Recently I have built a 3D rendering station for a client of mine. The machine runs, but crashes about once or twice a day with a BSOD (watchdog violation 1x133. Blue Screen View mentions either nvlddmkm.sys or ntoskrnl.exe as culprit. Things I have tried so far: Clean install Windows 10 Clean install Windows 7 DDU removal of graphics drivers latest nVidia drivers older nVidia drivers extensive RAM testing Specs: Asus X99-WS 10G E Intel 6850K 7x Zotac 1080ti Blower Edition (transformed to water cooling) 64GB RAM Samsung 960 Pro 512GB (system drive) 3x WD Red in RAID 0 (data drive) 2x Cooler Master V1200 PSU Custom EK watercooling loop Obsidian 900D Speccy Snapshot: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/qchWoHD0m7mueWTEVccxFlD Any help or insight on this issue would be greatly appreciated, as this issue now causes great delays in my client's workflow.

I tried to apply with my 2 x rtx 2080ti stack I experienced more stability but still bsod occured randomly… :( Maybe I should change my Asus x299 W mobo? Test your system with one GPU at a time. Can you test GPU1 and GPU2 on 2 PCI-E slots (e.g. PCI-E1 and PCI-E2) as follows: GPU1 on PCI-E1, check for stability GPU2 on PCI-E1, check for stability GPU1 on PCI-E2, check for stability, and GPU2 on PCI-E2, check for stability. If one of the GPUs performs without any issues on both PCI-E slots and the other GPU has issues on both PCI-E slots, it's most likely a GPU hardware issue. If both GPUs works fine in one PCI-E slot and cause BSOD in the other, I'd continue testing one GPU at a time in each of the remaining PCI-E slots, to ensure I've identified the defective PCI-E slot. If you identify a particular PCI-E slot that causes BSOD, it's most likely a motherboard hardware issue (e.g. bad/cold solder). If all tests with one GPU at a time pass successfully, I wouldn't replace any hardware, I'd contact NVIDIA and ask them to look into the drivers, providing your hardware configuration. In the past, I had an X99 mobo and an X299 mobo replaced twice (!) because of BSOD and because NVIDIA's tech support was blaming the motherboard and ASUS's tech support accepted it could be a motherboard issue (!!) and what I found was that it was NVIDIA's fault in the software drivers. It's still unclear to me why NVIDIA recommends that we use a third-party utility to enable MSI, while NVIDIA could enable MSI upon installation of the software drivers. I hope you find the above useful.

I tried to apply with my 2 x rtx 2080ti stack I experienced more stability but still bsod occured randomly… :( Maybe I should change my Asus x299 W mobo?

Did someone resolve that issues with asus x299 mobo and rtx nvidia driver? thanks The aforementioned fix (MSI enable) mitigates the DPC watchdog violation BSOD issue on my X299 Sage with 4x GTX 1080 Ti cards. I would expect this to be applicable to the RTX cards, too.

Did someone resolve that issues with asus x299 mobo and rtx nvidia driver? thanks

This just in - seems we're likely not going to see a driver fix from Nvidia. That leaves us with a workaround and motivation to upgrade our workstations. This update was posted on Nvidia's site on Mar 6 2019... https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4778/kw/watchdog%20violation%20x99

PC crashing - BSOD Watchdog violation 1x133 (possibly nVidia issue)

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Recently I have built a 3D rendering station for a client of mine. The machine runs, but crashes about once or twice a day with a BSOD (watchdog violation 1x133. Blue Screen View mentions either nvlddmkm.sys or ntoskrnl.exe as culprit.

Things I have tried so far:

Clean install Windows 10
Clean install Windows 7
DDU removal of graphics drivers
latest nVidia drivers
older nVidia drivers
extensive RAM testing

Specs:

Asus X99-WS 10G E
Intel 6850K
7x Zotac 1080ti Blower Edition (transformed to water cooling)
64GB RAM
Samsung 960 Pro 512GB (system drive)
3x WD Red in RAID 0 (data drive)
2x Cooler Master V1200 PSU
Custom EK watercooling loop
Obsidian 900D

Speccy Snapshot: http://speccy.piriform.com/results/qchWoHD0m7mueWTEVccxFlD

Any help or insight on this issue would be greatly appreciated, as this issue now causes great delays in my client's workflow.

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2019-05-29T11:02:24+00:00
I tried to apply with my 2 x rtx 2080ti stack I experienced more stability but still bsod occured randomly…

:(

Maybe I should change my Asus x299 W mobo?

Test your system with one GPU at a time. Can you test GPU1 and GPU2 on 2 PCI-E slots (e.g. PCI-E1 and PCI-E2) as follows:
1. GPU1 on PCI-E1, check for stability
2. GPU2 on PCI-E1, check for stability
3. GPU1 on PCI-E2, check for stability, and
4. GPU2 on PCI-E2, check for stability.
If one of the GPUs performs without any issues on both PCI-E slots and the other GPU has issues on both PCI-E slots, it's most likely a GPU hardware issue.

If both GPUs works fine in one PCI-E slot and cause BSOD in the other, I'd continue testing one GPU at a time in each of the remaining PCI-E slots, to ensure I've identified the defective PCI-E slot. If you identify a particular PCI-E slot that causes BSOD, it's most likely a motherboard hardware issue (e.g. bad/cold solder).

If all tests with one GPU at a time pass successfully, I wouldn't replace any hardware, I'd contact NVIDIA and ask them to look into the drivers, providing your hardware configuration.

In the past, I had an X99 mobo and an X299 mobo replaced twice (!) because of BSOD and because NVIDIA's tech support was blaming the motherboard and ASUS's tech support accepted it could be a motherboard issue (!!) and what I found was that it was NVIDIA's fault in the software drivers.

It's still unclear to me why NVIDIA recommends that we use a third-party utility to enable MSI, while NVIDIA could enable MSI upon installation of the software drivers.

I hope you find the above useful.
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2019-05-29T10:26:20+00:00

I tried to apply with my 2 x rtx 2080ti stack I experienced more stability but still bsod occured randomly…

:(

Maybe I should change my Asus x299 W mobo?
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2019-05-29T10:17:33+00:00

Did someone resolve that issues with asus x299 mobo and rtx nvidia driver?

thanks

The aforementioned fix (MSI enable) mitigates the DPC watchdog violation BSOD issue on my X299 Sage with 4x GTX 1080 Ti cards. I would expect this to be applicable to the RTX cards, too.
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2019-05-29T10:08:21+00:00

Did someone resolve that issues with asus x299 mobo and rtx nvidia driver?

thanks
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2019-03-27T23:46:12+00:00

This just in - seems we're likely not going to see a driver fix from Nvidia. That leaves us with a workaround and motivation to upgrade our workstations.

This update was posted on Nvidia's site on Mar 6 2019...

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/4778/kw/watchdog%20violation%20x99
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