windows 10 Bluescreen Error: DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION

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Hello,

 

 

This error may occur due to the iastor.sys driver, which is not fully compatible with Windows 10.

 

 

Microsoft is currently investigating a solution to prevent the driver from being migrated when upgrading to Windows 10. For those of you already on Windows 10, you can work around this error by replacing the problematic driver with the Microsoft

storahci.sys

driver by following these steps:

 

1. 
   
   Right-click the Start icon and select
   Device Manager
   .
   
   
    
   
   
    
   
   
2. 
   
   Expand
   IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
   .
   
   
    
   
   
    
   
   
3. 
   
   Select the controller with “SATA AHCI” in its name (such as
   Standard SATA AHCI Controller
   ). To verify that you’ve selected the right controller, right-click the controller, select
   Properties
   , click the
   Driver
   tab, and then
   Driver Details
   . Verify that
   iastor.sys
   is a listed driver, and click
   OK
   .
   
   
    
   
   
    
   
   
4. 
   
   From the
   Driver
   tab, select
   Update Driver…
   
   
    
   
   
    
   
   
5. 
   
   Select
   Browse my computer for driver software
   .
   
   
    
   
   
    
   
   
6. 
   
   Select
   Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer
   .
   
   
    
   
   
    
   
   
7. 
   
   Select
   Standard SATA AHCI Controller
   .
   
   
    
   
   

Click

Next

, then

Close

, and then restart your computer.

 

 

Hi,

 

 

Experiencing this same problem on an Acer laptop with Windows 10 Home, upgraded from Windows 7 Home.

 

The driver already is storahci.sys though.

 

 

No new devices or software were installed, other than maybe Windows updates.

 

 

Can you suggest any other solutions?

 

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