[SOLVED] BSOD - DPC Watchdog Violation on Windows 11 ?

[ErwinRamos]

Hello everyone,

I've been putting up with BSOD crashes at random times for the greater part of 2 months and finally had enough and wanted a fix. I read several articles and tried "sfc /scannow" and "chkdsk" commands several times to no avail and even reinstalled Windows. I'm confident it's a driver or hardware issue. Sometimes it works for almost 24 hours at a time without BSOD other times it crashes within 30 minutes.

System Specs
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/...nc/90nc001jus/mj0d3sjp/parts/display/as-built

• CPU - Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-10700 CPU @ 2.90GHz 2.90 GH
• GPU -NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060
• Drives - C: 475GB SSD D: 1TB HDD

Dump File
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Apg6L6LAT-GPgh0J2OI21zlKxYsC?e=E8AeEy

 

[Colif]

Seems to be the BSOD of the year.

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File: 101722-10343-01.dmp (Oct 18 2022 - 10:35:42)
BugCheck: [DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (133)]
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
Probably caused by: ACPI.sys (Process: System)
Uptime: 1 Day(s), 4 Hour(s), 19 Min(s), and 07 Sec(s)

The nvlddmkm.sys file is a NVIDIA graphics card driver. There are a few things you can do to fix this problem. First off, try a full uninstall using DDU in Safe Mode then re-install the driver (more information). Or try getting the latest version of the driver. Or try one of the 3 most recent drivers released by NVIDIA. Drivers can be found here: http://www.nvidia.com/ or you can allow Windows Update to download the driver for you, which might be a older/better version.

wish they were all so obvious

You might want to install Nvidia drivers from Lenovo website if the ones from Nvidia continue to be problems.

 

[ErwinRamos]

thanks for the quick and helpful response!

 

[Colif]

let me know if it happens again

 

[ErwinRamos]

I installed the Geforce Game Ready Driver Version: 522.25 which was released on 10/12/22 yesterday. Still BSOD twice today. After the first, I reinstalled the same GeForce Driver version yet it still happened.

Dump Files:

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Apg6L6LAT-GPgh5pMU0d-qJlDWx3?e=qGXxdj

Microsoft OneDrive

1drv.ms

 

[Colif]

I should have known it would have been too easy to fix it that fast

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File: 101822-9828-01.dmp (Oct 19 2022 - 06:46:15)
BugCheck: [DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (133)]
Probably caused by: ACPI.sys (Process: System)
Uptime: 0 Day(s), 20 Hour(s), 10 Min(s), and 12 Sec(s)

have you run the automatic updater?
https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/...-t5-28imb05/downloads/automatic-driver-update
there even appears to be a new bios on there.

 

[ErwinRamos]

I did it recently and did it again today.

New Minidump File from today:
https://1drv.ms/u/s!Apg6L6LAT-GPgiDGgU4ZueqLLk4S?e=lfyizg

 

[Colif]

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File: 101922-10421-01.dmp (Oct 20 2022 - 09:00:54)
BugCheck: [DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (133)]
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for rt640x64.sys
Probably caused by: ACPI.sys (Process: System)
Uptime: 0 Day(s), 21 Hour(s), 04 Min(s), and 00 Sec(s)

realtek lan drivers

Sep 28 2020

rt640x64.sys

Realtek NICDRV 8169 PCIe GBE Family Controller driver https://www.realtek.com/en/

Download Win11 Auto Installation Program (NetAdapterCx ) from under windows header here - https://www.realtek.com/en/componen...0-1000m-gigabit-ethernet-pci-express-software

 

[ErwinRamos]

I want to say thank you for the time and effort you're giving up to help me. I really appreciate it man.

I got 2 more minidump files after I installed the PCIE Win11 you recommended:
October 20th
October 21st
Thank you again for the attention you're giving my issues.

 

[Colif]

if it keeps blaming something new, we might want to run this

Try running memtest86 on each of your ram sticks, one stick at a time, up to 4 passes. Only error count you want is 0, any higher could be cause of the BSOD. Remove/replace ram sticks with errors. Memtest is created as a bootable USB so that you don’t need windows to run it

as bad ram can make good drivers play up
it looks like you gave me same file twice

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File: 102122-5984-01.dmp (Oct 22 2022 - 04:24:36)
BugCheck: [DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (133)]
Probably caused by: ACPI.sys (Process: System)
Uptime: 0 Day(s), 15 Hour(s), 55 Min(s), and 26 Sec(s)

File: 102122-5984-01(1).dmp (Oct 22 2022 - 04:24:36)
BugCheck: [DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (133)]
Probably caused by: ACPI.sys (Process: System)
Uptime: 0 Day(s), 15 Hour(s), 55 Min(s), and 26 Sec(s)

try running this and see if it offers any new intel drivers - https://www.intel.com.au/content/www/au/en/support/intel-driver-support-assistant.html

 

[ErwinRamos]

Thanks for your patience, I'm as tired as you are with this.
I ran memtest86 and it took 2 hours, found 0 errors with all 4 ram sticks. I found some intel driver updates from your link and updated them. The following day (today), and I got 2 more BSODs

Minidump 1
Minidump 2

 

[Colif]

I just wish I could fix it faster for you

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File: 102522-7953-01.dmp (Oct 26 2022 - 07:01:25)
BugCheck: [DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (133)]
Probably caused by: ACPI.sys (Process: System)
Uptime: 0 Day(s), 21 Hour(s), 45 Min(s), and 26 Sec(s)

File: 102522-11500-01.dmp (Oct 26 2022 - 13:00:20)
BugCheck: [DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (133)]
*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for nvlddmkm.sys
Probably caused by: nvlddmkm.sys (Process: System)
Uptime: 0 Day(s), 5 Hour(s), 58 Min(s), and 37 Sec(s)

its back to blaming Nvidia drivers again

run ddu again but instead of getting drivers from Nvidia, run windows update after going back into normal mode and see if using the older Nvidia drivers it has, see if it makes a change.

Its possible Nvidia drivers caused previous ones as well.