freeze after gaming

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  1. Krag89

    Question PC locking/freezing during heavy games without BSOD or crashdump

    Hi, I've been having issues with my PC for years, and it has more or less bothered me depending on what I was doing or playing. What happens is that the 2 screens freeze, the audio stops, the mouse and keyboard stop responding but all the lights are still on, and all I can do is push the power...
  2. Guidance

    Question New setup is shuttering, nvlddmkm.sys and latency issues ?

    Hello, its almost 3 months that i make a upgrade on my setup I upgraded my computer and now I am having constant stuttering problems. The result from LatencyMon was: New Motherboard: ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2 New CPU: Ryzen 7800X3D New GPU: Gigabyte RTX 4070 Super New RAM: 2x 16GB CL 30 Ddr5...
  3. G

    Question Strange freezing and crashing issues when gaming on a new PC ?

    A brand new PC crashes in a peculiar way, with the screens staying on but frozen. This happens hours into intensive use (gaming). It will then reboot itself after some 30 seconds of being in a frozen state. Sometimes it will fail to boot and retry up to 2-3 times before rebooting succesfully...
  4. A

    Question Computer randomly freezes while playing games

    A couple months ago my computer would randomly freeze while playing games, my computer wasn't under any heavy load and temps were normal so I don't think that was the issue. I tried a bunch of different things and eventually got it to stop happening but now it is starting to happen again. Under...
  5. A

    Question PC crashes when I play games, but only once ?

    Hey so as the title says, whenever I play games my PC will freeze and I will need to reset it. This has been happened for about 2 weeks now and never happened before. The weird thing about this, after the first crash my PC won't crash again until the following day. I'll be playing Rocket League...
  6. P

    Question Unable to force close applications on Task Manager after they crash

    I have been running into an issues with games, if they are to freeze I am able to access the task manager and close the application but the game background process still appears to be running if i look at the process in task manager. I know this is the case due to the launcher for the game...
  7. Lohrteos

    Question Freezes and graphical issues with RTX 3080 ?

    Hello, I've had my 3080 (MSI 10G) for 3 years and a half now. It has been working well up until a few months ago, when the graphic pilot would sometimes reset (my 2 screens turning black, then back on again, but without the "Night light" filter, or with), especially when alt-tabbing from one...
  8. HomeOfLily

    Question Bought new Laptop. While playing games, my entire computer starts freezing/buffering for a couple seconds.

    Bought a new laptop (linked below), and it keeps freezing (massive fps drop and my mouse freezes in place, screen freezes) while I play games, mostly League Of Legends. When playing, my CPU stays at around 30-40% usage, ram and 60%, and GPU at 60-70%. Randomly my entire computer will freeze...
  9. LibbiBibbi

    Question PC Crashing/Freezing seemingly only during multiplayer games

    SPECS: RTX 3070 Intel i7-9700K 32GB DDR4 3600mhz MSI z390-a pro Windows 11 issue: PC Freezes completely, nothing affects it. I tried BIOS mode called OC genie or something which caused the PC to reboot instead of freeze. I've been playing The Forest and Ghost Exile multiplayer with my friend...
  10. Nrindor

    Question PC freezes after heavy load

    Hello everyone, my PC freezes after heavy load like playing game or using unity. During the usage of the said programs there is no problem like freezing, increase in heat, frame drop or anything of that nature but after closing the program pc freezes and needs a restart after like 5 min...
  11. M

    Question PC Freezes after gaming

    Since Aug I have started to get this intermittent issue where my PC will freeze after I have played a game. It has happened after different games so its not connected to a specific game. It can sometimes happen during gameplay but only if its during the loading screen, once I am in a game its...
  12. A

    Question PC is Giving Random Restarts. Help !

    Hello, My PC started giving me random restarts with any blue screen a single message, restart, and automatically get back again to Windows SPECS My PC is only a low-end PC CPU: i3 4150 with Stock CPU cooler GPU: Intel Integrated GPU only RAM: 16GB RAM 1600MHZ PSU: (280w PSU) FSP GROUP...
  13. M

    Question PC w new cpu and mobo froze and after that GPU doesnt work

    Hello, this is my 1st time posting here so I hope im doing it the right way :). Anyway, I have a weird issue w my PC that Im not sure how to diagnose. I bought a new CPU and motherboard and installed them in my system just fine and everything worked properly. After a half a year of everything...
  14. R

    Question Very niche problem with new system - freezing AFTER playing games/when idling

    Hi guys - Got a very strange issue with my 2 month old PC - got a custom gaming build from Scan Computers that freezes when I leave it idling but not during gaming. The problem seems to happen more frequently when I've been gaming, come off the game and leave the PC idle. Nothing responds and I...
  15. Kannunbawl

    Question Display Glitches And Freezes And Now Doesn't Show Up At All After Troubleshooting

    Before i get into the preamble of what lead up to this, I just want to clarify that for the time being I *just* want help getting my display working again, the rest can come after. Here are the components I'm using, except the case is different. I have a 2-monitor setup and about a week ago I...
  16. K

    Question Programs are crashing/freezing, or not responding ?

    Recently I've been experiencing weird stutters and random program crashes (mostly) while playing games. The game (e.g CSGO) would crash either randomly, or freeze after almost every round for about 10 seconds. I haven't noticed a drastic FPS drop, the components aren't overloaded, but even after...
  17. 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...
  18. S

    [SOLVED] FPS drop in some games ?

    Hello, I bought a pre-built PC in december and have had some trouble with certain games but nothing that could not be resolved with some tweaks like turning off steam/geforce experience/EA/ubisoft connect overlay, setting the texture filtering from quality to performance from nvidia control...
  19. F

    Question Can someone help me figure out why my PC malfunctions while gaming?

    Here’s a little background before I list out what I’ve done so far followed by my system specs. Sorry it’s wordy but I want to capture as much info as possible. I’ve been a long time lurker so I appreciate any advice! Background: I built my a PC about a year ago (didn’t tune components much)...
  20. cheekyspirit

    Question Odd computer crash. Display freezes on one color, audio works. Only on certain games.

    My PC has been crashing oddly while playing games where I hear a whirring noise from my headphones; then the screen will freeze on one color, and the whirring stops. I can then hear the game's audio or any music I'm playing. The fans usually go fast when this happens, and the computer needs a...
  21. K

    Question PC Deadlock Freezes and sometimes BSOD

    For as long as I can remember my PC when mostly playing any game or even sometimes on google or the desktop it deadlock freezes, So i have to turn off the PC from the switch and turn it back on. In the event manager I get code 41 Kernel-power. I also sometimes get BSOD, some of the faults were...
  22. Nickburg11

    Question PC hard freezing

    Hey everyone, I’m having an issue that I’ve tried resolving but at this point I’m stumped. System specs are as follows: Built in 2019 I7-9700k RTX 2060 6g Z390 Pro4 32gb ddr4 4000 1000w 80+ gold psu For the last few weeks my PC has been hard freezing after 15-45 minutes of gaming. My only...
  23. ClassV

    [SOLVED] PC freezes if no processes are running, needs to be rebooted

    I've had this problem for a while, and it seemed to stop itself, although now it has come back in the past couple days a bit more consistently. Basically if I don't have a game, discord, or a video/stream playing, my computer runs the chance of just freezing all my screens and needing to be...
  24. Z

    Question PC Freezing 5-10 min after gaming. Won't boot for 5 minutes

    CPU: Ryzen 9 3900x MB: Asus AM4 TUF Gaming X570-Plus Wifi GPU: Geforce RTX 2080 SUPER RAM: G.SKILL NT Series 8GB DDR4 2133 (x2) PSU: EVGA - 750W GQ As the titles says my pc will freeze around 5 minutes from when I start gaming. This is not every game but it seems to be on games that would be...
  25. M

    Question My PC freezes and after restart GPU is disabled in Device Manager

    Since i bought my PC certain actions just made my PC freeze. Example: When i opened Warframe after some time (maybe 30 mins) of playing fps dropped to 10 or less. When i exited the game whole PC froze i couldn't do anything but to restart it with the button on PC case. When PC booted up again...
  26. X

    [SOLVED] PC froze during gameplay and now it's stuck in a restart loop ?

    PC froze during gameplay, now it is stuck in a loop of restarting. I was playing the new Spider-Man game on my 3 year old PC, I had played it yesterday as well without any freezing. I did have to update my graphics driver to prevent the program from crashing however. Today I was playing the...
  27. W

    Question Computer freezes after having it connected to TV

    Hey. I have a 3 display set up, two Acer XB271HU and a Hisense U8G 65" I didn't have this issue for about 6 months. Lately, if I have the TV connected via HDMI to the GPU (3080ti), after a random amount of time it will freeze and I have to turn off my PC. I can't seem to figure out what's...
  28. Z

    Question PC freezing when closing/starting/alttabbing a game?

    I've only really experienced it on Valorant, being its the game I play most, but it happened once on Destiny 2. Completely random, whether its alt tabbing, closing, or starting up Valorant, my PC monitor will freeze, mouse still works, audio on discord still works, but I cant click anything, and...
  29. 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...
  30. T

    Question New PC freezes when running games

    I built a new gaming PC, every time I play a game it freezes after about 10 minutes or so and I have to restart my PC. It seems fine when I idle or just use google/youtube. I've made sure my drivers are up to date, checked the memory, checked temps GPU was at 71c and CPU was 57c on last freeze...
  31. DarkSunriseHD

    Question PC keeps freezing in demmanding games

    Hello, I have recently built a new gaming rig that has been causing a lot of trouble, Every time I'll get into demmanding games like GTA V, Destiny 2 or Battlefield 1 the PC would freeze completely after a random amount of time, It could crash 5 minutes in and it could crash 30 minutes in, it is...
  32. KukR1

    Question My PC crashes 'mostly' while playing Far Cry Primal | KERNEL-41| ?

    Hey guys, I'm new to this forum, and I'd like to ask a question because I cannot google anymore :p So, basically my problem is that, when I am playing the game Far Cry Primal, my PC crashes with the error Kernel-Power 41. It basically freezes the monitor, but I still can hear the game audio and...
  33. F

    [SOLVED] Windows 11 freezes on new PC

    So I got this fresh out new PC, hardly anything on it. First time I run with Windows 11 and it keeps freezing after a while, what could be the cause? It's not a bad PC its running; i9 12900KF processor RTX 3090 VENTUS 24gb 2x16gb Patriot Viper Steel 3200Mhz RAM and system running on a M.2...
  34. M

    Question PC freezes when doing anything

    Hi. I've been having problems with freezing for almost a year now. The freezes can happen when I'm surfing the web, watching videos, loading up programmes, loading things in-game, clicking literally anything or if I leave the PC doing nothing it will often freeze as well. I either get a beep...
  35. Reidz

    Question PC randomly freeze, couldn't run a full heaven engine

    Hi all, So I was playing Genshin Impact and it suddenly froze. From then on my computer would freeze randomly and more often if I’m playing a game. Initially I thought it was the graphic card, so I brought it to the warehouse for replacement. They run the graphic card on their test kit with a...
  36. B

    Question System Freezes Up Randomly When Playing Video Games

    So as stated in the title my computer freezes up when playing games. This happened suddenly and has been happening more frequently as time has gone on, with no hardware changes before or during when the crashes started to happen. It happens on games like Final Fantasy XIV, Company of Heroes 2...
  37. J

    Question Pc hangs, freezes only on gaming

    Hello, I have problems with my pc which started a couple days ago whilist gaming. The pc runs fine the first 1 or 2 games and then freezes on black screen or restarts itself, without a BSOD just right back to post. I tried replicating the problem with memtest, prime95, furmark and occt (for...
  38. N

    [SOLVED] Asrock DeskMini A300 freezes after gaming for a while ?

    I have had this Asrock DeskMini A300 for a while. At first its run normally no problem at all. But as it get here, its start show something weird. Few day ago, i was playing a game called Stellaris and Crusader King II. the game run well on the system, but the weird things come after gaming. As...