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crashing after gaming

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  1. Kouldey

    [SOLVED] PC crashing when running PCIe 8x 3.0 lane, restarts at 1x 1.0 ?

    Computer Type: Desktop GPU: Video Card:EVGA RTX 3070 XC3 BLACK GAMING (08G-P5-3751) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (Former 3700x) Motherboard: GIGABYTE B450M DS3H V2 (OEM locked by prebuilt, Unlocked via Modded efi flash) BIOS Version: F67d [Issue present on all bios thus far] RAM: 16GB Kingstonm...
  2. TempTop

    Question Ryzen 7600X damaged after power surge?? HELP

    I had an electrician over in the past week. He accidentally created a power surge that cooked a power strip and blew several bulbs. My PC was on during this as I thought he was done at the time. So now a couple days later every time I attempt to stream my PC blue-screens with a varying code each...
  3. B

    Question New CPU install causing memory issues

    Hi there, I recently purchased a Ryzen 7 5800x to pair up with my RX 6750XT, previously I had a 5600x but decided to gift this to a family member. After installing my new cpu into the system, I ran into multiple errors. The system first off booted fine, but the errors seemed to happen as I...
  4. willyburns

    Question Cyberpunk 2077 crashing as soon as the splash screen starts?

    This is a brand new build and a fresh install of the game that was working flawlessly for maybe 10 hours, and yet today after booting through the CDPR frontend it loads and I get the distorted Cyberpunk logo with music and then it crashes with an error report. I have tried DDU in SAFE mode and...
  5. Caramelo._

    Question Pc keeps blacking out

    I’ve been having some issues recently with my pc and I was wonder If anyone could help. When playing specific games like rainbow six siege or the finals my game will just suddenly go to black and then the fans will max out. I tried asking on the Microsoft forums but did not receive much help so...
  6. LordZ19

    Question I've tried everything, and I can't figure out why my pc keeps randomly shutting down.

    I'm gonna try my best to put everything on the table with all the "evidence" of my pc being a little funky. About a year ago, I upgraded my old 2019 prebuilt pc with a better CPU, (a Ryzen 3, 2300x to a 5600x) and a new GPU, (gtx 1650 to a rtx 3070.) Everything was great, with games and media...
  7. AleksooBG

    Question After 5 minutes of gaming, monitor blacks out, PC still running but white light on GPU is blinking ?

    CPU: ryzen 5 3600x Motherboard: asrock b450 pro Ram: 2x8 ddr4 SSD/HDD: 1x5400rpm hdd 500gb, 1x5400rpm 2tb hdd, 1 nvme 512gb ssd GPU: rx 580 8gb gigabyte gaming edition PSU: trendsonic eco power 700w Chassis: zalman zalman n5 of OS: Win 10 Monitor: Samsung LC24RG50FZRXUF 24" 144HZ I'm wondering...
  8. Pipmitz

    Question PC Keeps crashing when starting game

    I just build my PC yesterday, did some gaming in the morning for a few hours (PUBG/Minecraft) working just fine but now every time I start up a game it will startup but within 1 minute of starting up the screen will go black and pc will reboot. How can I fix this? Specs: AMD Ryzen 7...
  9. aracua

    Question Games keep crashing on new PC build

    So i built a new PC pretty recently and have since then had problems with games crashing a little too often. It's mainly newer games on the more demanding side that keeps crashing and at first i thought it was the games themselves that had problems but with the amount of crashes i get i'm...
  10. F

    Question Gtx 950oc causing PC to FREEZE and giving a random colour

    My specs:- Mobo- Asrock A320m Hdv r4.0(running on BIOS ver 7.40 which asrock doesnt recomend which is completely my fault but also i have been using it for almost 3-4 mths no issues until now) ram:-Hyperx 2400mhz(8gb) + Crucial 2666mhz(4gb)(later upgrades) Cpu:- Ryzen 3 1200(no oc) Gpu- Gigabyte...
  11. Drizz404

    Question GPU crashing to a black screen while gaming ?

    Starting late last year, every now and then my GPU would crash to a black screen while gaming and the fans would kick up to maximum, where it would stay until I forced my PC to restart. It went from a rare chance, to a common chance, to almost certainly, and finally ended at permanently staying...
  12. B

    Question My pc is slowly dying

    Hey guys, I hope you are all having a great day. I'll go straight to my problem. Yesterday, I started my pc and some weird things began happening. Part 1, the start A. My 144hz monitor can only go up to 120hz right now B. There's some sort of chromatic aberation that I'm seeing, my screen is...
  13. Kyle4x

    Question CPU overheating even after replacement.

    PLEASE HELP! My PC has randomly started overheating and crashing where it has to be forced powered off and has only gotten worse. My CPU temp not under load was 55-65 degrees C and 100 degrees under load when attempting to play a game. I replaced the CPU cooler with the Corsair iCUE H100i Elite...
  14. E

    Question Shuts down unexpectedly

    Hey I have a problem where my computer will crash and then restart and I don't know what is causing it. I have checked for CPU overheating but the temps are always cool. I also checked reliability history and it tells me windows has shut down unexpectedly. This happens when I am playing games(...
  15. SaintGriz

    Question Any idea why my wifes PC is crashing?

    Hey there everyone, So she's had this problem for a while now. PC will crash after gaming for a short amount of time. I initially thought it was high temps but they seem to be within reason. Not really overheating. I've adjusted fan her curves in BIOS and MSI Afterburner, in any case, to see if...
  16. hicar128

    Question Screens going black while gaming with 980 Ti ?

    I have an evga 980ti that's served me well over the years, but I'm afraid it may be dying. I just deep cleaned my pc to try and fix the issue (and thought it may have worked yesterday), but it crashed again today. It's happened on a couple different games, but essentially my two monitors go...
  17. Solomon Walker

    Question Game freezes, but character is playable and sounds can be heard ?

    About a year ago I used to have trouble with games crashing like this, but I underclocked both gpu and vram. That reduced the frequency of crashes but it would happen once in a while. The crashes would, on some games, give me a error like "graphics driver needs to be updated", other times the...
  18. Nurki

    Question Constant crashing after gaming/tabbing out

    Hi, hoping this is the right area of the forums, if not please let me know and I'll make a post in a more fitting area. I have an issue with constant crashing that I can not figure out on my own. First, my specs: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8 Gbps Intel Core i7-7700K Kaby Lake CPU, 4.2GHz Corsair...
  19. E

    Question PC randomly crashes games - Rust - for no reason

    Hi, So whenever i play games on my PC, Namely rust the game crashes for no reason - i've reinstalled twice, ensured my steam library is on a new decent working ssd, updated all my drivers and receive no error messages. Why could this be? My PC bluescreen a few weeks back a couple times but...
  20. silentsteel101

    Question PC freezes mid-game ?

    Hi Everyone, I have been running into a few issues for a long period of time. When I am playing games after some time my whole PC Freezes and I have to manually shut down my machine and reboot. I thought this was due to my GPU at the time (1080ti) then I upgraded to a 3080ti and purchased a new...
  21. M

    [SOLVED] PC crashing and rebooting during gaming ?

    My PC keeps crashing and restarting about an hour into playing games and sometimes less! No error codes! I have been monitoring my temps in game and they never get over 65 degrees celsius for the GPU or CPU. I use drive booster to make sure all of my drivers are up to date. I have cleared...
  22. M

    Question Random unexplainable crashes

    Hey everyone. Been having this issue for a few weeks now and it’s driving me insane. Whenever I’m playing a game on my pc, I’ll get a ‘crash’ where my monitor will disconnect and all of the fans in my computer will spin at max RPMs, only way to stop it is to force shutdown the pc by holding the...
  23. Nightkilla17

    Question New computer crashing

    Just recently built a new computer. This is my 3rd build. I've been playing on it for awhile. The first crash was right after I built it. I loaded a game of league of legends, I was in for a minute or so and then bam. Rebooted, didn't happen again. Been playing for about 2.5 weeks now with no...
  24. Joshuahalo

    Question Spikes to 100% GPU usage, driver crashes.

    I've been having issues with my GPU crashing. It seems like a driver error, almost like the GPU is being disconnected and reconnected for a split second. I have tried: Replacing the PSU Factory resetting the PC Replacing the GPU Replacing drivers Memtest86 Stress tests for gpu + cpu...
  25. H

    [SOLVED] gpu dying? red flag send help

    so recently i start having problems gaming, everytime i play csgo, apex,etc the game crashes or even the whole pc. Im getting errors like dxgi_error_device_hung on apex, the game freezes or just crashes the whole pc and i have to restart the pc manually. On csgo the image crashes but the game...
  26. J

    [SOLVED] GTX 1060 6GB and RTX 3060 Ti Disconnecting whenever I start up a game

    Hey there! So I’ve had my PC with no issues for a while: Intel i5-8400 16GB of 2400MHz DDR4 RAM MSI Z370-A Pro Mobo GTX 1060 GB 750w P I recently upgraded to a 3060 Ti and also had no issues with the new card in the system. However recently my PC has been acting weird and when I started up...
  27. Qrocks

    [SOLVED] black screen after gaming?

    Hello! I'm flustered by what's happening, and after speaking to multiple people no one seems to have a definite fix or even a diagnosis, any help would be greatly appreciated! Also tried searching this issue, found some similar ones but none of their solutions seemed to have helped, at least...