CPU is under load (Photoshop, Word, Winamp, Firefox, etc, etc, etc), sometimes it's crashing when there is nothing running at all, it's seemingly random at times.
Sometimes I just get a plain BSOD, sometimes I get a BSOD with "IRQL_LESS_OR_NOT EQUAL" - something like that.
My system is fairly new, I bought it all last summer. E6750, 2GB Crucial Ballistix, Asus P5K, Corsair 520W PSU, etc, so it's as strong as it is new.
What actions should I take? I've tried all the normal stuff like taking RAM out, disabling onboard sound, re-installing graphics card, sound card, etc. My CPU is overclocked from 2.66GHz to 3.2GHz, but that's pretty safe for an E6750 I'm told. The temperatures are very cool too.
The Vista error information actually claims it's a hardware error too, but only offers a useless selection of possibilities - CPU, RAM, Motherboard or Power Supply.
On another forum, someone commented with this...
"I think Vista bugcheck code 124 is the same as XP bugcheck code 9C (Machine Check). The 4th Bugcheck parameter is 175.
MEMHIRERR - Memory Hierarchy Error {TT}CACHE{LL}_{RRRR}_ERR
RRRR 0111 Memory Transaction Type Bits (evict)
TT 01 Data
LL 01 L1 Cache
The problem is related to data access error at L1 Cache memory. Probably it is related to faulty CPU."
Does anyone agree?
I really appreciate any help/advice given.
The problem I have, is that I can't tell which component it is. I've heard that BCCODE 124 is related to audio, some say it's a hardware problem so I don't know what to believe. I refuse to guess, buy a new CPU and still have the same problem.
I am struggling with deadlines enough as it is and my crashes have become more and more numerous of late.
I used to have a SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS - I would get about 3-4 crashes a week. I upgraded to an X-Fi in January, the errors ceased for a little while but soon returned after a couple of weeks. Currently, I am getting around 5 a day - which is just unacceptable. Although sometimes it crashes when the CPU is under load (Photoshop, Word, Winamp, Firefox, etc, etc, etc), sometimes it's crashing when there is nothing running at all, it's seemingly random at times.
Sometimes I just get a plain BSOD, sometimes I get a BSOD with "IRQL_LESS_OR_NOT EQUAL" - something like that.
My system is fairly new, I bought it all last summer. E6750, 2GB Crucial Ballistix, Asus P5K, Corsair 520W PSU, etc, so it's as strong as it is new.
What actions should I take? I've tried all the normal stuff like taking RAM out, disabling onboard sound, re-installing graphics card, sound card, etc. My CPU is overclocked from 2.66GHz to 3.2GHz, but that's pretty safe for an E6750 I'm told. The temperatures are very cool too.
The Vista error information actually claims it's a hardware error too, but only offers a useless selection of possibilities - CPU, RAM, Motherboard or Power Supply.
On another forum, someone commented with this...
"I think Vista bugcheck code 124 is the same as XP bugcheck code 9C (Machine Check). The 4th Bugcheck parameter is 175.
MEMHIRERR - Memory Hierarchy Error {TT}CACHE{LL}_{RRRR}_ERR
RRRR 0111 Memory Transaction Type Bits (evict)
TT 01 Data
LL 01 L1 Cache
The problem is related to data access error at L1 Cache memory. Probably it is related to faulty CPU."
Does anyone agree?
I really appreciate any help/advice given.