Clock watchdog error

Haze

Haze

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Hi all

So already wishing I had stuck with Intel and not brought an AMD....

Recently purchased a Ryzen 3600x,msi tomahawk b450 max and t force vulcan 16 gig of Mem, also have 1070 ti

Installing windows went fine, but can not keep the computer up for more than about 5 minutes before it bosd or freezes.

Most of the stuff I had read is useless, because it involves downloading the the latest gfx drivers or win updates, but it dies before it has chance to do either, any help or advice would be much appreciated
 
  1. Rollback a recently updated device driver
  2. Run Windows Memory Diagnostics Tool
  3. Disconnect new hardware.
  4. Troubleshoot in Clean Boot State.
  5. Update the BIOS
Have you tried the above? Does safe mode work?
 
Hi, the only thing I managed to install before it dies is the lan adaptor, will have a look at 2, could remove the gfx card I guess and run the onboard, will try and download latest bios version without it dieing, have not tried to see how long it lasts in safe mode, will come back in a bit, thanks
 
Haze said:
Hi, the only thing I managed to install before it dies is the lan adaptor, will have a look at 2, could remove the gfx card I guess and run the onboard, will try and download latest bios version without it dieing, have not tried to see how long it lasts in safe mode, will come back in a bit, thanks
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So that specific error is like a SQL deadlock. Something the CPU is using/trying to do it being done already. Safe Mode should strip out all the non-essential system features and drivers allowing you to interrogate the issue. If you can boot into safe mode without issues, then I'd suggest there is a driver somewhere causing the issue.

Yes it's a pain and I don't envy you having to deal with this, but once it's sorted, it'll seem like a minor issue.
  1. Boot Safe Mode
  2. Uninstall GPU drivers
  3. Check drivers under device manager
  4. Uninstall anything with an exclamation mark (could be incompatible drivers for example)
Hopefully you won't have to reinstall windows....
 
Reinstall win ain't to bad off a USB 3 stick

I have been in safe mode and all was good, gfx card out did not help, as the onboard hdmi on the Mobo was not out putting a display, Mem test came back OK, I am just downloading latest bios
 
something daft already!! said:
Try booting into safe mode and see if it still crashes. To do so, on the login screen, click restart while holding shift then select safe mode with networking.
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It is stable in safe mode, I have also tried a different gfx card, and have just don't a fresh install of Windows, but still freezes or bsod when In normal mode
 
Haze said:
It is stable in safe mode, I have also tried a different gfx card, and have just don't a fresh install of Windows, but still freezes or bsod when In normal mode
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Uninstall the GPU drivers and run DDU just to be sure - odd you're not getting a BSOD though.
Have you overclocked by any chance?
 
This would point to a hardware/driver issue.

Maybe check your RAM, Memtest can be used to check it.

Try booting with only 1 stick of RAM.

Make sure you have the latest BIOS.

Run at stock
 
Bios settings are on default, memtest came back clear, gpu is using Microsoft drivers atm
 
On the note of BSODs, I think by default Windows 7 & 10 don't actually give you one, you have to specify it by changing the configuration.

Try this in safe mode:
  • Advanced System Settings
  • Start up and Recovery Settings
  • Change 'Write debugging information' to 'Small memory dump'
That should give you an actual blue screen next time, instead of a reboot
 
Think I am going to rebuild my old computer later, and throw this one out of the window lol
 
Well thanks for all the help guys, but I have admitted defeat and taken it to my local pc shop, would seem long gone my days of being able to sort these things out myself
 
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