Clock watchdog timeout error

[SirZaphod]

After running the game for 30-60 minuets it will crash my computer giving me a CLOCK_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT error.
Has anyone else encounter this or know a fix?

[Rattleshirt]

Currently having this issue. Did you find a fix?

[Lil Puppy]

This error is caused by something on your system forcing your CPU to take too long to do something during an interrupt cycle.

This is a hardware issue that can be caused by a lot of things.
1. Overclocking
2. Memory timings
3. Drivers - audio, motherboard chipset, networking, graphics.
4. Software that interacts with hardware: Asus armory crate, asus AI suite,
5. A Windows Update package
6. BIOS settings
7. Hardware failure
8. Corrupted system files

The first thing you should do is restart your computer... always. If the problem comes back, do other things.

1. Revert your overclocking to see if it occurs again.

2. Set your memory timings to XMP or DOCP or manually to what the memory stick specification says they are.

3. Update all your drivers - used DDU to clear out your graphics drivers - follow the instructions properly, don't skip them...

4. Uninstall the bloatware that came with your motherboard/gpu to control all your LED's and overclock your computer and do all the other accessory things. They all have a service that interacts with the kernel and can cause this problem.

5. If it is recent, find the update in the control panel uninstaller, sort by date, and remove the last update for Windows and see if that fixes it.

6. Some people have noted that the issue goes away if they disable certain things in BIOS:
a. C1E
b. Intel Speedstep
c. C1-6

6.1 Some of you just need an updated BIOS, check with your motherboard manufacturer website, the process is simple, just don't do it if there's a high possibility of power loss, then the process is slightly more complicated.

7. Hardware failure can be caused by an infinite amount of things like Dust, electrical faults, manufacturing defects, etc.
a. Clean the dust from your computer.
b. Run a memory test to check your Ram for errors.
c. Run a checkdisk on your drives for errors.
d. Overclocking incorrectly causes instabilities, revert your overclocks.
e. Power Supply failure.

8. Corrupted system files
a. Open an admin command prompt and type or copy/paste:

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
sfc /scannow

This will update the windows system file cache and then run a system file check on the operating system files for corruption and attempt to fix them.

If you adjust anything in your bios and it doesn't correct the issue, undo what you did and try a different solution.

As always, update windows, your drivers, and restart your computer before you do stuff.