Downloading large games on steam crash the client / OS

[Adam Hindle]

Hi,

I'm trying to download shadow of war, off of steam (about a 65GB DL), every time I start it, it starts fine but after 5 or so GB has downloaded, the whole steam client freezes. It freezes to the point where my mouse cursor lags or is unresponsive, CTRL + SHIFT + ESC or CTRL + ALT + DEL don't work.
I have to hold down the power button on my PC to turn it off, it is back to normal when turned back on. After it's turned on I'll continue the download only for the same thing to happen 5GB down the road.

Unsure what's causing this, I have the latest steam client, AMD drivers and MoBo drivers.

Many thanks

 

[James Mason]

Well Delete and reinstall Steam: (READ THIS EXTREMELY CAREFULLY)
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9609-OBMP-2526

Otherwise.... You may had a hard drive problem or a ram problem.