Solved BSOD periodically with DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION on new build

Arjorn

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Hello,

I recently put together a gaming PC on January 15th. It has had four BSOD's since then with DPC_WATCHDOG_Violation description. They were not frequent as a week or two apart, but for a new built PC it seems strange to already be running into these, so something is amiss.

It is using two drives that were formatted from a previous build that were used as storage; a Samsung 840 EVO SSD and a WD 1TB HDD Caviar Black. They are currently only storage drives and were formatted during initial BIOS setup after the OS was installed and Windows recognized them and a new SSD is being used as the main Windows boot drive. Hopefully there are no left over drives from the old PC still on them conflicting with the boot drive.

Debugging tools have indicated different causes for each BSOD crash, such as HTTP.sys, nvlddmkm (Nvidia driver), hal.dll, and ntoskrnl.exe.

System Specs are:
CPU: Intel i7-4790K at stock 4.00Ghz
RAM: 2x4GB Corsiar Vengeance 1866Mhz RAM
GPU: GTX 980 @ stock 1177Mhz
Boot: Crucial MX100 128GB SSD
Storage 1: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB
Storage 2: WD 1TB Caviar Blue HDD
PSU: Corsiar AX860 Watt
OS: Windows 8.1 64bit with latest updates.

I recently (as of three days ago of this posting) installed new drivers for keyboard, mouse, and wireless headset.

I am using Geforce 347.25 drivers, as 344.11 was used before that and there were many CTD with Display Driver stop working and a clean install of the latter solved most of those issues.

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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-4790K
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z97 Extrem6
    Memory
    8GB: 2x4GB Corsiar Vengeance 1866Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 980 Gigabyte Windforce WF3
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS RoG Swift PB278Q
    Screen Resolution
    2560z1440
    Hard Drives
    Cruscual MX100 128GB SSD as boot drive.
    Samsung 840 EVO 250GB as a fast storage drive.
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB HDD.
    PSU
    AX860 Corsiar
    Case
    Corsiar 760T
    Cooling
    Stock
    Keyboard
    Corsiar Vengenace K95
    Mouse
    Corsiar M95
    Internet Speed
    1.5Mbs
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Hi Arjorn & Welcome to the forums ^_^,

I have analysed your dump files and below has been provided an analysis of the same for informative purposes :-

DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (133)
The DPC watchdog detected a prolonged run time at an IRQL of DISPATCH_LEVEL or above.
Arguments:
Arg1: 0000000000000000, A single DPC or ISR exceeded its time allotment. The offending
component can usually be identified with a stack trace.
Arg2: 0000000000000501, The DPC time count (in ticks).
Arg3: 0000000000000500, The DPC time allotment (in ticks).
Arg4: 0000000000000000
So, according to the dump file, a DPC (Deferred Procedure Call) or an ISR (Interrupt Service Routine) took longer than it was supposed and hence the system crashed.
Let's take a look at the stack -
Code:
0: kd> knL
 # Child-SP          RetAddr           Call Site
00 fffff800`ec71dc88 fffff800`eabfd43a nt!KeBugCheckEx
01 fffff800`ec71dc90 fffff800`eaadd2c1 nt! ?? ::FNODOBFM::`string'+0x1258a
02 fffff800`ec71dd20 fffff800`eaa227b5 nt!KeClockInterruptNotify+0x91
03 fffff800`ec71df40 fffff800`eab6feb3 hal!HalpTimerClockIpiRoutine+0x15
04 fffff800`ec71df70 fffff800`eabdbe2a nt!KiCallInterruptServiceRoutine+0xa3
05 fffff800`ec71dfb0 fffff800`eabdc20f nt!KiInterruptSubDispatchNoLockNoEtw+0xea
06 fffff800`ec70e880 fffff800`6c3b9199 nt!KiInterruptDispatchLBControl+0x11f
07 fffff800`ec70ea10 ffffe001`ce648990[COLOR=#0000FF][B][U] n[U][B]vldd[/B][/U]mkm+[/U][/B][/COLOR]0x19c199
08 fffff800`ec70ea18 00000000`00000000 0xffffe001`ce648990
And the driver hanging up is the NVIDIA Driver.
Kindly uninstall the currently installed NVIDIA driver using the Display Driver Uninstaller from this **LINK**. Once the driver has been uninstalled, kindly reboot the system. Try installing a BETA driver and see if the problem resolves or not. If it is not resolved, try a driver from few versions earlier. You could also try the driver which came with the Graphics Cardin the driver disc.

Let me know how it goes ^_^

-Pranav
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro B-)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba
    CPU
    Core I5 2430M @ 2.4GHz
    Memory
    8 GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz Dual Channel ^_^
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 3000 B-)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 500 GB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender & Common Sense!
Thank you for the analysis Pranav/bleelvis.

I've been having to install and reinstall Nvidia drivers after Microsoft Update downloaded and installed display drivers during a routine update.
I used DDU in safe mode during the installation of the current 347.25 drivers, so maybe it didn't clean everything. The driver that came with the GPU card was 344.11. I'll download the latest driver 347.75 using this method and report back in a reply.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 64bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    i7-4790K
    Motherboard
    ASRock Z97 Extrem6
    Memory
    8GB: 2x4GB Corsiar Vengeance 1866Mhz
    Graphics Card(s)
    GTX 980 Gigabyte Windforce WF3
    Monitor(s) Displays
    ASUS RoG Swift PB278Q
    Screen Resolution
    2560z1440
    Hard Drives
    Cruscual MX100 128GB SSD as boot drive.
    Samsung 840 EVO 250GB as a fast storage drive.
    Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB HDD.
    PSU
    AX860 Corsiar
    Case
    Corsiar 760T
    Cooling
    Stock
    Keyboard
    Corsiar Vengenace K95
    Mouse
    Corsiar M95
    Internet Speed
    1.5Mbs
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
Thank you for the analysis Pranav/bleelvis.

I've been having to install and reinstall Nvidia drivers after Microsoft Update downloaded and installed display drivers during a routine update.
I used DDU in safe mode during the installation of the current 347.25 drivers, so maybe it didn't clean everything. The driver that came with the GPU card was 344.11. I'll download the latest driver 347.75 using this method and report back in a reply.

Sure thing. Let me know how it goes ^_^


-Pranav
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro B-)
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Toshiba
    CPU
    Core I5 2430M @ 2.4GHz
    Memory
    8 GB DDR3 @ 1600MHz Dual Channel ^_^
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel HD 3000 B-)
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    Toshiba 500 GB
    Browser
    Google Chrome
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender & Common Sense!
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