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    Question I'm getting BSODs on an Asus computer, but no dump files are created ?

    Open the Run dialog box with the Windows key + R shortcut. Type “msconfig” in the blank field and click the “Ok” button. Go to the “Services” tab in the System Configuration (msconfig) window. Uncheck the Asus Armoury Crate service entry. Alternatively, you can disable Armoury Crate in your BIOS...
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    Question (BSOD) DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE ntoskrnl.exe

    you have to copy it from its current location to a new location. You can not move the file since you are not the default owner of the file. ie you have copy rights but "system" has ownership rights.
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    Question (BSOD) DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE ntoskrnl.exe

    you have to put the powercfg report on a server to be viewed. if your system is not making a mindump, you should google "how to force a windows memory dump using a keyboard" then make the registry settings and force a kernel memory dump while the system is working before it crashes. I can...
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    Question (BSOD) DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE ntoskrnl.exe

    note: your media tek driver is dated: mtkbtfilterx.sys Sat Jun 29 08:21:15 2024 BiosVersion = 2613 BiosReleaseDate = 04/12/2024 BaseBoardProduct = ROG STRIX B650-A GAMING WIFI current versions is Version 3222 2025/03/07 here is the current version of the mediatek driver: MTK_7921_7922_7902...
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    Question (BSOD) DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE ntoskrnl.exe

    you should provide the updated minidump file. I think you might also want to change the memory dump type to be a kernel dump. It will be much bigger and will include the internal log files, and show what was running on all of the cpu cores. you might also want to start cmd.exe as an admin and...
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    Question Constant crashing, BSOD, etc. Need assistance

    note: you also have bluestack android emulator installed. I would remove it if you are not using it. (just a likely failure point) file date: BstkDrv_nxt.sys Sun Apr 7 19:27:14 2024 you also have two different copies of cpuz installed cpuz154_x64.sys Thu Mar 24 09:42:16 2022 cpuz159_x64.sys...
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    Question Constant crashing, BSOD, etc. Need assistance

    not clear as to the cause of the bugcheck, this driver rarely fails so I suspect another driver is messing with its data in kernel memory. bugcheck was in fvevol.sys a bitlocker encryption driver. error code was access violation. let me see if I can see something wrong in minidump. System...
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    Question BSOD ntoskrnl.exe crashing computer

    note: your cpu came out jan 2024 windows version is strange: Major Version : 15 Minor Version : 19041 (may 2020 release) not sure why major version is 15 rather than 10 minor version, first part indicates a 2019 build maybe updates not being applied? (microsoft amd cpu specific dll...
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    Question Continuous freezes after dpc_watchdog_violation bsod

    knowing proper voltages for ryzen cpu version is outside my area of expertise. I avoid the amd cpus since I find it hard to find published cpu error/fix lists. Intel is much better about publishing the cpu buglists.
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    Question I am trying to access streetcheck.co.uk and getting HTTP Error 403 ?

    403 error indicates that the server got your request but denied access. I looked into a similar problem years ago and it was due to a bad network driver that was messing up a network packet. basically, the client would ask for some info, the server would respond. The client re assembled the...
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    Question BSOD DPC Watchdog Violation

    things get pretty ugly now that windows sleep functions save the states of everything in the pagefile.sys and reloads them on reboot. it is great if everything is working but for bug and malware it causes a lot of problems. often telling people to google how to make windows delete your pagefile...
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    Question BSOD DPC Watchdog Violation

    generally, updating the bios is not a problem like it was years ago. the bios needs to match the version of the drivers that you have installed, if they do not match and the interface changes between the one used for the bios and the one used for the drivers you get stack corruption and buffer...
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    Question BSOD DPC Watchdog Violation

    your system has a lot of new amd drivers that I have never seen before. generally I don't like seeing this driver installed AtihdWT6.sys Tue Apr 30 16:51:17 2024 you might go into windows device manager and find this sound device and see if you can change the driver to the microsoft generic...
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    Question BSOD DPC Watchdog Violation

    looks like the problem is coming from something directly on your motherboard. I would update the bios and drivers from the motherboard vendors website. Be sure to look for updates that update firmware. after I did the updates I would disable hardware devices in bios that I am not using...
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    Question BSOD ntoskrnl.exe crashing computer

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