Windows 10: Freezing when idle Sometimes BSOD DPCWatchdog Violation 133

My issue:My system is completely freezing when idle. Sometimes it will BSOD and create a mini dump. The vast majority of the time it freezes with no BSOD, and I need to hold power button. The two times it BSOD and made a mini dump, they looked identical.Most of the time this happens is when idle. It has only occurred a single time when I was playing a game. I could play a game for hours and be fine, but if I leave it idle it will freeze in under 30 minutes.I am unsure if the DPCWatchdog Violation 133 is an indication of what the problem is, our is just a byproduct of some other issues.Sy

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Random freezes or BSODs (In windows drivers)

Basically you need to go back to the step described in my post #121

As the freeze happens when you leave the system idle for a while it is most likely a driver associated with a background process that starts up when the system is idle for while. You might be able to search the event information logs to check which services started around the exact time of the freeze.

 

BSOD and random Freezes

Hello,

I'm getting random crashes and BSOD. when my pc idle or using chrome/not having any apps active my screen will freeze and I can't do anything other than restart. If i leave pc on idle long enough i'll come back to BSOD and DPC Watchdog Violation Error.

I attached the zip files for my minidump.

Thank you.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YVC82w9egttKouftdBem1o-LvdlbPlyF/view?usp=drive_link

 

Random but frequent BSOD after idling for some time.

Hello, our computers in computer labs with Dell OptiPlex 7470 often run into BSODs after certain amount of idle time. Below are the common errors we see:

• KERNEL_DATA_INPAGE_ERROR
  
• CRITICAL_PROCESS_DIED
  
• SYSTEM_SERVICE_ERROR
  

These are domain-joined computers, running with same Windows master image deployed through Clonezilla.

Their occurrence seems random and without pattern, one computer can show BSODs with these respective errors at different times.

Below are the steps we tried:

• chkdsk /f /r /x
  
• dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth: no error found
  
• sfc /scannow: no error found
  

(The above three commands in order)

• Hibernate and Fast Startup is disabled
  
• Power Management for screen, hard disk, computer set to never sleep in any scenario
  
• C-state control disabled in BIOS
  
• Scanned disk for any errors using the software, CrystalDiskInfo.
  
• Windows Memory Diagnostic (shows no error found)
  
• Driver Verifier (unsure of how to continue using it after its BSOD showing Verifier found violations)
  
• Cleaned and reseated RAM
  
• Swapped with SSD with same Windows image.
  
• Pulled out one of the workstations out to test environment and installed with clean windows image, does not have BSOD issue.
  

But the problem seems to be re-occurring every now and then even after all these steps.

Below I am attaching a screenshot of output of msinfo32 and all the dump files we had in one of the workstations.
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