No, I have not had a reboot since I turned off fast startup. I think startup takes a bit longer, but I've become used to it and I don't find it a bother.
Event ID 20 - WHEA-Logger - AMD Northbridge
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Since resolving an issue with my ATI Video Driver recently, I have started getting the following errors, once a day, which cause my system to restart unexpectedly.
I believe this to be a driver issue, even though it looks like a hardware issue.
When it happens, I am usually watching TV on it via my XBOX Media Center Extender.
Event ID 20 - WHEA-Logger
A fatal hardware error has occurred.
Component: AMD Northbridge
Error Source: Machine Check Exception
Error Type: HyperTransport Watchdog Timeout Error
Processor APIC ID: 0
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My Computer is a Dell XPS 7100 with an AMD Phenom II X6 1045T Processor and ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series graphics adaptor.
All Dell diagnostics run cleanly and successfully.
Can anyone advise what to do to investigate further please?
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2017-12-18T20:29:21+00:00 I had the problem again today, and I came across this possible solution, which may have worked for someone else.
I turned off "fast startup". I don't know if this will help or not. I have not been experiencing this issue often, so I won't know for a while if this helps or not until more time has gone by. I had this happen on November 20 and then again today.
To turn off "fast startup", from within the Control Panel, choose Power Options. Then Choose what the power button does. Then "Settings that are currently unavailable", then remove the checkmark from "Turn on fast startup (recommended)". Save the changes, turn off computer. Then turn it back on. Booting up everything takes longer, which might be annoying, but experiencing possible file corruption due to these reboots would be a lot worse, I think. YMMV.
Good luck. I'll post one way or the other if this works. I would give it a couple of weeks before I would deem the problem resolved.
I'm also facing this same issue...
I've applied your potential fix and so far my computer hasn't rebooted (only a day in).
Have you experienced a reboot since you changed the Fast startup setting?
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Anonymous
2017-12-08T13:10:00+00:00 I think the best solution will be to remove the crimson software and use the laptop. So far I didnt have any reboots.
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Anonymous
2017-11-30T17:13:57+00:00 I've never had any indication of problems with the graphics driver. I just had one day where I had no administrative access until I was able to "restart" the computer properly. I wonder if some update didn't quite install correctly until I was able to accomplish that. That particular issue hasn't happened since, and Event Viewer didn't show any cause for that.
The sudden rebooting issue has occurred for me when I am using the Google Chrome browser, nothing graphics heavy going on and no stutter in performance or any indication of anything wrong. Just a sudden black screen and then the computer rebooted. Event viewer describes the cause as being what is described as the subject of this thread. I am hoping that disabling Fast Startup is the solution for my computer. :)
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Anonymous
2017-11-30T15:34:26+00:00 I'm trying the fix of TDRDelay described in the link down below for 3 days and until now no problem yet, because I found that the graphics driver has stopped responding in some cases, right before the computer restarts.