BSOD of Brand New Rig (124)

[TheBrotatoFamine]

Hey all. About a month ago, I built my own PC for the first time ever. It ran amazingly for the first two weeks, then suddenly I started receiving blue screens. The codes varied from F4, 7A, and 124. Other forums suggested that it be faulty drivers. So two days ago I reinstalled Windows 7 64 Bit, everything was running smoothly. Today, I booted up Spec Ops The Line and after about 45 minutes of playing, I got a BSOD with BCCode 124. I am getting very fed up with these blue screens. Any help or advice would be appreciated.

My rig:
EVGA Superclocked GTX 760
I5-4670K (no OC)
Aztec HCG 620W
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Western Digital Cavier Blue 1TB
Gigabyte GA Z87X D3H

Before reinstalling Windows 7, I did stress tests and temp tests and everything was great, the system stayed cool and could handle gaming for longs periods of time. I am led to believe that these issues start from my hard drive, but I'd rather get a second opinion before I attempt to get it replaced. If you guys need any additional information, please let me know! Thanks.

 

[rolli59]

Time to run memtest http://www.memtest.org/ one symptom of bad ram is corrupt drivers.

 

[TheBrotatoFamine]

Time to run memtest http://www.memtest.org/ one symptom of bad ram is corrupt drivers.

I have previously ran memtest before I reinstalled my OS, nothing came of it. I have run stress tests on the graphics and the processor as well with no issues. All of my Blue Screens have happened in one of two situations.

1. I'm playing a game. (Happened with Bioshock Infinite, Spec Ops, Civ 5)
OR
2. When I plug a USB device in. At random times, when I plugged in a USB device my computer would completely stop identifying the fact that I have a hard drive installed (in "My Computer" my drive would be missing), as well as my services stop running (Microsoft Security Essentials, Itunes, Steam, etc). This is what leads me to believe it's my hard drive

 

[rolli59]

Run manufacturers test software on the drive but the USB issue would rather be an issue with the motherboard.

 

[TheBrotatoFamine]

I have ran the Western Digital hard drive test software as well with nothing coming up. What is the likelihood that these issues are caused by my mobo?

 

[rolli59]

Ram tests fine.
Drive tests fine.
You get BSOD's
Everything goes wacky sometimes when a USB device is plugged in.
The USB has nothing to do with your drives so most likely motherboard issue. I would contact Gigabyte support.

 

[TheBrotatoFamine]

Ram tests fine.
Drive tests fine.
You get BSOD's
Everything goes wacky sometimes when a USB device is plugged in.
The USB has nothing to do with your drives so most likely motherboard issue. I would contact Gigabyte support.

Hmm, well I don't really like the idea of having to replace my entire mobo, but if it has to be done, it'll be done. Is there anyway I could stress test the motherboard before RMA'ing it?

 

[rolli59]

Not really but if you have tested the other components and found them to be alright you should contact Gigabyte support, they might have further test for you to do before they accept RMA.

 

[TheBrotatoFamine]

Alright thanks, I'll post back here after I get an answer.