speedlever
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I've been trying to track down the cause of a DPC Watchdog Violation (Win 8.1 BSOD) for the last day or so. I think I finally found the issue.
To solve it, I ran multiple instances of sfc /scannow with no change. I did DISM /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth with no change. I did a restore to a known good point with no change (had to uninstall my AV in order to do this). After restarting the laptop (after doing the sfc /scannow, or restarting after the system restore and reinstalling the AV program) the laptop would run for a short time then appear to lockup and shortly thereafter display the DPC Watchdog Violation screen.
The common thing that I began to notice was that this seemed to occur soon after installing my AV of choice which was also updated yesterday, just before the BSOD issue reared its ugly head. But as I had also done some other updates to programs as well as some driver updates, I didn't realize the issue was related to the AV update until very late in the game.
So today I uninstalled the AV and used another AV program and thus far the laptop has been running fine with no issue. The AV in question is one I've used for years and has been my go to favorite... up 'til now: Avast free AV which just updated to 2015 version. I moved the problem laptop to Avira and it's been running fine ever since. Go figure.
To solve it, I ran multiple instances of sfc /scannow with no change. I did DISM /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth with no change. I did a restore to a known good point with no change (had to uninstall my AV in order to do this). After restarting the laptop (after doing the sfc /scannow, or restarting after the system restore and reinstalling the AV program) the laptop would run for a short time then appear to lockup and shortly thereafter display the DPC Watchdog Violation screen.
The common thing that I began to notice was that this seemed to occur soon after installing my AV of choice which was also updated yesterday, just before the BSOD issue reared its ugly head. But as I had also done some other updates to programs as well as some driver updates, I didn't realize the issue was related to the AV update until very late in the game.
So today I uninstalled the AV and used another AV program and thus far the laptop has been running fine with no issue. The AV in question is one I've used for years and has been my go to favorite... up 'til now: Avast free AV which just updated to 2015 version. I moved the problem laptop to Avira and it's been running fine ever since. Go figure.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1x64 pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Homebrew
- CPU
- i5-2500k
- Motherboard
- Asus P8Z68-V Pro
- Memory
- 16 GB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2x 19 inch
- Screen Resolution
- 1280x1024
- Hard Drives
- 256 GB SSD
1.5GB
2 GB
3GB external
- Case
- Antec Solo
- Antivirus
- Avast free