BGoins12
Experienced Member
I figured I would ask here since there are a lot of knowledgeable people here. Recently I bought a Latitude D530 off eBay that was shown to have a bad hard drive.
I replaced the hard drive and put in my Windows 7 CD to install. Upon installing 7, it gets a BSOD with the 0x00000124 error, which generally points to a bad CPU or another type of hardware issue. Wondering if it was Windows, I popped in the Ubuntu CD to try that... nope. As soon as it gets into the GUI, it gets a kernel panic. Same thing, shows a processor related hardware error. I've had people tell me that this is a common sign of a failing CPU.
So far, I have tried everything. Removed all add-on cards, tried different memory, updated the BIOS to the latest revision, different hard drive, running it without the battery, etc. I've also ran the Dell system diags which have passed, Memtest, and even a few CPU stress tests. It can even go so far as to play games in DOS... but as soon as you go into a GUI like windows setup or Ubuntu, it freaks out. Anyone know what this could be? All of my searches online point to a failing CPU, or even motherboard. But I personally don't think it's the motherboard as I can play games and use programs in DOS with zero issues. Good thing I have a replacement CPU coming today, I ordered one before I even knew of the issue as it was a good deal.
Specs - 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo (T7250), 1GB RAM.
Any help would be great!
I replaced the hard drive and put in my Windows 7 CD to install. Upon installing 7, it gets a BSOD with the 0x00000124 error, which generally points to a bad CPU or another type of hardware issue. Wondering if it was Windows, I popped in the Ubuntu CD to try that... nope. As soon as it gets into the GUI, it gets a kernel panic. Same thing, shows a processor related hardware error. I've had people tell me that this is a common sign of a failing CPU.
So far, I have tried everything. Removed all add-on cards, tried different memory, updated the BIOS to the latest revision, different hard drive, running it without the battery, etc. I've also ran the Dell system diags which have passed, Memtest, and even a few CPU stress tests. It can even go so far as to play games in DOS... but as soon as you go into a GUI like windows setup or Ubuntu, it freaks out. Anyone know what this could be? All of my searches online point to a failing CPU, or even motherboard. But I personally don't think it's the motherboard as I can play games and use programs in DOS with zero issues. Good thing I have a replacement CPU coming today, I ordered one before I even knew of the issue as it was a good deal.
Specs - 2.0GHz Core 2 Duo (T7250), 1GB RAM.
Any help would be great!
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