Watchdog Error code

[Wooks1111]

Hi i am having issues with this particular blue screen code every time I try to start up Intel XTU. I have had this computer about a month and haven't changed any settings and went to see how it compared to my wife's that i just finish building with the same exact hardware except the GPU is different. I have OC it using the built in profiles and XMP. I legit start XTU and start a benchmark test and it runs for 2-4 seconds and then everything freezes and i get the blue screen stop code Clock watchdog timeout. and sometimes the computer restarts fine and sometimes it will freeze here and i have to hit the restart button on the computer. i have clear cmos and reset the bios and it worked fine, but when i set it back to what it was in the bios it does it again when i start up XTU. I had these settings for over a month and this wasn't happening the first time is set it all up. My hardware is 

 

CPU- Intel i9-9900K

Mobo- Asus ROG Maximus XI Hero (Wifi)

Ram- Corsair Vengeance Pro 3600

GPU- Asus EVO 2070 Super

PSU- Thermaltake GF1 850W Modular

CPU Cooler- Noctua NH-D15

9 Case fans

 

I do get other codes sometimes that I don't remember off hand atm, but it is this one 80% of the time. Most of the codes also suggest a hardware issue or driver issue. 

[Bombastinator]

Regarding hardware, Conventional wisdom is if a machine runs then freezes it’s most often a memory problem.  Inadequate power from PSU stuff have cropped up lately as well.  I don’t know that it’s hardware though.

[Wooks1111]

Honestly i am suspecting a memory issue. Some of the other error codes have suggested its related to memory and the watchdog timeout is able to be caused by it but i am unsure of how to diagnose this issue.....

 

[Bombastinator]

Well the good news is memory is free to check even if it does take forever.  The quick and dirty test is to do a couple full runs of memtest86 which may or may not show anything.  If it does there is a problem but if it doesn’t it doesn’t mean there isn’t.  The long test is you put a single stick in slot 1 and see if there are problems gaming.  If there aren’t you go to the next stick and repeat. If there is a problem on the first one do the second anyway because all the memory may be good and there’s something else wrong