From what I can tell, it does seem to be a hardware problem possibly related to sound. You might see if any newer drivers are available for whatever system you have. Dump files do not always give accurate info as to the cause of a problem. Something related might be involved and making it seem like the audio system.
You also have an older driver, which might be OK, but you could check. If this is an Afterburner utility, I saw one mention of this file being dated from 2010. The 32 bit version may be different. If you are not using the utility, you might uninstall it.
RTCore64.sys from 2005
C:\Program Files (x86)\MSI Afterburner\RTCore64.sys
You have not installed SP1? More experienced folks may see some other problematic drivers, but I am not that familiar.
Got some new dump files, maybe they will show something different..
VIDEO_TDR_FAILURE (116)
Attempt to reset the display driver and recover from timeout failed.
The files I have checked all say it is a hardware problem. For some reason, the Hardware Abstraction Layer seems to be having an issue. It caught java.exe once and Crysis2. Your first dump referred to sound, so I will have to stick with that. You do have an Intel HD driver I do not have, but it could be normal.
My second guess would be a video driver, but I do not have the experience to tell you much more. Maybe someone else will see something.
You might check Msconfig to see if there are any drivers being loaded you could disable for testing.
Edit: I have not yet found which dump file was done after you installed SP1, but I did see one that had the following:
This would seem to point to a video problem...You may want to turn your system off and unplug it, then reseat the video card along with checking for a newer driver.
170 for idle? its abouty 70-80 C is quite warm to be fair!
the beeps indiciate a hardware issue, since the stop code is 124 its certainly pointign to hardware, remove the GFX card out complettly and run from the onboard
see if u bluescreen
124 is a generic stop code that indicates there are hardware issue, if this is heat , misconfigutation or the parts of faulty , the 124 is bland to be fair as it doesnt point to the fault hence lots of testing.. this is just for testing purposes ONLY to use on the board
well what we have to see is, if the computer stil BSOD then we know it CANNOT be the card since its still BSOD, next to test is RAM.... be prepared..
download a program called Memtest86+
this program will test your ram for faults
Take all the ram out of your pc except one,
stop at 7 passes ( the pass count in the middle not the top)
OR
untill you get errors ( red lines accross lower part of screen) + error count will increase
which ever comes first
if the RAM passes then this is ok, if the ram fails then put this to the side
If the stick passses then we could have a good stick, put this in next slot on the board, repeat the process untill you have used the same stick in all slots, then once the same stick has been in all slots you then try the secon stick of RAM and repeat this process
You need to check all RAM you have and do the same as above
7 passes may take a few hours so be patient( the passes are in the middle not at the top)
I would certainly image it could since the sheer heat, i mean 165 is way too hot , have you overclocked or anything?
Just for info and comparison purposes, I run a GTX 480 and the GPU temp on it at idle 47° C (117° F) Crysis2 84° C (183° F), but of course your GPU might be rated for a lower temp than this one.
Are we not looking at the sound at all?