Windows 10: BSOD Unity; error DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION possibly by GTX 960M Driver?

Good afternoon! I have a Lenovo Y700 Touch-15ISK model 80NW000PUS laptop.

I've been wanting to learn more about the Unity game engine, but when I try clicking on the "Play" button in a basic setting with just a plane and a ball, more often than not, my laptop freezes/hangs for about 4 minutes before the BSOD screen comes up. Sometimes, the laptop instantly restarts before it could finish collecting data on what caused the DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION error.

I've used a program called WhoCrashed and this is what it says:

On Tue 4/3/2018 12:11:14 PM your computer crashed or a problem was reported
crash dump file: C:\Windows\Minidump\040318-5781-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x175510)
Bugcheck code: 0x133 (0x1, 0x1E00, 0xFFFFF80244E01370, 0x0)
Error: DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION
file path: C:\Windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe
product: Microsoft® Windows® Operating System
company: Microsoft Corporation
description: NT Kernel & System
Bug check description: The DPC watchdog detected a prolonged run time at an IRQL of DISPATCH_LEVEL or above. This could be caused by either a non-responding driver or non-responding hardware. This bug check can also occur because of overheated CPUs (thermal issue). The crash took place in the Windows kernel. Possibly this problem is caused by another driver that cannot be identified at this time.

I've been trying to do research on this issue, and it could seem that I could need to update firmware on my hard drive or M.2 SSD (which I doubt), but I believe the issue could be stemming from the Nvidia GTX 960M driver, which I've updated, tested, uninstalled, tested, and to no avail, I cannot fix this aggravating issue. I've tried to look into countless other threads to see if I can finally fix this issue, but I can't seem to find a good solution. I hope the great people here can help me solve this issue!

:)

 

New 2520 multiple lockups BSD and reboot

more errors BSOD

DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION



going to send it back

 

Nvidia GTX 960m drivers problems on Windows 10

How did you disable the GTX 960m? If doing so do you get more battery life out of it?~

 

The crash dump in the logfiles points to the TouchPad driver as being the probable cause.

ETDSMBus.sys Mon Jun 13 20:55:06 2016

*** WARNING: Unable to verify timestamp for ETDSMBus.sys
*** ERROR: Module load completed but symbols could not be loaded for ETDSMBus.sys

Code: STACK_TEXT: fffff802`473db878 fffff802`44bbf867 : 00000000`00000133 00000000`00000001 00000000`00001e00 fffff802`44e01370 : nt!KeBugCheckEx fffff802`473db880 fffff802`44acad06 : 00000105`3444b2f2 fffff802`436a8180 00000000`00006ab0 00000000`00000000 : nt!KeAccumulateTicks+0xf22b7 fffff802`473db8e0 fffff802`452dd3c5 : 00000105`3444a38e 00000000`00000000 fffff802`45330450 ffff8001`5c6a2e70 : nt!KeClockInterruptNotify+0xc6 fffff802`473dbbf0 fffff802`44a988c5 : 00000105`33cda388 00000000`00000000 fffff802`45330450 ffff8001`5c6a2e70 : hal!HalpTimerClockIpiRoutine+0x15 fffff802`473dbc20 fffff802`44b7adfa : fffff802`473dbd30 fffff802`45330450 00000105`3443eeb2 ffff8001`5c6a2e70 : nt!KiCallInterruptServiceRoutine+0xa5 fffff802`473dbc60 fffff802`44b7b307 : 00000000`00000001 fffff802`44b7b307 00000000`00000000 fffff802`44b7b314 : nt!KiInterruptSubDispatchNoLockNoEtw+0xea fffff802`473dbcb0 fffff805`f8441af5 : ffffffff`ffffff00 fffff805`f8441af5 00000000`00000010 fffff805`f2702dc6 : nt!KiInterruptDispatchNoLockNoEtw+0x37 fffff802`473dbe40 ffffffff`ffffff00 : fffff805`f8441af5 00000000`00000010 fffff805`f2702dc6 ffffae06`9ac32310 : ETDSMBus+0x1af5 fffff802`473dbe48 fffff805`f8441af5 : 00000000`00000010 fffff805`f2702dc6 ffffae06`9ac32310 fffff805`f84420a0 : 0xffffffff`ffffff00 fffff802`473dbe50 00000000`00000010 : fffff805`f2702dc6 ffffae06`9ac32310 fffff805`f84420a0 00000000`00000000 : ETDSMBus+0x1af5 fffff802`473dbe58 fffff805`f2702dc6 : ffffae06`9ac32310 fffff805`f84420a0 00000000`00000000 00000105`3443ca1a : 0x10 fffff802`473dbe60 fffff805`f8441e93 : 000051f9`653cdfd8 ffffae06`94148020 000051f9`653d4b78 ffffae06`9ac32310 : Wdf01000!imp_WdfInterruptQueueDpcForIsr+0x46 fffff802`473dbea0 000051f9`653cdfd8 : ffffae06`94148020 000051f9`653d4b78 ffffae06`9ac32310 000051f9`653d4b78 : ETDSMBus+0x1e93 fffff802`473dbea8 ffffae06`94148020 : 000051f9`653d4b78 ffffae06`9ac32310 000051f9`653d4b78 fffff805`f8441c5e : 0x000051f9`653cdfd8 fffff802`473dbeb0 000051f9`653d4b78 : ffffae06`9ac32310 000051f9`653d4b78 fffff805`f8441c5e ffffae06`9ac32310 : 0xffffae06`94148020 fffff802`473dbeb8 ffffae06`9ac32310 : 000051f9`653d4b78 fffff805`f8441c5e ffffae06`9ac32310 ffff8001`5c6a2970 : 0x000051f9`653d4b78 fffff802`473dbec0 000051f9`653d4b78 : fffff805`f8441c5e ffffae06`9ac32310 ffff8001`5c6a2970 fffff802`473dbf40 : 0xffffae06`9ac32310 fffff802`473dbec8 fffff805`f8441c5e : ffffae06`9ac32310 ffff8001`5c6a2970 fffff802`473dbf40 000051f9`653cdfd8 : 0x000051f9`653d4b78 fffff802`473dbed0 ffffae06`9ac32310 : ffff8001`5c6a2970 fffff802`473dbf40 000051f9`653cdfd8 00000000`00000001 : ETDSMBus+0x1c5e fffff802`473dbed8 ffff8001`5c6a2970 : fffff802`473dbf40 000051f9`653cdfd8 00000000`00000001 fffff805`f2702d58 : 0xffffae06`9ac32310 fffff802`473dbee0 fffff802`473dbf40 : 000051f9`653cdfd8 00000000`00000001 fffff805`f2702d58 ffffae06`9ac2b480 : 0xffff8001`5c6a2970 fffff802`473dbee8 000051f9`653cdfd8 : 00000000`00000001 fffff805`f2702d58 ffffae06`9ac2b480 fffff802`436a8180 : 0xfffff802`473dbf40 fffff802`473dbef0 00000000`00000001 : fffff805`f2702d58 ffffae06`9ac2b480 fffff802`436a8180 fffff802`45330500 : 0x000051f9`653cdfd8 fffff802`473dbef8 fffff805`f2702d58 : ffffae06`9ac2b480 fffff802`436a8180 fffff802`45330500 00000000`00000002 : 0x1 fffff802`473dbf00 fffff802`44a988c5 : 00000000`00000001 00000000`00000008 fffff802`473dbf30 00000000`0000000c : Wdf01000!FxInterrupt::_InterruptThunk+0x78 fffff802`473dbf40 fffff802`44b7a9fc : fffff802`473cc160 ffff8001`5c6a2dc0 ffff8001`5c6a2dc0 ffffae06`98686840 : nt!KiCallInterruptServiceRoutine+0xa5 fffff802`473dbf80 fffff802`44b7a697 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 ffffae06`9e277e48 fffff805`f7077baf : nt!KiScanInterruptObjectList+0x13c fffff802`473cc0e0 fffff805`f70583b1 : fffff805`f7079b1b ffffae06`9e277000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 : nt!KiChainedDispatch+0x37 fffff802`473cc278 fffff805`f7079b1b : ffffae06`9e277000 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 fffff805`f7077d23 : nvlddmkm+0x1c83b1 fffff802`473cc280 ffffae06`9e277000 : 00000000`00000000 00000000`00000000 fffff805`f7077d23 00000000`00000020 : nvlddmkm+0x1e9b1b fffff802`473cc288 00000000`00000000 : 00000000`00000000 fffff805`f7077d23 00000000`00000020 fffff802`473cc2c0 : 0xffffae06`9e277000[/quote] See if you can update the driver.