Experiencing stuttering or hesitation with your new PC?
Experiencing stuttering or hesitation with your new PC?
I mount everything on my WD Blue 500 SSD paired with an HDD solely for static storage. After a Memtest confirming no problems and a BIOS update suggesting 191x7, all major issues have ceased. The remaining problem has persisted since installing the 3060 Ti. I experience occasional, unpredictable crashes. These occurred on both my previous system and this new build. Could it be driver-related, or is there a PSU or GPU fault? Recently I received a severe BSOD with DPC_Watchdog_Violation just two days ago. It happened while using basic Windows applications—only Chrome and Remote Desktop running—and usually ended with nvlddmkm.sys crashes. I've installed various NVIDIA drivers after DDU, performed full OS reinstalls using only standard Windows 10 (no custom tweaks), but the crashes remain inconsistent. The only components from my old PC in this new setup are the GPU, PSU, and SSDs. Given the other issues, it might point to a faulty SSD. Unfortunately, I don’t have another 3060 Ti for testing PSU problems. My next GPU is a 1070 Ti, which could explain the issue if it’s a hardware problem, though it seems possible it’s also a PSU concern since crashes occur with and without GPU load, even when undervolting the GPU.
If you have any dump files in C:\Windows\Minidump, please upload them. Windows doesn't allow changes to this location, so copy the entire folder, compress it with a zip file, and then submit the archive. For the kernel dump (Memory.dmp), follow the same process. Compressing reduces the size by 60-90%. Use a file hosting service for this one. If all DPC_Watchdog_Violations are present, we need multiple files since the OS may struggle to identify the exact faulty driver during a crash. Kernel dumps are often required because Windows sometimes clears data from other DPC queues when it thinks the problem occurred elsewhere.
Windows 10 wasn't built for Intel's 12th Gen and newer chips with P & E cores. It doesn't know which tasks belong to which cores. Certain jobs might end up on a slower E core instead of always running on a faster P core. A fresh Windows 11 setup would be ideal for fixing the issue.
I learned from the Gamers Nexus video that using my CPU model, the performance gap between Windows 10 and Windows 11 is minimal, though the results were slightly in favor of Windows 10. Since then, the video is two years old, so I wonder if there have been any significant changes after the latest updates.
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I attempted to turn off Ecores and it resolved the problem, though it feels unusual as it would also impact performance in other operations. Upon starting the game, all issues disappeared for that session. It appears this might be related to Windows 10 rather than a CPU fault. I’ve added a detailed post explaining every step I took, noting that the BIOS update helped soon after.
Did you verify that you installed the most recent Asus drivers for your motherboard? PRIME Z690-A｜Motherboards｜ASUS Global Make sure to select Show All. Focus on the chipset drivers, checking their versions and updating them since Asus provides several releases. The Intel Management Engine (Intel ME) includes firmware and driver components as well; both must be current. Also, with Windows 10, it’s essential to have the latest chipset drivers for proper functionality.