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A WHEA error on Windows 11 or Windows 10 usually appears as a WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR blue screen with stop code 0x124, and it should be treated as a hardware-health warning until evidence points elsewhere. Microsoft's debugger documentation describes WHEA as the Windows Hardware Error Architecture, the reporting path rather than a diagnosis, with heat, failing memory, processor trouble, PCI Express faults, and defective hardware as typical causes. A driver remains a less common but possible trigger. The recurring advice is to check the WHEA record and recent changes before reinstalling Windows, since generic BSOD fixes often miss the underlying hardware fault.
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    WHEA 0x124: Diagnose Windows 11/10 Hardware BSODs

    A WHEA blue screen on Windows 11 or Windows 10—most commonly WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR with stop code 0x124—should be treated as a hardware-health warning until the evidence points elsewhere. Microsoft’s debugger documentation says the stop code means Windows received a fatal error through the...