WhyCrashed

hal.dll

Microsoft — Hardware abstraction layer

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What to do

Windows' hardware abstraction layer. Blame lands here on hardware-signal crashes (0x124/0x101) — the fix is on the hardware/BIOS side.

  1. Follow the stop code's guidance (usually hardware: BIOS update, stock clocks, temperatures).
  2. Update chipset drivers and BIOS.

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