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Argonath RPG Community => Hardware/Software support => Resolved issues => Topic started by: Teddy on September 05, 2015, 11:32:30 pm
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Hi,
Back when Windows 10 was released I made the apparent fatal mistake of updating to it. I immediately became haunted by repeating issues, it was first a random "lockup" caused by my 970, which I have since sent back due to it being a memory leak, in immediate effort to fix this I reset windows 10 and got raped by a new error, a bsod with dpc_watchdog_violation. So severe I got the error even during safe mode (all safe modes). I did the next logical step to do a fresh install of Windows 8, which I did yesterday. I was met with a random error during the windows 8.1 update last night so I restarted with 8 again this morning and everything was going well, updated from 8 fresh to 8.1 and just as I start installing things.. bsod. dpc_watchdog_violation again.. thanks Aiden.
I'm seriously out of options at this point. I can't get into safe mode long, I can't really do anything without a crash.
I have a Samsung 850 Pro SSD, WD Black Series as storage, and currently using my old NVIDA GTX 760 TI while I get refunded from the defunct GTX 970.
Any ideas?
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The above issue is being resolved/discussed via Skype PM.
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Resolved.
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Unresolved :(
Fix was temporary, longer than normal but occurring again :/
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Sad to hear.
I, actually my brother experienced this issue with his pc while updating to W10 or W8 . He said he gave up and the computer wasn't used for a while. He then turned it on after a few months(2 and a half) and it worked all fine, no bsod's after that. It works perfectly. He said he didn't do anything but let the computer sit at its spot.
Why don't you purchase new gear if it isn't working out for you?
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I had this error for the first time on the day I clean installed Windows 10 a few weeks ago. The laptop booted extremely slow and logged into windows even slower. Everything was extremely slow and suddenly got that error.
It did some error running on itself and it never appeared again until a few days ago. Same symptoms... Slow booting, logging in and no start up apps loading.
Would like to know whats causing this..
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What was the temporary fix?
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Just had this again. Forgot the mention that before this error occurred the last time and this time, I got the error message that Start menu and cortana have stopped working and asked to me signout and re login. I couldn't close that critical error. Signing out and logging back in doesn't fix it. Rebooting doesn't fix it.
Several attempts later I had BSOD with watchdog warning. Please help. Can't go through reinstalling windows again with this 3rd world internet.
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Hmm. Looks like more people have this issue than I anticipated.
Temporary fix - we reset the ram and uninstalled the graphics drivers and installed the basic Microsoft ones and then on top of that updated it with the Geforce Experience software.
Our next step was to unplug the WD Storage device (since it was pegging at 100% utilization) - not sure if this was done yet or not.
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The funny thing is, I got that BSOD while I was playing Watch Dogs :lol:
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The funny thing is, I got that BSOD while I was playing Watch Dogs :lol:
That's pretty funny. Maybe that's why they named the game that - because people get that BSOD when they play the game lmfao.
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Had this again... I read through some websites and they say it could be fast start up or Avast antivirus causing this.
Do people experiencing this error have Avast and/or fast start up turned on?
EDIT: For the moment I have turned off fast statrup. will return with results
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so you guys all started getting that error from updating to Win10 or what?
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People with W8 had this too. This started for me after doing a clean install to Windows 10 the second time. Upgrading from 8.1 and clean installing the first time didn't cause this..
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so you guys all started getting that error from updating to Win10 or what?
I got a different problem when I upgraded to 10 that I later found a fix to. I first tried clean installing 10 which gave me this problem, I then now clean installed 8/8.1 and this new bsod issue has continued.
Had this again... I read through some websites and they say it could be fast start up or Avast antivirus causing this.
Do people experiencing this error have Avast and/or fast start up turned on?
EDIT: For the moment I have turned off fast statrup. will return with results
I am still getting this on a clean install, without Avast and with Fast Startup turned off :(
Hmm. Looks like more people have this issue than I anticipated.
Temporary fix - we reset the ram and uninstalled the graphics drivers and installed the basic Microsoft ones and then on top of that updated it with the Geforce Experience software.
Our next step was to unplug the WD Storage device (since it was pegging at 100% utilization) - not sure if this was done yet or not.
I haven't done this yet, was fairly ill yesterday.
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This morning I unplugged the WD HDD and then the PC wouldn't POST, I determined the problem was two memory sticks. It appears they're no longer working as intended.
As of now I have both my WD HDD removed and these two faulty memory sticks.
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Use Hiren's boot cd - http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ (you can usb boot too)
In the toolkit you can use MHDD (http://www.hiren.info/downloads/freeware-tools/mhdd) to test your HDD,
And it also has Windows Memory Diagnostic (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Memory-Tweak/Microsoft-Windows-Memory-Diagnostic.shtml) for your RAM.
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Use Hiren's boot cd - http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ (you can usb boot too)
In the toolkit you can use MHDD (http://www.hiren.info/downloads/freeware-tools/mhdd) to test your HDD,
And it also has Windows Memory Diagnostic (http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Memory-Tweak/Microsoft-Windows-Memory-Diagnostic.shtml) for your RAM.
It doesn't post...
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It doesn't post...
What happens when you power on the computer? Can you see anything...?
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What happens when you power on the computer? Can you see anything...?
When the memory sticks are in? Nothing, it just sat at the pre-POST wallpaper thing for a bit and turned off. I tried fiddling around and only when I removed these two sticks it POSTed and booted. I should note, I am not shocked... I got these two sticks of eBay haha
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This might help a little bit.
A watchdog timer is a hardware timer used to ensure that a device responds to an operation within a normal amount of time. If the timer expires before the device responds the device may have malfunctioned, been disconnected, or lost power. If this occurs to a device which is critical to kernel operation such as the system boot disk the kernel may enter an inconsistent state which can only be addressed by rebooting after presenting a BSoD. To address this you should examine your system for faulty or failing hardware, possibly your motherboard or hard disk drive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vvvaWbMgkI
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When the memory sticks are in? Nothing, it just sat at the pre-POST wallpaper thing for a bit and turned off. I tried fiddling around and only when I removed these two sticks it POSTed and booted. I should note, I am not shocked... I got these two sticks of eBay haha
Hah. Try getting some new (actually new) from a reliable source. So I guess there's your solution.
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Ok, as I said the first symptoms are start menu and cortana don't work. It happened again except that I didn't get the critical error message.
I opened task manager and restarted file explorer. Haven't had the problem for 2 days now. Will report again if something happens.
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After a few days without the faulty RAM and WD HDD, I have reconnected the WD HDD and will see if things continue to work optimally. Hopefully by the end of the week that things are back to normal.
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After a few days without the faulty RAM and WD HDD, I have reconnected the WD HDD and will see if things continue to work optimally. Hopefully by the end of the week that things are back to normal.
Roger.
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-dpc-watchdog-violation-bsod-promises-fix-493754.shtml