DPC Watchdog Violation BSoD

Question

Hello,

For the last week I have been getting bluescreens with the error DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION. The computer usually bluescreens in the morning and doesn't happen everyday. I have tried reinstalling the laptops drivers and roll backed windows update. The drivers I have updated were my chipset, WAN, and audio drivers. I noticed today that the bluescreen happened when I connect to the wifi. I will link the minidump files below. My laptops ssd doesn't seem to be the issue as I have checked the drive and it is reporting that it is in good health. It is also this error code every time.

Minidump files: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sO-8pcUO0jkOAmRiTqqA5eaetktCmb_B/view?usp=sharing

Answer 1

I just installed Ubuntu last night as I thought the issue was resolved from those driver updates I did and it just needed time to take effect. I needed to install for my classes and couldn't push back installing it any longer. Sorry if this makes troubleshooting any harder

Answer 2

During the time I had Driver Verifier running it didn't bluescreen at all. I followed the guide and nothing happened. I started up my laptop this morning and loaded into windows and it blue screened with the same error. I have Ubuntu installed on here also but, that is working fine and isn't having any issues. Here is the new minidump file.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZPr086HBbZ9_xyQurvcYH-oNDrp1JrrJ/view?usp=sharing

Answer 3

Hi, I am Dave, I will help you with this.

Your minidump files just indicate memory (RAM) corruption no specific driver is listed

To try to force Windows 11 show any faulting drivers, the best option would be to turn on Driver Verifier, let your PC crash 3 times, then you must turn off Driver Verifier, and finally, upload any newly created minidump files

Before you run Driver Verifier, please create a new System Restore Point

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/for...

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Note, if you have any difficulty getting into Windows with Driver Verifier enabled:

Start your PC, just as Windows attempts to load (spinning dots), press and hold Power Button for 5 - 10 seconds to perform a Hard Shut Down

Do this twice

On the third start Windows will boot into the Recovery Environment and from there you can access System Repair, Safe Mode, Command Prompt... etc.

Go to Troubleshoot - Advanced Option - Startup Settings and click Restart

Upon restart, press 4 to enter Safe Mode

Open Command Prompt as Administrator and run these two commands, then restart your PC.

verifier /reset

verifier /bootmode resetonbootfail