Question BSOD / DPC Violations Crashing - Help!

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Hello,

I am looking for some assistance fixing an issue my computer has, I am able to resolve most issues my computer has however this one has been ongoing for a long time, since I upgraded my computer approximately 6 months ago.
Every now and then, specifically in demanding environments like recent AAA games my PC will seize up, pause for sometimes 10 - 15 seconds, sometimes show graphical anomalies and then crash to BSOD.
The cause has been consistent, it's a DPC Watchdog Violation but with Who Crashed I am unable to nail down the exact origin of the issue. I thought someone more experienced in Win10 troubleshooting might be able to help me out here.

Some background and computer specs

i7 12700KF 12 Core CPU
NVIDIA 3070Ti
Gigabyte Z690 UD
850w PSU (approx. 6 years old)
16GB RAM (Brand new)
1TB nVME (I had other hard drives connected but i have since removed them for troubleshooting)
Thermaltake TOUGHAIR 510 CPU Cooler
I have a WIFI Card in the mobo too.

Some detailed background and already covered methods of troubleshooting.
I have been getting this issue as stated for approximately 6 months, I decided not to attempt to troubleshoot it immediately as I was quite busy and was just putting up with the constant crashing.
The crashing occurred after I upgraded my computer, the only 'legacy' components which were brought over was 16GB RAM and an 850W PSU.

• I ran all the obvious CHKDSK, and SFC /scannow prompts to eliminate easy issues. The crashing continues.
• I checked every single driver and ensured they were up to date, installed driver integrity tools to make sure i have not missed anything. The crashing continues.
• I have had RAM go on me in the past and since this RAM was quite old I decided to replace it, I then ran MEMTEST86 and passed. The crashing continued.
• I decide to uninstall my GPU drivers through a DDU tool (in safe mode) and then reinstall them, my computer becomes considerably slower and is running at 30% frames as what it normally would. Nevertheless I try to see if it crashes, it does.
• I decide to install a fresh set of windows and format my nVME in the process, after installation I update all drivers for intel, chipsets, gpu, windows, I then download steam, firefox, GeForce Experience, Utility App (for gigabyte motherboard), downloaded God of War on steam (as i have found it crashes a lot quicker running this), 5 minutes into the game I crash.

I am quite disheartened and confused as to what the issue is but by all the Who Crashed analysis it points to something in the windows installation or the CPU. I however have looked up this fault codes provided in the below analysis and the issues seem very broad. (majority of the advice points to old drivers being run, others require drives to be deleted entirely, found a thread that says the nVME is busted for someone).

Any assistance is appreciated, If you think I have glossed over anything please shout out. I am close to going to a commercial computer repairmen but I dont have much faith in them.

Most recent analysis below, after format and new windows. Ignore the highlights. Apologies i could not provide this in text format.

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/543644304619601965/990940329509265448/unknown.png

 

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Hi

Just posting an update to close this off.

I have discovered the issue was my pair of NC Bose 700 Headphones that kept crashing my computer, or perhaps the drivers affiliated with them. I have now used another pair of Bluetooth headphones for months with no issues, as soon as i swap to the Bose 700 Headphones, my computer will repeatedly, eventually crash.

Thanks all for your efforts, just wanted to close this out

 

[johnbl]

Hi

Just posting an update to close this off.

I have discovered the issue was my pair of NC Bose 700 Headphones that kept crashing my computer, or perhaps the drivers affiliated with them. I have now used another pair of Bluetooth headphones for months with no issues, as soon as i swap to the Bose 700 Headphones, my computer will repeatedly, eventually crash.

Thanks all for your efforts, just wanted to close this out

good to know, any chance that the nc bose 700 headphones just needed a firmware update?
My wife had a pair and it had issues on her windows 10 pc until I did the firmware update.

 

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good to know, any chance that the nc bose 700 headphones just needed a firmware update?
My wife had a pair and it had issues on her windows 10 pc until I did the firmware update.

Hi John,

I ran all the firmware updates and even at some points wiped the firmware back to factory settings, unsure what the conflict was, but i now do not use these expensive headphones (im told Sonys are better anyway)