BSOD (DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION) while gaming on Acer Nitro V 15 (RTX 4050 Mobile)

Nukabone · May 25, 2026

The Issue

I am experiencing consistent Windows crashes while gaming or under heavy GPU load (specifically in Forza Horizon 6) on my Acer Nitro V 15 ANV15-51. The laptop features an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU running driver version 566.36.

Every crash results in a DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (0x133) blue screen.

WinDbg consistently points to the NVIDIA driver:

Code:

nvlddmkm.sys
0x133_ISR_nvlddmkm!unknown_function
nvlddmkm+cda03
PROCESS_NAME: System

These crashes occur across multiple NVIDIA driver versions. I have already tried the following troubleshooting steps without success:

Performed a clean Windows reinstall
Used Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) for a clean driver installation
Tested with an external monitor
Disabled the integrated GPU (iGPU)
Applied power/D3 registry tweaks

Findings & Observations

On Pop!_OS Linux, I ran Unigine Heaven for over an hour without any crashes.
The Windows crashes still occur even when using dGPU-focused configurations.
Running powercfg /a shows that Modern Standby (S0) is not supported; only S3 sleep is available.
Because the GPU runs fine under Linux, a completely dead GPU or thermal issue seems less likely.

I currently suspect the issue might be related to:

An interaction between Windows, NVIDIA WDDM, and the driver
Acer EC/firmware behavior
A PCIe, power-management, or interrupt handling issue specific to Windows

I have attached my minidumps here: Google Drive: Sign-in

ANYONE Please help me i have been trying to troubleshoot for months and have reinstalled windows many times including clean wipes

zbook · May 25, 2026

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glasskuter · May 25, 2026

Welcome to the forum. While I agree that the crashes are pointing to nvidia, I suggest that you also install the latest bios dated 4/21/26 as well as latest chipset drivers dated 1/30/26 if you have not already done so. The latest driver version for the RTX 4050 for that device on Acer site is 31.0.15.4618 (1/12/24) Did you try that driver?
@zbook will analyze your logs and get back to you.

Nukabone · May 26, 2026

zbook said:
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here you go i have added the log file to google drive:Minidumps - Google Drive

Nukabone · May 26, 2026

glasskuter said:
Welcome to the forum. While I agree that the crashes are pointing to nvidia, I suggest that you also install the latest bios dated 4/21/26 as well as latest chipset drivers dated 1/30/26 if you have not already done so. The latest driver version for the RTX 4050 for that device on Acer site is 31.0.15.4618 (1/12/24) Did you try that driver?
@zbook will analyze your logs and get back to you.

both chipset and bios are the latest i updated them already and as for the driver you mentioned i haven't used it i always upgraded to latest or 566.36 or 591.74

zbook · May 26, 2026

Some findings:

The two day installation logs reported problems related to:

a) BSODs related to the Nvidia GPU with different driver versions

b) Drive file system corruption

(Windows 11 Home Single Language 64-bit (10.0, Build 26200) (26100.ge_release.240331-1435))

Please perform the following steps:

1) Open administrative command prompt and copy and paste: > post a share link

Code:

PowerShell Compress-Archive -Path "$env:homeDrive\Windows\MEMORY.DMP" -DestinationPath "$env:homeDrive$env:homePath\Desktop\Memory_dmp"

2) Run tuneup plus > post a share link

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3) Run gather_additional_dump_files.bat > post a share link

https://www.tenforums.com/attachments/bsod-crashes-debugging/358470d1643456903-batch-files-use-bsod-debugging-gather_additional_dump_files.bat

4) Run Sea Tools Long generic test > post a share link

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5) For testing purposes consider clean installing Windows 10

Code:

Event[731]
  Log Name: System
  Source: Ntfs
  Date: 2026-05-24T18:27:48.4790000Z
  Event ID: 55
  Task: N/A
  Level: Error
  Opcode: Info
  Keyword: N/A
  User: S-1-5-18
  User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  Computer: DESKTOP-3CQB31P
  Description:
A corruption was discovered in the file system structure on volume C:.

The exact nature of the corruption is unknown.  The file system structures need to be scanned online.

Code:

Event[3277]
  Log Name: System
  Source: Ntfs
  Date: 2026-05-25T18:01:22.8860000Z
  Event ID: 55
  Task: N/A
  Level: Error
  Opcode: Info
  Keyword: N/A
  User: S-1-5-18
  User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  Computer: DESKTOP-3CQB31P
  Description:
A corruption was discovered in the file system structure on volume C:.

The exact nature of the corruption is unknown.  The file system structures need to be scanned online.

Code:

Event[3271]
  Log Name: System
  Source: Microsoft-Windows-TPM-WMI
  Date: 2026-05-25T17:51:32.6740000Z
  Event ID: 1801
  Task: N/A
  Level: Error
  Opcode: Info
  Keyword: N/A
  User: S-1-5-18
  User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  Computer: DESKTOP-3CQB31P
  Description:
Updated Secure Boot certificates are available on this device but have not yet been applied to the firmware. Review the published guidance to complete the update and maintain full protection. This device signature information is included here.
DeviceAttributes: FirmwareManufacturer:INSYDE Corp.;FirmwareVersion:V1.53;OEMModelNumber:Nitro ANV15-51;OEMModelBaseBoard:Sportage_RTH;OEMManufacturerName:Acer;OSArchitecture:amd64;
BucketId: f39267f6b630d4c2310556ce1b7771b65f96385845fdb76596934a710740a18f
BucketConfidenceLevel: No Data Observed - Action Required
UpdateType:
For more information, please see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2301018.

Event[3272]
  Log Name: System
  Source: Microsoft-Windows-TPM-WMI
  Date: 2026-05-25T17:51:32.6920000Z
  Event ID: 1796
  Task: N/A
  Level: Error
  Opcode: Info
  Keyword: N/A
  User: S-1-5-18
  User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  Computer: DESKTOP-3CQB31P
  Description:
The Secure Boot update failed to update DBX with error Secure Boot is not enabled on this machine.. For more information, please see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2169931

Event[3273]
  Log Name: System
  Source: Microsoft-Windows-TPM-WMI
  Date: 2026-05-25T17:51:32.6920000Z
  Event ID: 1796
  Task: N/A
  Level: Error
  Opcode: Info
  Keyword: N/A
  User: S-1-5-18
  User Name: NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM
  Computer: DESKTOP-3CQB31P
  Description:
The Secure Boot update failed to update SBAT with error Secure Boot is not enabled on this machine.. For more information, please see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2169931

frostXD · May 27, 2026

Nukabone said:
The Issue
I am experiencing consistent Windows crashes while gaming or under heavy GPU load (specifically in Forza Horizon 6) on my Acer Nitro V 15 ANV15-51. The laptop features an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU running driver version 566.36.

Every crash results in a DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION (0x133) blue screen.

WinDbg consistently points to the NVIDIA driver:

Code:

nvlddmkm.sys 0x133_ISR_nvlddmkm!unknown_function nvlddmkm+cda03 PROCESS_NAME: System

These crashes occur across multiple NVIDIA driver versions. I have already tried the following troubleshooting steps without success:

Performed a clean Windows reinstall

Used Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU) for a clean driver installation

Tested with an external monitor

Disabled the integrated GPU (iGPU)

Applied power/D3 registry tweaks

Findings & Observations

On Pop!_OS Linux, I ran Unigine Heaven for over an hour without any crashes.

The Windows crashes still occur even when using dGPU-focused configurations.

Running powercfg /a shows that Modern Standby (S0) is not supported; only S3 sleep is available.

Because the GPU runs fine under Linux, a completely dead GPU or thermal issue seems less likely.

I currently suspect the issue might be related to:

An interaction between Windows, NVIDIA WDDM, and the driver

Acer EC/firmware behavior

A PCIe, power-management, or interrupt handling issue specific to Windows

I have attached my minidumps here: Google Drive: Sign-in

ANYONE Please help me i have been trying to troubleshoot for months and have reinstalled windows many times including clean wipes

Same problem...
Got any solution ?

OAT · May 27, 2026

frostXD said:
Same problem...
Got any solution ?

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frostXD · May 27, 2026

OAT said:
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