watchdog violation

Forum discussion tagged with watchdog violation.
  1. Sevatear

    Question DPC watchdog violation, solutions don't seem to work.

    Hello, I posted several months ago about a ram issue I faced ( https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/ram-being-detected-as-4000mhz-instead-of-6200mhz-on-new-build.3815455/#post-23065224 ) and thought it resolved. I've since had more issues. I got a 4090 and seemingly, for over a month...
  2. Thomas_1212

    Question Repetitive crashes since yesterday with "dpc_watchdog_violation"

    Hello everyone, I'm currently dealing with a frustrating issue on my Windows 11 PC that keeps causing crashes accompanied by the error message "DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION." I inspected the dump files and it appears that the problem is the "intelppm.sys" module. Crash dump file...
  3. S

    Question I keep getting BSODs about 5 to 6 times a day ?

    I keep getting BSODs about 5 to 6 times a day, making it hard to do what I find entertaining on my computer. It gives me a different error most of the time. I've cleaned out my computer, Used DDU, updated my intel chipset drivers, taken out two sticks of ram at a time to check for faulty sticks...
  4. NovaTronMC

    Question PC turns on but screen goes black for few minutes before booting

    Hi, I upgraded my Win 10 system to Win 11 over half a year ago, and ever since, I've been randomly having issues booting up. Sometimes, when I turn my PC on, the computer itself starts, but my monitor remains black (not black as if it was turned off, but black if I was receiving a black...
  5. JoshFeffy

    Question DPC_Watchdog_Violation BSOD & Freezing | Win11

    Hey everyone, After 30+ hours of troubleshooting I am at the end of my rope and looking for some next steps. The BSOD or freezing only occurs when my computer is "idling" (eg: Once booted, I can work, play games, etc) but if I leave the computer for 30min+ or overnight, I return to the BSOD or...
  6. Devious_Beast

    Question DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION BSOD On Windows 11 ?

    Hiya folks, I'm here posting on behalf of a friend of mine trying to figure out why her PC is repeatedly blue screening. There no was no issue with the PC until the OS was updated to Windows 11. It's a prebuilt PC purchased from Costco. I'm leaning towards the fact that an outdated driver might...
  7. M

    Question DPC Watchdog Violation Occasionally while gaming. Thanks!

    Minidump This has happened quite a bit while gaming the last few days, I cannot remember the events leading up to it. I recently installed RTX voice, one time it froze and came back and RTX voice was closed. Thanks for your time!
  8. Pankaj12325

    [SOLVED] DPC_WATCH_DOG VIOLATION after Nvidia new driver update

    I am constatly getting freeze followed by blue screen with error dpc_watch_dog violation from past weeks whenever I install graphic card driver. Issue started when Nvidia launched new driver update on 26 January. My laptop specs are: CPU: i5 7200u processor GPU: Intel uhd 620 and Nvidia...
  9. macca2077

    Question Display driver nvlddmkm stopped responding + occasional DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION errors.

    Greetings to everyone who reads this post. Short story is in the title, long story is next. I've been using this PC for about 3 years now. Specs will be below. Half a year ago it happens that I've moved out, so before that everything was fine (except the first problem). Due to low usage, PC got...
  10. Myntekt

    Question Keep getting BSOD (WATCH_DOG_VIOLATION)

    I hope this is the correct place to post. A while ago I had some power failures which ruined my CPU AIO Watercooler. I replaced it with another cooler and it fixed the issue. A few weeks after that I started getting DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION bluescreens. Here's a zip with a few minidumps in case...
  11. HopeU

    [SOLVED] BSDO "Watchdog Violation"

    Hello, I keep getting BSOD which says it's a watchdog violation. I tried to search for it and fix it but to no avail. The problem only happens under heavy load. Working with 3d rendering (gpu based iray rendering). Never during gaming nor anything else. And most of the time when the scene is...
  12. K

    [SOLVED] DPC_Watchdog_Violation

    Hey all, I am using a brand new rig, here are the specs: i9-9900KF 3.6 ASUS RTX 2080S 32GB DDR43600 ASRock Z390 Phantom Gaming 6 1 TB SSD Windows 10 Pro I installed my peripheral drivers, installed Steam, and installed the game I play (PUBG), started the game, and within 5 mins of playing the...
  13. J

    [SOLVED] Long term hardware issues

    This is my first post on here so Hi!, So about 8 months ago i built my PC from ground up minus the Drives. Here are the specs for anyone curios: i7-8700K @ 5.0Ghz, MSI Armor 1070ti, Asus Z390-A, 16GB Trident Z 3000Mhz, Corsair H60 OG model, NZXT S340, 1TB WD Blue drive, 128GB Kingston...
  14. OmegaFighter

    Question DPC Watchdog Violation BSOD - ntoskrnl / intelppm.sys

    Hello, I am looking for help, I am able to resolve simple issues but this has been bugging me for a while now since I built my new PC - Every now and then, specifically in demanding environments like recent AAA games my PC sometimes suddenly decides to crash - The cause has been consistent...
  15. L

    PC takes 30 seconds to connect to the internet

    I am on Windows 10. My PC for some reason takes 20 to 30 seconds to connect to the Internet when I boot it up and some programs need to be online to work so they close instead, and I have to wait 30 seconds every time I start my PC to do pretty much everything. Is there a way to fix this...
  16. T

    Windows won't start on two separate hard drives.

    I have windows 8.1 on my G drive and windows 7 on my c drive. I've always been able to load either no issues. Today when my computer woke from sleep mode my mouse wouldn't respond so I reset my machine. I tried to load into windows 7 but it froze on the starting screen with the animation...