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Driver PNP Watchdog BSOD - Cannot even Boot to Recovery.
Hi All,
I'm faced with the dreaded Driver PNP Watchdog BSOD, on my Win10 (Desktop PC).
ROG Rampage IV Extreme, Intel i7 processor. Win10 Pro x64.
System is some 12 years old now.
I've googled and tried LOTS of things to try and fix this, which I'll list below: and nothing has gotten me into Recovery mode.
To start, my system was fine, then it threw at me: Preparing Automatic repair at me, on Monday.
It subsequently crashes into Driver PNP Watchdog, and will not get past this.
I reset BIOS (actually, I replaced the battery), and then reset, and followed numerous instructions on obtaining correct values.
Still, Windows refuses to boot - usually just showing the loading screen and then crashing with the same reason.
No problem I thought, I'll just use my Win10 Boot USB to launch recovery mode......nope - exact same issue; though it clearly tries to Boot from USB as I can see it accessing.
Even several WinPE applications from Boot, such as Hirens, do not work.....exact same issue.
The USB's create are fine, as they all Boot properly on my laptop, so it's not a USB creation issue.
However, I CAN Boot into Ubuntu (Try part) and access my files. So it seems its some sort of Windows Driver issue, as the error code suggests.
I've tried unplugging all unnecessary devices, nothing. Same issue.
I've bought a new hard-drive (my system is old and needs a new build from scratch with new components), but nope, same issue with the new (blank) hard-drive.
If I could, somehow, get into Recovery mode, or able to Install, I'd be happy to do it from scratch - I don't keep valuable files on my PC, so all can be overwritten.
Anyone else faced this exact same issue? I've followed a dozen or more similar threads, but the majority of them always assume I can get into Recovery mode - I cannot.
I'd classify myself as pretty 'PC Savvy' having built systems for years, and simply googling to fix other issues throughout the years, but this one has me stumped.
My feeling is its just a broken driver Windows needs......by my other feeling is maybe the motherboard is broken. But Ubuntu works fine.
My next thought is to fully install Ubuntu, then, try again to fully install Win10 as that would be overwriting partitions, which may help?
I can't seem to get my hands on a Win10DVD ISO, just to see if it Boots from Disk rather than Hard-Drive or USB; but will keep trying.
Anything I'm missing, that isn't obvious on other threads to do with Driver PNP Watchdog issues on Google, that always refer to get into Recovery, when I can't.
Last edited by MonsoonMally; 15 Mar 2024 at 15:55.