dpc_watchdog_violation - bsod Win 8.1

[Teddy]

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.

[Chase]

Use Hiren's boot cd - http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ (you can usb boot too)

In the toolkit you can use MHDD to test your HDD,

And it also has Windows Memory Diagnostic for your RAM.

[Teddy]

Use Hiren's boot cd - http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ (you can usb boot too)

In the toolkit you can use MHDD to test your HDD,

And it also has Windows Memory Diagnostic for your RAM.

It doesn't post...

[Leroy_Kolta]

It doesn't post...

What happens when you power on the computer? Can you see anything...?

[Teddy]

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

[kewlguy13x]

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.

[Leroy_Kolta]

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.

[CharlieKasper]

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.

[Teddy]

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.

[Leroy_Kolta]

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.

[CharlieKasper]

http://news.softpedia.com/news/microsoft-confirms-windows-10-dpc-watchdog-violation-bsod-promises-fix-493754.shtml