Various Games Crash/Not Responding etc.

[MRH__98]

Hi all,

A few months ago there was a free weekend for the game Dead Island Riptide on Steam. At the time I downloaded it and played it no problems whatsoever. The game became cheap in this year's Steam Summer Sale so I bought it to play with friends, however it no longer worked.

Initially I thought this was a problem only with Riptide, however over time I have found that it is a large number of games that now are affected by an identical problem.

What usually happens is I'll open the game and it will get to a certain point, most often near the beginning of the startup process (e.g. Title sequences/launcher/main menu etc.) and the game will then become unresponsive. Should I try to end the game's process via task manager, it most often does not do so for around three minutes

I today found with Dead Island Riptide and Payday: The Heist that I just have to wait some time for the game to progress after a spell of being non responsive. I am unable to reach this stage with many other games however.

I have looked up this problem a lot and have not yet been able to find anything that has fixed this problem:

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  My PC matches the requirements of the games
  Full virus scan of my computer
  Windows Updates have been downloaded and installed
  Uninstalled and re-installed my Steam Client
  Uninstalled and re-installed the games
  Verified game cache integrity
  Updated graphics card drivers
  Run the game in compatibility mode
  Run the game as an admin
  Downloaded the latest version of DirectX

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as the number of games I am unable to play seems to be becoming larger and larger.

Thanks for reading

 

[johnnyq1233]

Have you run memtest86+ to see if a ram module is giving you trouble?
I sometimes use CCleaner to cleanup registry, old install files and my caches.
Also, what happens when the steam client is removed and you play a game?

 

[MRH__98]

Have you run memtest86+ to see if a ram module is giving you trouble?
I sometimes use CCleaner to cleanup registry, old install files and my caches.
Also, what happens when the steam client is removed and you play a game?

I haven't tried memtest, I will do that, thanks for the suggestion.

In regards to the Steam Client question, I'll try that too. However it is worth noting I think that the same problem occurs if I try to play Battlefield 3 multiplayer, which launches through Origin. This leads me to believe the issue is caused by my PC rather than any programs.