Why does my DIY PC keep blue-screening?

[dannyzfreedman]

It keeps crashing at an exponentially more often rate. Just built and am trying to set it up. Obviously having difficulties doing that. Thanks!

Edit: I am having the DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION error. I am looking into how to fix it but any help would be much appreciated.

Edit 2: Fixed it!

 

[13thmonkey]

full system specs, temps at load and idle?

 

[dannyzfreedman]

full system specs, temps at load and idle?

Parts:
Gigabyte GA-AB350N Gaming Wifi
Ryzen 5 2400g
Patriot Viper Ram (16gb 3200mhz)
Seasonic Focus FM 450 W Gold (or some variant I don't quite remember)
WD 500gb SSD

Idle fluctuates between 35 and 45 staying on the low end of that. After using the "Stress" feature in CPU-Z for 10 minutes or so was a few degrees below 80. I can run it for longer if you need but my suspicion would be that it would hit 85 in another 10 minutes or so (as the temperature growth slowed as the test continued) and then would throttle back down. If you need any more info just ask! I'm grateful you are helping.

Additionally, some load tasks crash (like connecting to a different wifi network, downloading/opening certain software) and others don't (like running CPU-Z). Anyway, not sure why this would be.

Thanks so much again!

 

[13thmonkey]

All drivers installed, including mobo drivers? And current bios installed for that board.

And thank you for just giving us this info, and not whinging about having to find out temps etc.

Load temp might be high, but unlikely to be an issue unless it only happens at load.

Is that memory on the approved list? Are any 16GB sticks on the approved list?

The changing WiFi issue makes me associate the issue with ancillary components on the mobo, hence the driver question.

The 'Gs are new ish hence the bios question,although I'd expect worse than that.

 

[dannyzfreedman]

All drivers installed, including mobo drivers? And current bios installed for that board.

And thank you for just giving us this info, and not whinging about having to find out temps etc.

Load temp might be high, but unlikely to be an issue unless it only happens at load.

Is that memory on the approved list? Are any 16GB sticks on the approved list?

The changing WiFi issue makes me associate the issue with ancillary components on the mobo, hence the driver question.

The 'Gs are new ish hence the bios question,although I'd expect worse than that.

The memory is on the approved list. They are two 8 gig sticks. Also, I installed every driver that I thought I needed but I might be missing some. One issue though, I cannot find any of the files even though I am 100% sure that I finished downloading them. Another thing, I've experienced a belle curve in regards to the frequency of crashes. Not sure that is significant since I've only been on my compute post windows installation for less than 5 hours. One idea I have had but haven't tested was down clocking the RAM to 3000 mhz instead of 3200. Anyway, thanks for staying with me!

 

[13thmonkey]

Bios revision up to date?

 

[dannyzfreedman]

Bios revision up to date?

Whats the difference between BIOS revision and version? I downloaded the latest BIOS update, is that the same?

 

[13thmonkey]

Bios revision up to date?

Whats the difference between BIOS revision and version? I downloaded the latest BIOS update, is that the same?

If it is installed then yes, no difference.

 

[dannyzfreedman]

Bios revision up to date?

Whats the difference between BIOS revision and version? I downloaded the latest BIOS update, is that the same?

If it is installed then yes, no difference.

Yes I have the latest BIOS. I looked into the error message I got DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION most sources say something about SSD storage. However, most solutions say make sure you have lastor.sys or something like that as the driver for the SATA controller. I have storachi.sys. Because of that I do not know how to follow any of the guides regarding my error message.

 

[13thmonkey]

Bios revision up to date?

Whats the difference between BIOS revision and version? I downloaded the latest BIOS update, is that the same?

If it is installed then yes, no difference.

Yes I have the latest BIOS. I looked into the error message I got DPC WATCHDOG VIOLATION most sources say something about SSD storage. However, most solutions say make sure you have lastor.sys or something like that as the driver for the SATA controller. I have storachi.sys. Because of that I do not know how to follow any of the guides regarding my error message.

Do you have a spare sata cable?