Blue Screen whilst playing Left 4 Dead

[DEATH eVADER]

I've started playing Left 4 Dead after a long time, but it appears that one of the latest updates seem to be giving me the bluescreen error after 5 minute play time. So far this has occured 3 times in a row, and have created this thread just in case anybody else has a similar problem or a solution. I'll try my own solutions too, so I'll report back.

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: BlueScreen
OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 2057

Files that help describe the problem (some files may no longer be available)
Mini042309-02.dmp
sysdata.xml
Version.txt

Extra information about the problem
BCCode: 124
BCP1: 00000000
BCP2: 8639C3F0
BCP3: B2000040
BCP4: 00000800
OS Version: 6_0_6001
Service Pack: 1_0
Product: 768_1
Server information: 3b0d9ee0-2963-4de1-ab9d-8ff8caac8514

It seems that I'm having the problem in singleplayer as well, so its not a network problem. I'll be downloading latest drivers 185.50 today

 

[Omnomnick]

I doubt this has anything to do with Network Problems. I would check if it ever happens outside of L4D.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

BCCode 124 is driver related indeed. It can be caused by many things though, such as ethernet / sound card or graphics card drivers. Made any hardware changes recently?

It will be tricky to put your finger on the problem, but if you have a creative sound card it may well be that.