BSOD DPC_Watchdog_Violation

popcorn

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BSOD occasionally with DPC_Watchdog_Violation error.

please help identifying the culprit.

Logs attached.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Hi popcorn,

Welcome to the 8forums.

Please visit Windows Update and install every update available, it may take a couple of times to get them all.

Please remove / disable items from the startup in taskmanager
These programs could interfere with the boot process giving you trouble.

Please move some files from the E partition to increase the free space to at least 10-15%.
Every partition needs at least 10-15% free space so Windows can do its thing in the background.
warning   Warning
Less free space could cause BSOD's

.

Please describe the circumstances when this crash occured.




Diagnostic Test

DRIVER VERIFIER


Please make a backup of your important files and get your rescue media or create one.
Please create a restore point.

Please follow this tutorial to run driver verifier.

Some windows drivers are blamed in a few crashes, but that usually means that a 3rd party driver is actually the cause.
Driver verifier stresses your drivers and will crash your pc if any driver fails due to a violation.

Driver verifier should be performed for a max of 48 hours, or when you have a bluescreen, whatever comes first.

If driver verifier has found a violation and you can't get back into windows normally, try to boot into safe mode and reset in safe mode driver verifier, or in the troubleshooting options open command prompt and type verifier /reset.

Note   Note
Your system will act very sluggishly while driver verifier is enabled, this is normal as your drivers will be being subjected to heavy testing in order to make them crash.

 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    i5-6500 @3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
    Sound Card
    Built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM550x
    Case
    Fractal Design Define S
    Cooling
    Cooler Master TX3 i
    Keyboard
    Func KB-460 (MX Red)
    Mouse
    Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
    Other Info
    Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
Sorry for the delay. took me some time to backup.

- updated the system.
- freed space from E drive.

BSOD happens mostly when i play Company Of Heroes (new steam version).
After windows update its still BSOD occasionally, except now the BSOD screen is sort of smudged and unreadable, every pixel line has different offset.

enabled Driver verifier - PC BSOD on boot with Bad Pool Caller error.
had to restore to boot it normally again.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Please visit Windows Update and install every update available, it may take a couple of times to get them all.

Please remove / disable items from the startup in taskmanager
These programs could interfere with the boot process giving you trouble.

The cause is SoftEther VPN Client, update the software or remove it.
Code:
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for Neo_VPN.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for Neo_VPN.sys


3: kd> lmvm Neo_VPN
start             end                 module name
fffff801`265fa000 fffff801`265ff500   Neo_VPN  T (no symbols)           
    Loaded symbol image file: Neo_VPN.sys
    Image path: \SystemRoot\system32\DRIVERS\Neo_VPN.sys
    Image name: [U]Neo_VPN.sys[/U]
    Timestamp:        [COLOR=#ff0000][U]Mon Sep 16 05:48:00 2013[/U][/COLOR] (52367F70)
    CheckSum:         000095E7
    ImageSize:        00005500
    Translations:     0000.04b0 0000.04e4 0409.04b0 0409.04e4
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    i5-6500 @3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
    Sound Card
    Built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM550x
    Case
    Fractal Design Define S
    Cooling
    Cooler Master TX3 i
    Keyboard
    Func KB-460 (MX Red)
    Mouse
    Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
    Other Info
    Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
Are you using your pc in an organization?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    i5-6500 @3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
    Sound Card
    Built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM550x
    Case
    Fractal Design Define S
    Cooling
    Cooler Master TX3 i
    Keyboard
    Func KB-460 (MX Red)
    Mouse
    Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
    Other Info
    Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
Then it appears you are running a counterfeit installation.

Below you can find volume_kmsclient, this type of activation is only legal when it is a part of an organization.
This type of activation is also used with programs like KMSpico to activate software illegal.
Code:
  <BuildLab>9600.winblue_ltsb.150715-0840</BuildLab>
  <TimeZone>Jerusalem Standard Time(GMT+03:00)</TimeZone>
  <ActiveSkuId>c06b6981-d7fd-4a35-b7b4-054742b7af67</ActiveSkuId>
  <ActiveSkuDescription>Windows(R) Operating System, [COLOR="#FF0000"]VOLUME_KMSCLIENT channel[/COLOR]</ActiveSkuDescription>
  <ProductUniquenessGroups>55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f</ProductUniquenessGroups>
  <ActiveProductKeyPKeyId>ace182fe-75fe-ee4b-31e7-9fb20a237002</ActiveProductKeyPKeyId>
  <ActiveProductKeyPidEx>06401-02615-000-000000-03-1033-9600.0000-3312014</ActiveProductKeyPidEx>
  <ActiveProductKeyChannel>[COLOR="#FF0000"]Volume:GVLK[/COLOR]</ActiveProductKeyChannel>
  <ActiveVolumeCustomerPid>05426-00206-270-469837-03-1033-9200.0000-3192013</ActiveVolumeCustomerPid>
  <OfflineInstallationId>449465309681645033652144952556112540423204067159253909832775200</OfflineInstallationId>
  <DomainJoined>false</DomainJoined>
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    i5-6500 @3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
    Sound Card
    Built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM550x
    Case
    Fractal Design Define S
    Cooling
    Cooler Master TX3 i
    Keyboard
    Func KB-460 (MX Red)
    Mouse
    Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
    Other Info
    Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
Oh, i thought you maybe asked because certain programs or privileges, as i do use McAfee enterprise to block some rights (read/write/execute) to the windows folder as pretty effective virus countermeasure, which sometimes causes problems with some programs but shouldn't cause a BSOD.


The key was acquired through some MS affiliation program of an organization.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
In that case, then it is fine, although you likely have to reactivate it every once in a while.

Please check following drivers for updates
Code:
tapoas    [COLOR=#ff0000]Mon Jul 12 02:31:59 2010[/COLOR]    tapoas.sys // Open VPN driver
afcdp    [COLOR=#FF0000]Wed Jul 20 16:46:03 2011[/COLOR]    afcdp.sys // Acronis
PxHlpa64    [COLOR=#FF0000]Mon Oct 17 16:29:34 2011[/COLOR]    PxHlpa64.sys // Check [URL="http://www.carrona.org/pxhelp20.html"]this link[/URL] for software that are using this driver
AiCharger    [COLOR=#FF0000]Thu Mar 22 09:07:51 2012[/COLOR]        AiCharger.sys // [COLOR=#FF0000]ASUS Overdrive driver, causes BSOD, recommended to remove ASUS software.[/COLOR]
tib_mounter    [COLOR=#FF0000]Thu Dec 27 14:25:05 2012[/COLOR]    tib_mounter.sys // Acronis
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    i5-6500 @3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
    Sound Card
    Built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM550x
    Case
    Fractal Design Define S
    Cooling
    Cooler Master TX3 i
    Keyboard
    Func KB-460 (MX Red)
    Mouse
    Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
    Other Info
    Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
Yep, it is.

Weird enough I get always confused with AMD and ASUS, probably because of the letter A.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    i5-6500 @3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
    Sound Card
    Built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM550x
    Case
    Fractal Design Define S
    Cooling
    Cooler Master TX3 i
    Keyboard
    Func KB-460 (MX Red)
    Mouse
    Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
    Other Info
    Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
removed drivers and did some cleaning,

Got BSOD'ed again with the same DPC_Watchdog_Violation

help!
log attached.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
I suggest to upload the log again, it is empty.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    i5-6500 @3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
    Sound Card
    Built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM550x
    Case
    Fractal Design Define S
    Cooling
    Cooler Master TX3 i
    Keyboard
    Func KB-460 (MX Red)
    Mouse
    Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
    Other Info
    Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
We may need to run driver verifier a few times.



Diagnostic Test

DRIVER VERIFIER


warning   Warning
Please make a backup of your important files and get your rescue media or create one.
Please create a restore point.


Please follow this tutorial to run driver verifier.


Some windows drivers are blamed in a few crashes, but that usually means that a 3rd party driver is actually the cause.
Driver verifier stresses your drivers and will crash your pc if any driver fails due to a violation.


Driver verifier should be performed for a max of 48 hours, or when you have a bluescreen, whatever comes first.


If driver verifier has found a violation and you can't get back into windows normally, try to boot into safe mode and reset in safe mode driver verifier, or in the troubleshooting options open command prompt and type verifier /reset.


Note   Note
Your system will act very sluggishly while driver verifier is enabled, this is normal as your drivers will be being subjected to heavy testing in order to make them crash.

 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    i5-6500 @3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
    Sound Card
    Built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM550x
    Case
    Fractal Design Define S
    Cooling
    Cooler Master TX3 i
    Keyboard
    Func KB-460 (MX Red)
    Mouse
    Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
    Other Info
    Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
BSOD again :cry:
after BSOD, pc restarts but sort-of freezes when loading windows. After the windows logo, it just goes black screen. Seems like it is doing something, but it takes forever, had to reset it.

I ran driver verifier after i cleaned up the drivers, it didn't BSOD.
I'll run it again tonight.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
Oh, i thought you maybe asked because certain programs or privileges, as i do use McAfee enterprise to block some rights (read/write/execute) to the windows folder as pretty effective virus countermeasure, which sometimes causes problems with some programs but shouldn't cause a BSOD.


The key was acquired through some MS affiliation program of an organization.

I am hard wondering if it is true what you're saying.
Below is how it normally looks like with the activation when it is from an organisation.
Code:
<BuildLab>9600.winblue_ltsb.150928-1002</BuildLab>
  <TimeZone>Central Standard Time(GMT-06:00)</TimeZone>
  <ActiveSkuId>29d0b60f-66da-4858-bcaf-9eb513cd310d</ActiveSkuId>
  <ActiveSkuDescription>Windows(R) Operating System, [COLOR=#FF0000]VOLUME_KMS_W8.1[/COLOR] channel</ActiveSkuDescription>
  <ProductUniquenessGroups>55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f</ProductUniquenessGroups>
  <ActiveProductKeyPKeyId>33479963-3c8f-c7f6-339d-ed9fe3525f62</ActiveProductKeyPKeyId>
  <ActiveProductKeyPidEx>06401-00206-339-649856-03-1033-9600.0000-1172015</ActiveProductKeyPidEx>
  <ActiveProductKeyChannel>[COLOR=#FF0000]Volume:CSVLK[/COLOR]</ActiveProductKeyChannel>
  <ActiveVolumeCustomerPid></ActiveVolumeCustomerPid>
  <OfflineInstallationId>011324225876110095543896396043202533083625421830297914</OfflineInstallationId>
  <DomainJoined>true</DomainJoined>

And yours, this is the activation from a crack.
I unfortunately have wasted time to this.
Code:
  <TimeZone>Jerusalem Standard Time(GMT+02:00)</TimeZone>
  <ActiveSkuId>c06b6981-d7fd-4a35-b7b4-054742b7af67</ActiveSkuId>
  <ActiveSkuDescription>Windows(R) Operating System, [COLOR=#ff0000]VOLUME_KMSCLIENT [/COLOR]channel</ActiveSkuDescription>
  <ProductUniquenessGroups>55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f</ProductUniquenessGroups>
  <ActiveProductKeyPKeyId>ace182fe-75fe-ee4b-31e7-9fb20a237002</ActiveProductKeyPKeyId>
  <ActiveProductKeyPidEx>06401-02615-000-000000-03-1033-9600.0000-3312014</ActiveProductKeyPidEx>
  <ActiveProductKeyChannel>[COLOR=#ff0000]Volume:GVLK[/COLOR]</ActiveProductKeyChannel>
  <ActiveVolumeCustomerPid>55041-00206-271-601483-03-1033-7601.0000-3062014</ActiveVolumeCustomerPid>
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Custom build
    CPU
    i5-6500 @3.20GHz
    Motherboard
    Gigabyte B150-HD3P-CF
    Memory
    16GB DDR4 2133 Crucial Ballistix Sport LT
    Graphics Card(s)
    MSI GeForce GTX 1060 GAMING X 6G
    Sound Card
    Built-in
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Liyama ProLite XB2483HSU-B2
    Screen Resolution
    1920 x 1080
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX200 500GB & Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB
    PSU
    Corsair RM550x
    Case
    Fractal Design Define S
    Cooling
    Cooler Master TX3 i
    Keyboard
    Func KB-460 (MX Red)
    Mouse
    Corsair Gaming M65 RGB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security 2017 + MBAM Pro + MBAE Pro
    Other Info
    Creative Sound Blaster Tactic3D Rage V2 headset
huh?
i have a legit key as i said.
just to be on the safe side i applied it again.

<ActiveSkuId>8da2dfae-e4f5-4e6a-9272-96f8470e033e</ActiveSkuId>
<ActiveSkuDescription>Windows(R) Operating System, RETAIL channel</ActiveSkuDescription>
<ProductUniquenessGroups>55c92734-d682-4d71-983e-d6ec3f16059f</ProductUniquenessGroups>
<ActiveProductKeyPKeyId>8d186f58-42f5-ff8d-72ad-9e63cadac4be</ActiveProductKeyPKeyId>
<ActiveProductKeyPidEx>06401-02600-058-922905-00-1033-9600.0000-3302015</ActiveProductKeyPidEx>
<ActiveProductKeyChannel>Retail</ActiveProductKeyChannel>
<ActiveVolumeCustomerPid></ActiveVolumeCustomerPid>
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
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