Recent content by sumitkm

Looks like this issue is finally resolved! Thanks everyone for your comments and time. This is what I did: 1. Reset Windows 8.1 and asked it to do a complete wipe out and reinstall. I wasn't going to reset, but I was getting weird errors and it seemed that even though my Windows account was...

Hello John, Thanks for that wealth of info, I am truly surprised how much info one can glean when you know what to look for :-). 1. UEFI stuff: This is my first build with UEFI, so wasn't sure if I should touch the BIOS defaults. All I knew was the SATA should use AHCI so I ensured mode was set...

I am getting the dreaded DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION on my newly setup Windows 8.1 rig. Configuration: Gigabyte H87-HD3 Motherboard, Haswell i5 4570, 16GB RAM and a Kingston 240GB SSD (no other h/w on the M/b). Logitech Wireless Keyboard K520 + mouse using unified USB receiver. The SSD is...

I can give you some raw inputs with respect to the crash dump you've attached. Looks like a Process called YCMMirage.exe was trying to do something on the USB Ports. Do you have a USB device that you can try without and check? Or try to update the driver usb80236.sys This is my rudimentary...