Windows 10: DPC Watchdog BSOD Windows 10 1607

Ok, I did this uninstalled all IDE then right clicked it & scan for hardware changes & it reinstall again. Now the nForce date in driver details says 9-23-13 version 10.6.0.23 date but the old nvstor64.sys date of 2009 is there in drivers directory but not show in nForce driver details now still so let see if this fixed it.

 

That's great! Good luck and hopefully all will continue to be well.

 

Happened Again I posted the new file in next message.

 

Been just over 24 hours & another blue screen appeared. I was watching video & sound made funny noise this time DPC Watchdog appeared then it sat there & didn't reboot right away I had to manually reboot PC.

Here is the new .dmp file is it still same?

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It was those drivers again. Try this.
NVIDIA: Optimized nForce Driverpacks for Vista/Win7-10

 

ok i saw Fernandos Latest 64bit nForce Driverpack for Win7-10 x64 v10.4 so i give it a try & noticed in the file nvstor64.sys dated 2012

 

Hoping this gets you going even though the driver is 2010. I'm starting to run out of ideas...LOL!

 

Me to, If this does not work I going to find a copy of Windows 10 1511 try to install over this as that one not have problems.
Ok, I installed this file & all i saw is Storage Controller option & looks like it may not wok as it didn't ask me to reboot or anything. I did not see it in the control panel in Program and Features as you can uninstall it. I manually copied the nvstor64.sys from that file & renamed the one to .old & rebooted & so far reboot with no blue screen. I put pictures below the date of the nForce is 2013 newer than this file but it's the nvstor.sys. I hope this works now but I see again tomorrow if it comes back. Maybe there is a way to disable DPC Watchdog or have it ignore this part?

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Last thing I will do if this crashes again happens I post the dump & tell me if its nvstor64.sys. It's been using nvstor.sys when I posted that last dump. I am going to try again & rename the nvstor64.sys files to .old &.bak since I have 2 different versions & as I see in device manager nothing uses that file. If it boots normally then that file is no longer used & see maybe wont happen. Does windows check on files & drivers daily? My new clean install was fine & it didn't even use nvstor64.sys & used latest drivers for video card & same version of the nvstor.sys as I am using now & ran it no issues so has to be this file. Again thanks Chis *Smile

 

After messing around a bit more I took that nvstor64.sys file out of the drivers directory & moved it to a backup drive & Windows booted up with no issues so now I know that file is a cause. I also did a regedit search for nvstor.64.sys & found some entries referring to oem2.inf with that file. I will post that below as it looks like it was from when I had Windows 7 before as I upgraded over a year ago from Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit retail edition. I right clicked that inf file & installed more drivers & that old nvstor64.sys from same date & it's not digitally signed by NVIDIA or Microsoft like this one now I am using nvstor.sys & digitally signed by Microsoft. For now I did a System Restore back to this way but if it crashes again let me know what error I may have to find a way to uninstall old NVIDIA storage drivers & registry entries from this. I know for sure when I first installed Windows 7 It installed drivers from the DVD. So the old Windows 7 drivers are there but should work as it's not. I checked the new install & nothing there in registry for that file.

 

You can use a piece of software called "WhoCrashed". Use the free version. Once your system crashes, reboot, start up this software then hit analyze, when its done it will show you results of what caused your crash.

 

Ok will try it Chris & Thanks so far all ok but not been 24 hours yet.

 

I got up this morning and been over 36 hours & Blue Screen appeared again this time It's different according to the dump file. This happened also on my other PC same error ... Here is WhoCrashed info & another file I uploaded.

1 was the Microsoft Digitally Signed nvstor.sys I am giving up on this & rolling back to 1511 or Windows 7
2 was another file called ntoskrnl.exe which this happens here & on another system of mine also.



On Thu 9/29/2016 7:24:23 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\Minidump\092916-34421-01.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: ntoskrnl.exe (nt+0x14A0B0)
Bugcheck code: 0x133 (0x0, 0x501, 0x500, 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 appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem. This problem might also be caused because of overheating (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.



On Thu 9/29/2016 7:24:23 AM GMT your computer crashed
crash dump file: C:\WINDOWS\memory.dmp
This was probably caused by the following module: nvstor.sys (nvstor+0x7468)
Bugcheck code: 0x133 (0x0, 0x501, 0x500, 0x0)
Error: DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION
file path: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\nvstor.sys
product: NVIDIA nForce(TM) SATA Driver
company: NVIDIA Corporation
description: NVIDIA® nForce(TM) Sata Performance Driver
Bug check description: The DPC watchdog detected a prolonged run time at an IRQL of DISPATCH_LEVEL or above.
This appears to be a typical software driver bug and is not likely to be caused by a hardware problem. This problem might also be caused because of overheating (thermal issue).
A third party driver was identified as the probable root cause of this system error. It is suggested you look for an update for the following driver: nvstor.sys (NVIDIA® nForce(TM) Sata Performance Driver, NVIDIA Corporation).
Google query: NVIDIA Corporation DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION

 

Last update for now, I finally contacted Microsoft tech support this morning & they told me this problem been reported many times & they think cause for issue is from ntoskml.exe & to disable TimeBroker in the registry.
Type regedit & go this this following line.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TimeBroker] "Start"=dword:00000003

Change the 3 to a 4.

It should look like this

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\TimeBroker] "Start"=dword:00000004

Also do this as well in settings, Make sure Get Tips, Tricks & suggestions is turned off also.

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Then reboot!

They advised me another update will correct this issue as many users been reporting using Asus, HP & Dell machines. So this should fix it for now but I will not know until 24-36 hours from my last reboot. If it crashes then have to wait for their update. Also If you using Google Chrome as I was close the browser when finished as it will cause issues.

Thanks again Chris & for those who reading this & having same or similar issues as it's one pain in the neck!

 

Ok, Microsoft just had a cumulative update & that didn't fix the issue. But this crash seems to be coming at 3 AM local time. As I did all the things above & still crashes & found out my clients are having same issue on Asus motherboards & some MSI motherboards also. If anyone knows a way to disable this DPC Watchdog I will do that.
I can't seem to find Windows 10 version 1511, So I will just put my Windows 7 drive back in until Microsoft or NVIDIA releases update.