Blue Screen Crashes

brendanfoley12

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Hello. Back in october, i had switched out my motherboard and reinstalled windows 8. a few months later, i got a blue crash screen everytime i tried to boot up my computer. I cant remember what it said since this was back in december. After booting off my windows disc, all i could manage to do was delete all my partition drives and download windows 8 again. I have no idea what i did, but all i know it managed to work.... Untill late january. I got ANOTHER blue crash screen saying whea_uncorrectable_error or somthing like that. So i did the same process as before, delete partition drives and download windows 8. Yesterday febuary 25, it happened again with another new error saying driver_irql_not_less_or_equal. All the errors seem to be different, but i cant figure out my i am constently getting them. Is it because i only deleted the partition drives and never properly wiped my hard drive? Also, this time i can not do my normal process of fixing it because it crashes to often. Would it be easier to buy a new harddrive? Or just see if staples can properly wipe it
 
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bugcheck 0x124 whea_uncorrectable_error

generally is caused by incorrect voltages applied to a CPU for the clock rate that the CPU is running at.

this is a common overclocking type failure. So, check:
- reset the BIOS to defaults or update the BIOS and reboot (update the BIOS is the best if you are out of date)
The BIOS sets the clock rates and voltages for the motherboard, it is very common for these values to be tweaked after a motherboard is shipped.
- confirm that the CPU, GPU and power supply fans are working, blow out the dust if any.
- make sure the system does not overheat, confirm the fans are not blocked.

generally, bugcheck 0x124 is called by the CPU and not by a driver so wiping out the OS generally does not help...
bugcheck 0x124 whea_uncorrectable_error

generally is caused by incorrect voltages applied to a CPU for the clock rate that the CPU is running at.

this is a common overclocking type failure. So, check:
- reset the BIOS to defaults or update the BIOS and reboot (update the BIOS is the best if you are out of date)
The BIOS sets the clock rates and voltages for the motherboard, it is very common for these values to be tweaked after a motherboard is shipped.
- confirm that the CPU, GPU and power supply fans are working, blow out the dust if any.
- make sure the system does not overheat, confirm the fans are not blocked.

generally, bugcheck 0x124 is called by the CPU and not by a driver so wiping out the OS generally does not help.
(make sure you don't have any overclocking software installed and running)
 
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