DRIVER_VERIFIER_DMA_VIOLATION: what it means and the fix

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DRIVER_VERIFIER_DMA_VIOLATION is a Windows blue screen with stop code 0xE6. It's about how a driver or device uses direct memory access. It isn't named after DMA cards, and most of the causes Microsoft lists are driver bugs. But one of them is the IOMMU catching a device, so with a DMA card in your main PC, don't ignore it.

Check if it's the card

Shut the main PC down
Switch the card off with its kill switch, or take it out. Never flip the switch while the PC is on
Use the PC normally for a while

If the blue screen still happens, it's not the card. Look at your drivers and recent Windows updates instead. If it stops, the card is involved.

If it's the card

Open a ticket in our Discord with:

A photo or screenshot of the blue screen
Your motherboard and CPU
Your firmware build
What changed before it started, like a Windows or BIOS update

Don't turn BIOS security settings off to make it stop unless we tell you to. Main PC will not boot covers the other ways a main PC can act up with the card in. Other errors are in DMA error messages.

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