MSI Afterburner + Youtube HD = BSOD 0x124... What!?

[LunyAlex]

Good day!

So I have a bit of an issue. Figured this place is an appropriate spot to seek help. 

 

Every time I open MSI Afterburner (No OC; just for monitoring) while a Youtube Video is playing in HD in a browser (I've tried Chrome and Firefox), my PC freezes completely (Image locks up, Caps Lock doesn't work, seems to be completely out). 

You know how Afterburner starts and then it takes about 1-2 seconds for the readouts to begin updating? Well, the PC freezes after those 1-2 seconds, not immediately as the program opens. 

I restart it manually, then, after Windows boots up, I get a "Windows has recovered from an unexpected shutdown...BSOD 0x124" error message.

 

I've done some research and read that this BSOD Code is almost always caused by a hardware issue, which concerns me, and which is the main reason why I'm asking for help, as I can do without MSI Afterburner at the end of the day. 

 

Specs: 
i7 4790k @ Stock Speeds

Gigabyte Z97-D3H (Outdated BIOS; a bit afraid to flash it)

16GB of RAM (HyperX 1866Mhz CL9)

Sapphire R9 290 Tri-X OC

Super Flower Leadex Gold 80+ Platinum 650W PSU

 

No Overclocks are in place (Aside from the Factory OC on the R9 290; which doesn't count, right?).

Temperatures are fine everywhere (Never above 74*C on GPU; Never Above 70*C on CPU. In Full Load.)

 

I've tried this with both the latest Catalyst 15.4 Beta and the Catalyst 14.12 Omega drivers (Uninstalled with DDU). 

 

Here's a MiniDump with the induced the BSOD.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/63563864/042715-8860-01.zip

Tried enabling Driver Verifier but it would crash my Windows at the Welcome Screen with no logs of an error ever taking place (Welcome... *Sudden Sliced-up Glitchy Screen*).

 

My question is:

Considering all of the above, could the aforementioned BSOD 0x124 still be some sort of Hardware Malfunction? That's what concerns me. 

Initially I thought it was a result of me tinkering with my voltages to further cool down my i7, but after resetting all my BIOS Settings, that isn't the case apparently.

 

I'd thoroughly appreciate any input.

[Bajantechnician]

you might of gotten the 1/100 bad silicon gpu...

I don't see anything wrong, temps are fine, no oc...

wtf. lol

@Slick... help?

[CoolaxGaming]

Naa it happens to me too..

And lightning's are like 1/10000 bad card.

[Bajantechnician]

Naa it happens to me too..

And lightning's are like 1/10000 bad card.

maybe his afterburners corrupted or something, so that it works, but makes the pc work to understand the code, freezing it for a while... maybe bad driver?

[LunyAlex]

Oh right, forgot to mention that this is the only case of BSODs I've had on on this machine in its two months of existence.

I've played lots of intensive games and it's been going well and without hiccups. 

I haven't done 12 hours Furmark runs or anything...

 

... but I did run Prime95 and Crysis 3 at the same time for half an hour once, because lets crush the brand new rig we just brought through the door, right?

And 1 hour of the OCCT GPU Error test.

 

Not sure if I should just ignore it, considering otherwise the PC is fine. Still, BCode 124.  :wacko:

 

Thanks for the replies! 

 

Edit: And I've tried reinstalling MSI Afterburner. No go. Latest version.

Tried running it without the RivaTunerStatistics thing. Still crashes. 

Very perplexing. 

[Bajantechnician]

Oh right, forgot to mention that this is the only case of BSODs I've had on on this machine in its two months of existence.

I've played lots of intensive games and it's been going well and without hiccups. 

I haven't done 12 hours Furmark runs or anything...

 

... but I did run Prime95 and Crysis 3 at the same time for half an hour once, because lets crush the brand new rig we just brought through the door, right?

And 1 hour of the OCCT GPU Error test.

 

Not sure if I should just ignore it, considering otherwise the PC is fine. Still, BCode 124.  :wacko:

 

Thanks for the replies! 

 

Edit: And I've tried reinstalling MSI Afterburner. No go. Latest version.

Tried running it without the RivaTunerStatistics thing. Still crashes. 

Very perplexing. 

lol

maybe it is the 1/100000 bad gpu...