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Hi all,

Order no. M168309

I'm back in familiar territory with BSODs with error code 124. The PC makes a stuttering noise before it conks out. I thought it was a graphics card heat issue - ATI4890 card that got a bit hot. Now, I've adjusted the fan to 30%, which is audible, but not noisy, and all was well for a week. Had another BSOD today that I don't think was a heat issue.

A few recent changes include:
- swap out of Tagan 800w PSU for a OCZ 750w PSU
- pc set to factory defaults then old settings loaded for the original Cyberpower O/C settings and new RAM settings

Basically, most of the time the PC is running fine, but the crash today is surprising as not due to heat I think. Any views?

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I can add a bit more info. BlueScreenView seems to suggest the error is with hal.dll . This one is highlighted by BlueScreenView.   It looks, from a quick search, that I should look at the BIOS boot order, and secondly use the Windows 7 disk for startup repair
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/errorh/a/hal-dll-missing-windows-7-vista.htm


Edited by Dralend - 02/Jul/2012 at 16:01

Well - I tried all other possible avenues first. Ran startup repair, ran a memory test, updated the volume boot code to use BOOTMGR, tested the hard drives with Sea Tools (Seagate HDD test tool), and checked the boot sequence in the BIOS. This was following what's set out at http://pcsupport.about.com/od/errorh/a/hal-dll-missing-windows-7-vista.htm.
I also checked the original BIOS CPU settings and updated the RAM settings. Now, thanks to Cyberpower I've increased the voltage to the CPU to 1.45v - which is what is advised above. No crashes yet...