Windows 10: How do I solve the system crashes since the Jan 23rd 2024 update?

Since the last update on 23rd January my computer freezes unexpectedly, pops up a turquoise screen with an error message and will not restart automatically as the blue screen suggests. The error messages are usually machine.check.exception and today have changed to clock.watchdog.timeout. I have forced a reboot everytime by holding down the power button for 25-30 seconds as the system does not reboot itself. It then takes about twenty minutes to restart only to crash again, currently in about 10 minutes. Other queries on this site suggest it may be related to an NVIDIA driver but I have no

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all games crash!

I suggest you run rthdribl > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archives/rthdribl_1_2.zip
Increase the window size step by step and watch your vga temps permanently.
What happens?
If it crashes, run at stock speeds as suggested before and retry.

P.S.: When your system locks, does the display signal turn off after a time?
Stuttering sound or no sound at all when freezing?
What X1800XT model do you own exactly?

 

Solved

Solved! or fixed! or whatever! I was able to absorb the extra space in a 3-step process:

1. resize the System Reserved partition to use the space after it
2. reboot
3. stretch the M: data partition to absorb the space after it using the EXTEND -- not RESIZE -- command

System rebooted and working normally. THX all.

 

all games crash!

ive watch my temps and both the cpu and gpu are within normal ranges. when it freezes it simply freezes the image and stops the sound. i must reboot to get back to windows.