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[calvinps02]

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[gentlemanspot]

Have you checked for driver updates? 

 

This can be storage controller related. 

 

also, for more info you can use Blue screen view to get more info on the error 

 

Blue screen of death (STOP error) information in dump files. (nirsoft.net) 

[calvinps02]

9 minutes ago, gentlemanspot said:

Have you checked for driver updates? 

 

This can be storage controller related. 

 

also, for more info you can use Blue screen view to get more info on the error 

 

Blue screen of death (STOP error) information in dump files. (nirsoft.net) 

Thanks for sharing that program. In each BSOD there is a reference to ntoskrnl.exe which according to google seems to possibly be memory related. I will try some tests on that soon.

 

Sadly I don't have a thumb drive with me currently to run memtest86 but there seems to be other options. The previous owner upgraded this laptop to 64GB, I don't remember the brand sticks from when I last cracked this open but I know it was a popular, reliable brand, probably samsung.

 

Drivers have been updated, to answer your other question.

[Bjoolz]

3 hours ago, calvinps02 said:

Thanks for sharing that program. In each BSOD there is a reference to ntoskrnl.exe which according to google seems to possibly be memory related. I will try some tests on that soon.

 

Sadly I don't have a thumb drive with me currently to run memtest86 but there seems to be other options. The previous owner upgraded this laptop to 64GB, I don't remember the brand sticks from when I last cracked this open but I know it was a popular, reliable brand, probably samsung.

 

Drivers have been updated, to answer your other question.

If it shows ntoskrnl.exe in a DPC_Watchdog_Violation crash it's completely wrong. Bluescreenview is generally not a good tool. Go to C:\Windows\Minidump and check if you have any minidump files. If you do, go back to the Windows folder and copy the Minidump folder itself to the Downloads folder (You can use the desktop if you don't have OneDrive syncing files). Zip the copied folder and attach it to a post. Please follow the instructions to the letter as Windows doesn't like you messing with files in this location.

 

EDIT: Just to have it said, if you are getting DPC_Watchdog_Violation all the time, we fairly often can't debug these with minidumps. Long story short, Windows often shows us the wrong thing and discards the data we need because minidumps are shaved down for size. 

[calvinps02]

10 hours ago, Bjoolz said:

If it shows ntoskrnl.exe in a DPC_Watchdog_Violation crash it's completely wrong. Bluescreenview is generally not a good tool. Go to C:\Windows\Minidump and check if you have any minidump files. If you do, go back to the Windows folder and copy the Minidump folder itself to the Downloads folder (You can use the desktop if you don't have OneDrive syncing files). Zip the copied folder and attach it to a post. Please follow the instructions to the letter as Windows doesn't like you messing with files in this location.

 

EDIT: Just to have it said, if you are getting DPC_Watchdog_Violation all the time, we fairly often can't debug these with minidumps. Long story short, Windows often shows us the wrong thing and discards the data we need because minidumps are shaved down for size. 

If they do end up being helpful, here are the minidumps: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q4kDL7-zky3_Wth7xRwjjwVZSvUBaLx-/view?usp=drive_link

 

In the last few hours now the laptop has just generally been running sluggish. It's somewhat slow to open graphical interfaces and file explorer needs to load each time I do pretty much anything. Becoming more clear now that this laptop needs a reset anyway (even though it hasn't been long since the last one) or potentially a new SSD regardless of the fact that this one reports 100% health. I have some extras anyway.

[Bjoolz]

5 hours ago, calvinps02 said:

If they do end up being helpful, here are the minidumps: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q4kDL7-zky3_Wth7xRwjjwVZSvUBaLx-/view?usp=drive_link

 

In the last few hours now the laptop has just generally been running sluggish. It's somewhat slow to open graphical interfaces and file explorer needs to load each time I do pretty much anything. Becoming more clear now that this laptop needs a reset anyway (even though it hasn't been long since the last one) or potentially a new SSD regardless of the fact that this one reports 100% health. I have some extras anyway.

Four were DPC_Watchdog_Violations and it looks like Windows provided the correct information. They all blame the Nvidia driver. The last one was a System_Service_Exception which was because of FLTMGR.sys, this driver makes sure that files are handled properly. You can't really make any assumptions from one dump file, but if it was a pattern of this then storage would be suspect (Just to re-iterate, not likely here with just one dump file showing this).

 

DPC_Watchdog_Violation is usually a driver, but can be hardware. Follow the DDU instructions here, meaning that we remove both the Intel and Nvidia GPU drivers before installing drivers from ASUS. Don't update these with drivers from Nvidia/Intel until after you have done stability testing. When reinstalling, install the Intel driver first. 

The reason for doing both is just that some laptops get weird issues or crashes if you don't in some cases so it's just to be absolutely sure that everything is done properly.

[calvinps02]

22 hours ago, Bjoolz said:

Four were DPC_Watchdog_Violations and it looks like Windows provided the correct information. They all blame the Nvidia driver. The last one was a System_Service_Exception which was because of FLTMGR.sys, this driver makes sure that files are handled properly. You can't really make any assumptions from one dump file, but if it was a pattern of this then storage would be suspect (Just to re-iterate, not likely here with just one dump file showing this).

 

DPC_Watchdog_Violation is usually a driver, but can be hardware. Follow the DDU instructions here, meaning that we remove both the Intel and Nvidia GPU drivers before installing drivers from ASUS. Don't update these with drivers from Nvidia/Intel until after you have done stability testing. When reinstalling, install the Intel driver first. 

The reason for doing both is just that some laptops get weird issues or crashes if you don't in some cases so it's just to be absolutely sure that everything is done properly.

Since yesterday I DDU'd, virus scanned and migrated the entire system to a 980 pro I had lying around. It's still running oddly sluggish in Windows regardless of the low temps and task manager use right now. Like, file explorer or task manager take 10+ seconds to open type of slow. General things like opening apps and scrolling is laggy and slow. That's why I replaced the SSD, because when the one in my desktop failed it behaved much like that. I have barely even tried gaming again and I'm at a complete loss. I just tested quick to see if skylines runs fine which it still does. I think I have no choice now but to reset Windows, so we'll see how that goes.