I keep blue screen'ing

[Shannacore]

With error: dpc_watchdog_violation. It happens 3-5 times a day. I've updated all of my video drivers, as le google search recommended.

Has this happened to anyone else?

[Thulack]

http://notesalongthepath.com/2013/10/22/5-simple-steps-to-end-windows-8-dpc_watchdog_violation-crashes/

Might work?

[Shannacore]

Gave it a try. We'll see!

[radditsu]

I am SHOCKED windows has a hibernate/startup issue

[Smedy]

why are you googling things when you have the guy reading hackers secret handbook right beside you?

#datattentiontho

[Zadrian]

Have you tried googling the stop error?

[Shannacore]

Have tried at least seven or eight google recommendations and it's still doing it. It only does it when I'm playing League.

[radditsu]

Have you tried googling the stop error?

You can Google my stop error anytime. Mrrrowr

[Ket]

You can Google my stop error anytime. Mrrrowr

Aaaaaalright. Show her your search engine.

[Zadrian]

Ask Jeeves to Bing your Google

[Tradesonred]

Hacking involves exploiting bugs, not fixing them.


Lawl i barely know what packets are for and i know this quote is funny wrong

[Pokeman]

U DONE??

[Pokeman]

i bet there are chicken wing bones stashed in the computer and thats whats making it slow LOL

[Rust1d?]

Run Memtest.

http://www.memtest86.com/

[Cookiefist]

I use Eurosoft virtual diag when suspecting hardware failure. Mainly for the logs it collects so that i can show the client.

http://www.eurosoft-uk.com/virtualpccheck.html

[Shannacore]

I'll try both of those when I'm home later. Thanks for the suggestion! Still haven't fixed the problem :|

[Shannacore]

It appears the hard drive is fucked up. Hoping Sean can cast his nerd wizardry on it to fix it :|

The semester starts today, luckily I have a laptop for backup!

[Zadrian]

It appears the hard drive is fucked up. Hoping Sean can cast his nerd wizardry on it to fix it :|

The semester starts today, luckily I have a laptop for backup!

Boot up Ubuntu from disk and see if you can extract any important files - then proceed to burn your harddrive and get a new one.

[Shannacore]

Boot up Ubuntu from disk and see if you can extract any important files - then proceed to burn your harddrive and get a new one.

I don't know what any of this means, but hopefully the boyfriend does!!!!!!!

[Whirled]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?gclid=CNODhN2encACFZJr7AodBCUAJQ&Item=N82E16817707228&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-_-pla-_-Hard+Drive+Enclosures-_-N82E16817707228&ef_id=U-IqrgAAAdQ1dQEk:20140818163246:s

There could be cheaper elsewhere -^ this was the 1st one I clicked on but it'll let u know if HD is good or bad & copies 250GB in less than 45 mins. hth

[Zadrian]

I don't know what any of this means, but hopefully the boyfriend does!!!!!!!

Ubuntu is another operating system which is free from bluescreens. If you run it from a disk, it is not dependent on your hard drive. You can then take out any files on your HD (assuming it's not completely roasted) that you need and put them onto a usb stick. Then, physically remove your hard drive from your motherboard, venture into the wilderness, build an altar, douse your old HD with the flammable liquid of your choosing and set it aflame for dishonoring you.

[Thulack]

Ubuntu is another operating system which is free from bluescreens. If you run it from a disk, it is not dependent on your hard drive. You can then take out any files on your HD (assuming it's not completely roasted) that you need and put them onto a usb stick. Then, physically remove your hard drive from your motherboard, venture into the wilderness, build an altar, douse your old HD with the flammable liquid of your choosing and set it aflame for dishonoring you.

She is still capable of getting on the computer to get any info/files she needs. the crashing is 3-5 times a day she said.

[Zadrian]

She is still capable of getting on the computer to get any info/files she needs. the crashing is 3-5 times a day she said.

I don't pay attention =p

[Rust1d?]

Did ya run memtest?

[phacemeltar]

which OS are you running? vista, XP, or 7/8?

[Shannacore]

There was "no bootable drive detected" this morning, couldn't access anything. I'm not super positive what that means, but Sean says it's probably a hard drive problem.

It's going downhill quickly bros, I want the bluescreens back :c

[Shannacore]

Did ya run memtest?

I didn't. I was going to proceed with the two recommendations listed earlier, but now it won't even boot up.

which OS are you running? vista, XP, or 7/8?

Windows 8.

8.1 to be ~exact~

[Thulack]

I blame Zadrian for cursing your PC to not startup now lol.

[quido]

You my boy, blue.

[nilbog]

There was "no bootable drive detected" this morning

That's a bad thing.

[Derubael]

There was "no bootable drive detected" this morning, couldn't access anything. I'm not super positive what that means, but Sean says it's probably a hard drive problem.

It's going downhill quickly bros, I want the bluescreens back :c

This means you have a hard drive failure.

Pull it out, take it to your nearest staples or best buy and ask them to plug it in to their tester. It will let you know if its completely toast, or if you could do a wipe and get it working again.

Personally I've never seen that error pop up and have it not be a fried drive, so good luck.

[fishingme]

Before ripping the drive out, try replacing the saya cable and changing the sata port your drive is connected to.

[phacemeltar]

i had a similar issue, seems like it will be as simple as replacing your HDD but you may want to do some other things before you lose all your data.

Before ripping the drive out, try replacing the sata cable and changing the sata port your drive is connected to.

i would try what fishingme said (unplug the HDD cable from the motherboard slot it is connected to and hook it into another similar slot) and also flip that CMOS toggle deal to reset the motherboard.
windows 8 u can boot from recovery CD, so i would check that out and see what it says your options are.

rarely harddrives just "die" and some can last for ridiculously long periods of time. ive noticed that windows 8 does ALOT of read/write to the drive, and i even had a HDD die on me once. my concern is that generally HDDs make some sort of death noise when they are walking towards the pearly gates.
in the past few weeks have you noticed any creaking, squeaking, or slicking noises coming from your PC? if so there is a good chance that your HDD has bitten the dust, but if not then it could possibly be some sort of HDD or bootsector corruption.

[Shannacore]

I've tried everything recommended in this thread, aside from taking it somewhere to have it looked at. It seemingly only does this when I'm playing League, which is weird.

guess I'm going to have to pay someone to fix it ~:c

[Swyft]

When you turn your computer on do you feel your hardrive spinning, an unhealthy one will click or spin to fast but a dead one does nothing. You can open your case put your hand on it and feel it, if it does nothing it's fried.

I wouldn't pay to get it fixed they gonna charge you for all kinds of BS, this vid will show you how to replace a hardrive, they cheap and easy to swap.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpLjV9uAZ1s

[feanan]

Cheaper/easier fix....stop play LoL

[Thulack]

Just get all your info you can off it when its working and just buy a new HD. They arent that expensive anymore for a decent SSD. and i've had the disk boot failure happen on a machine and it was the ribbon cable for the ide connection that went bed.

[Shannacore]

We reimaged the computer and it didn't fix it. It bluescreened while I was at work/class today, so it actually had time to log the details. Does this jumble of text mean anything to anyone: http://pastebin.com/uL6cbDfi

It also gave me this: http://i.imgur.com/ADK58qW.jpg

harumph :c

[JackFlash]

Hard disk failure.

[Shannacore]

Hard disk failure.

That's what I suspected all along, but now have confirmation! Time to upgrade to a solid state.