DPC Watchdog Violation Windows 8 [SOLVED]

Anonymous
2013-03-18T16:22:08+00:00

Hello!

Time to time I get the DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION. Moustly when i play games. I use laptop Asus n56vz and SSD OCZ Vector 512 GB . I've tried updating all drivers, BIOS, and SSD Firmware, but i am still getting the error.  I used NOD32 Antivirus i unistalled it but still have this error.

Here is the C:\Windows\Minidump:

https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=E828D84DFAA824B6!147&authkey=!ADvi_ktAtwgPGMg

Thank you for your help.

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Anonymous
2013-04-06T09:34:46+00:00

I think the issue can be counted as solved now. No more BSODs after installing NVIDIA driver from laptop vendor ASUS. 

Thank you all for help.

I hope this thread will help to other people too.

I can't mark my Answer - as the Answer for the Question. So i only renamed the 1st post.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-03-22T20:12:27+00:00

    Yesterday new firmware 2.0 for my Vector 512 SSD was releasd. And i have updated my SSD successfully today. Lets see will it also help with my BSODs or no.

    Release Notes Firmware Update: Important Improvements since version 1.03.1

    • Fixed a corner case issue with firmware corruption after unexpected sudden power loss scenarios, which caused drives to no longer be recognized.
    • Improved SATA timings, which addresses intermittent detection issues on some platforms.
    • Improved compatibility with USB 3.0 enclosures.
    • Improved additional interoperability improvements for mobile platforms.

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-03-21T15:25:33+00:00

    One more BSOD during gaming - https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=E828D84DFAA824B6!206&authkey=!ADvi_ktAtwgPGMg

    This time with fixed GPU frequency.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-03-21T13:56:25+00:00

    Roman

    I was hoping that test wold at least tell us which driver it is but this one should

    *Dont forget to upload any further DMP files (especially those when verifier is running)

    Driver verifier

    Using Driver Verifier is an iffy proposition. Most times it'll crash and it'll tell you what the driver is.

    I started Verivier and my PC always crashed during windows booting with error dtsoftbus01.sys

    Minidump: https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=E828D84DFAA824B6!205&authkey=!ADvi_ktAtwgPGMg

    I booted in Safe Mode and turned off the verivier.

    Also i have noticed that nvidia hardly throttle the nvidia GPU after 70 or 75 degrees. I used nvidiainspector to put GPU frequency to stable frequency, no overclocking just it's working(stock)  frequency. And i had no crashes duering gaming(like 1 hour) and in games where i had near 20 FPS i had near 40-50 even 60 with same graphic settings. And max GPU temperature was 83 degrees, middle near 77 degrees. (77 degrees i had as maximum before with throttling in games and in furmark test). That was surprise for me. Also that crashes in games i had, were sometimes after Alt-Tabing to desktop. Maybe the problem is in NVIDIA which lowering it's frequency and this crash games or when it switching between internal GPU and NVIDIA.

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-03-20T20:33:50+00:00
    • If you have more than one GPU, select Multi-GPU during setup
    • In the Run mode box, select "Stability Test" and "Log GPU Temperature"

    Click "Go" to start the test

    • Run the test until the GPU temperature maxes out - or until you start having problems (whichever comes first)
    • Click "Quit" to exit

    It was stable within all testing time, max GPU Temp was 77 degrees.

    https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=E828D84DFAA824B6!204&authkey=!ADvi_ktAtwgPGMg 2nd BSOD for today when i played war thunder. All this BSODs are random. I can't say that they appear only when GPU is maxed out.

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