3xS Edge Intel Core i7 2600k OC bundle bsod

[Spectre Wulfe]

So I've had the bundle since August time but since then I have been having bsod errors, the bundle has even been back to Scan via RMA and I was told the board was replaced, to which I thought "Oh maybe the board was faulty" but upon recieving it back I had to wait a few days until my new PSU arrived, which it did on Thursday the 10th of this month. Now after possible an hour or two whilst running the board with the OC activated I got another BSOD the same as before. I've been using an app/software called WhoCrashed which reads the dump files and tells you what is happening, I'll list all the ones available from the software's database just now,

"computer name: WULFE-PC
windows version: Windows 7 Service Pack 1, 6.1, build: 7601
windows dir: C:\Windows
CPU: GenuineIntel Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz Intel586, level: 6
8 logical processors, active mask: 255
RAM: 8565383168 total
VM: 2147352576, free: 1947930624



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Crash Dump Analysis
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Crash dump directory: C:\Windows\Minidump

Crash dumps are enabled on your computer.


On Thu 13/10/2011 22:43:45 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\101311-25225-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: hal.dll (hal+0x12A3B)
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFFA80090CE028, 0xBE200000, 0x5110A)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\hal.dll
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.


On Thu 13/10/2011 22:43:45 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: hal.dll (hal!HalBugCheckSystem+0x1E3)
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFFA80090CE028, 0xBE200000, 0x5110A)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\hal.dll
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.


On Sun 11/09/2011 13:51:53 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\091111-23368-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x126A9)
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFFA8007800028, 0xBE200000, 0x5110A)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver which cannot be identified at this time.


On Sun 11/09/2011 10:19:31 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\091111-28688-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: hal.dll (hal+0x12A3B)
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFFA8007748028, 0xBE200000, 0x5110A)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\hal.dll
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.


On Thu 08/09/2011 20:28:33 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\090811-26676-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: hal.dll (hal+0x12A3B)
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFFA8008D35028, 0xBE200000, 0x5110A)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\hal.dll
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.


On Mon 05/09/2011 10:38:19 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\090511-31044-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: hal.dll (hal+0x12A3B)
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFFA8008CFF028, 0xBE200000, 0x5110A)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
file path: C:\Windows\system32\hal.dll
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time. "

Now I have tried numerous things in the PC since buying this bundle and encountering this problem, changing the GPUs (switching between 2 XFX 5570s & the onboard gpu), used another hdd, reformatted, bought a new OS, replaced the case and psu, none of this is working and I am getting very frustrated as no one seems to be able to help me with this issue, not saying Scan hasn't been helpful I cannot fault their customer service one bit but nothing I've tried has stopped this issue. It is now getting to the point where it's upsetting to have spent so much money and not have something work how it was intended, please can some one help me?

[Spectre Wulfe]

Oh and I also tried to overclock using the board's(An Asus P8z68-V Pro) pre determined OC facility too, and I still got a BSOD.

[spoons33]

As every dump file mentions that a 'Thermal Issue' which might have caused the 'Hardware problem' do you still get the bsod's when not running overclocked?

[Spectre Wulfe]

As every dump file mentions that a 'Thermal Issue' which might have caused the 'Hardware problem' do you still get the bsod's when not running overclocked?

No it works fine without the OC and can run overnight with it off. Also I have never seen the temps go above 45 degrees.

[Spectre Wulfe]

Here is the newest error after a full re-install using the latest drivers for the board from Asus' own website.

On Sun 16/10/2011 22:12:56 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: Unknown ()
Bugcheck code: 0x124 (0x0, 0xFFFFFA8008A8B028, 0xBE200000, 0x5110A)
Error: WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
Bug check description: This bug check indicates that a fatal hardware error has occurred. This bug check uses the error data that is provided by the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA).
This is likely to be caused by a hardware problem problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: Unknown .
Google query: Unknown WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR

[Spectre Wulfe]

Should I update the bios as the one on the board is really out of date?

[spoons33]

I would, it may well solve the problem, but if it dosn't its one more thing to rule off the list I would contact scan first though as it will wipe out the overclock profile.

[Spectre Wulfe]

They did provide the settings to redo the OC

[Spectre Wulfe]

Okay spoke to Michael W at Scan, bios updated, OC re-did, currently testing with Prime95. How long should I leave it on Prime, had it on since 10:30-11:30 am this morning already.

Also on a side note can the fan on the BeQuiet cooler on this bundle be replaced with http://www.scan.co.uk/products/120mm...m-cooling-fan?

[Spectre Wulfe]

Okay after being on prime95 most the day this happened.

On Wed 19/10/2011 22:02:07 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\101911-18423-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x7CC40)
Bugcheck code: 0x101 (0x19, 0x0, 0xFFFFF880030FB180, 0x6)
Error: CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: This indicates that an expected clock interrupt on a secondary processor, in a multi-processor system, was not received within the allocated interval.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver which cannot be identified at this time.


On Wed 19/10/2011 22:02:07 GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\Windows\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: hal.dll (hal!HalReturnToFirmware+0xB2D)
Bugcheck code: 0x101 (0x19, 0x0, 0xFFFFF880030FB180, 0x6)
Error: CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT
file path: C:\Windows\system32\hal.dll
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: Hardware Abstraction Layer DLL
Bug check description: This indicates that an expected clock interrupt on a secondary processor, in a multi-processor system, was not received within the allocated interval.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem. This problem might be caused by a thermal issue.
The crash took place in a standard Microsoft module. Your system configuration may be incorrect. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver on your system which cannot be identified at this time.