I occasionally (always at the least convenient moment...) receive this BSOD on my Windows 7 desktop PC:

```
  Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:   BlueScreen
  OS Version:   6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
  Locale ID:    1033

  Additional information about the problem:
  BCCode:   124
  BCP1: 0000000000000000
  BCP2: FFFFFA8007BBB028
  BCP3: 00000000B2000040
  BCP4: 0000000000000800
  OS Version:   6_1_7601
  Service Pack: 1_0
  Product:  256_1

  Files that help describe the problem:
  C:\Windows\Minidump\010812-16578-01.dmp
  C:\Users\al\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-37500-0.sysdata.xml

```

Trying to find out more information about this seems to be futile because the file `C:\Users\al\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-37500-0.sysdata.xml` doesn't exist (the folder exists, but not any file that starts with "WER"), and attempting to analyze the minidump file yields the following:

```
Bug Check Code: 0x00000124
Parameter 1:    00000000`00000000
Parameter 2:    fffffa80`07bbb028
Parameter 3:    00000000`b2000040
Parameter 4:    00000000`00000800
Causing driver: hal.dll
Address:    hal.dll+12a3b
Processor:  x64
Crash address:  ntoskrnl.exe+7cc40
CPU count:  4
Major ver:  15
Minor ver:  7601
Dump size:  283,576 

```

and:

```
Filename:       ntoskrnl.exe
Addr. in Stack: ntoskrnl.exe+18d513
From addr:      fffff800`02a18000
To addr:        fffff800`03001000
Size:           0x005e9000
Timestamp:      0x4e02aaa3
Time string:    6/22/2011 9:53:23 PM
Product name:   Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
File desc:      NT Kernel & System
File ver:       6.1.7601.17640 (win7sp1_gdr.110622-1506)
Company:        Microsoft Corporation
Full path:      C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe        

```

Well, `hal.dll` and `ntoskrnl.exe` are part of the OS and there doesn't seem to be anything I can do to upgrade those "drivers". 

I know that the hardware is perfect (including RAM voltages in BIOS etc) because this same exact system works perfectly with `Ubuntu 8` and `Ubuntu 10` (triple-boot config). The problem is definitely in the system software, but how do I find out what it is?