Fresh Install - Disk Errors and DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION

jamesharding

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Hello all!

I am having problems with Windows 8 that SEEM to be stemming from the disk. This is a fresh install on an SSD that previously worked fine. My error log is always full of messages like this: http://i.imgur.com/pxlF2.png before it actually freezes. Any ideas as to what could be causing this? The computer is more or less unusable in this state...

I have attached the zip with all minidump info.

Thanks in advance :)

Cheers,
James
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
The supplier is me since it is a homebuilt computer!

Does the dump show this specifically? The disk errors seem to show up when there is a large amount of I/O activity to my primary drive (the SSD). It seems to crash only when there are a lot of them in a row.

Since there is no hotfix for what you described, do I just have to wait it out? The system really is unusable as it is right now :/
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
You may actually have a hard drive problem. Go to the website of your HD manufacturer and take the HD test. Report back with the results. That I/O is often caused by HD.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 SP1
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    Memory
    6 GB
Alright, so I ran a disk check on it overnight - no problems found! The drive is an OCZ Vertex 3, and I believe that it has the newest firmware on it. Again, it seems to only happen when there is a large amount of IO to the drive. I can force the BSOD by copying a large folder (Battlefield 3 program files ~16 GB) to an external drive. Works fine for a while, then the disk errors start appearing in the syslog, followed by a freeze and BSOD a few seconds later...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
Forget chkdsk, go to the website of your HD manufacturer and check it there. If your computer has a diagnostic test, check from there.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 SP1
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    Memory
    6 GB
Sorry, not chkdsk, but I used a copy of Geeksquad's MRI tool to check every sector on the disk. OCZ don't offer their own diagnostic tool.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
Go to event viewer and take notice if an explanation is given for the I/O. I/O means input output error, it usually refers to hardware. It is usually the hard drive, but can be any hardware. Printer, etc.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 7 SP1
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS 420
    Memory
    6 GB
I disconnected all of those when the problem started occurring. CD drive is empty.

I am really at a loss :/ I dont have the tools to look at the dump files...do they show anything specifically?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
storport.sys seems to be the problem, but i get the feeling debug is telling fibs. you could try creating a restore point then making a recovery disk. then enable verifer.exe on your ssd drivers.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus/k52Jc
    CPU
    i3
    Memory
    8gig ddr3
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