Why do my games always crash and I need to get them fixed right now?
Why do my games always crash and I need to get them fixed right now?
I keep getting crashes on my PC while playing games, usually after 10 to 45 minutes. Sometimes I get a blue screen when opening a website or right after quitting a game. This started about two weeks ago when I bought new parts like RAM, a CPU, and a power supply unit. The main error is code 0xc0000005 (Access violation). Even though it seems like the problem might be with my memory sticks, changing them didn't stop it from happening again.
I never turned on extra speeds for my graphics card or overpowered the CPU. This is strange because I sent this computer to a friend's house to fix it and add parts there. The friend played one of those crash-y games for three hours without any issues. He also said that screen flickering was not happening when he used his same setup. We are using exactly the same parts now on my machine too.
When I use Chrome or another browser to watch videos, the screen usually flashes black for a second before coming back. Since this started right after the game crashes began, I think these two things are connected. Turning off graphics card speed boosts or changing settings helps stop the crash. It makes me wonder if there is a problem with the graphics card itself.
Looking at my GPU in Device Manager, these lines say that driver management finished adding certain services for my graphics card without any problems:
"Driver Management has concluded the process to add Service nvlddmkm..." (status: 0)
and "Driver Management has concluded the process to add Service NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem..." (status: 0).
I tried many things to fix this, but nothing worked. I replaced my GPU drivers from the official website several times. I turned maximum performance on in my software settings. I adjusted a timing setting called TDR Delay. I updated the BIOS version and changed how much virtual memory is allowed. I did a clean install of Windows twice. I swapped out my RAM sticks for different ones. I even replaced the motherboard. None of those fixes worked either.
My computer specs are:
Operating System: Windows 11 Home
Processor: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce RTX 4070 Ti Super
Memory: TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert CL30 Overclocking 10L DDR5 32GB Kit (2 x 16GB) at 6000MHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte B650M Gaming Plus Wifi
Power Supply: Thermaltake - GF1 (750W, 80 PLUS Gold, Black, with a lot of extra cables)
Hard Drive: WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0
Here are some crash log files and diagnostic tools I shared with you that might help explain what is going on.
Hi there! You are a new member here. You just changed your motherboard. Did you reinstall Windows after swapping it out? I did a clean install of Windows two times and then set up the computer in offline mode too. Did you take every drive off except the one where you want to put the OS? Are you sure about the BIOS version update for this reason? Just tell me what version your current motherboard has so we can talk about it more clearly. Also, please remove all graphics card drivers and just install them from the official NVIDIA site. I've already done that several times before! To be honest, which driver version are you using right now? Have you tried 566.36? When doing a DDU, it's important to take out all your GPU drivers (Intel, AMD, and Nvidia) in Safe Mode, then manually install the driver with high privileges by clicking on the installer icon and running it as Administrator instead of just normal settings.
I don't know if offline works, but I put Windows on a flash drive. My computer has only one hard drive (an SSD). The BIOS shows version F32 for Gigabyte B650M Gaming Plus Wifi. I haven't tried this exact version before, even though the August 2024 version worked when Windows was reinstalled and now there is another one running. To fix things, I went into safe mode to run DDU. I unplugged my Ethernet cable and Wi-Fi, then installed the software in normal mode. Since I'm not sure if I need admin rights because it asks for a password anyway, I didn't try that. In safe mode, I removed both Nvidia and AMD drivers using DDU, but I left the integrated graphics driver alone so the computer wouldn't crash. Then I ran the Nvidia installer again in normal mode. The flicker problem on YouTube is still there, so it seems this step didn't fix the issue for me.
1. Make sure your GPU cable is in place and not sticking out of the box. If you let that happen, it can cause flickering. See this link: https://preview.redd.it/is-it-bad-i...bp&s=66622a965c7b69fc7a15312c9f1dc073b039b86e for more info on why. Secondly, try turning off GPU acceleration in your display settings under graphics. This might change how some games run. You can turn down the memory speed to 5200 MHz because that is usually the max advertised speed for this CPU. There isn't a guarantee it will work at 6000 MHz unless you check the board manufacturer's compatibility list, which also isn't always true. It's better safe than sorry anyway.
here is another way to tell if the problem is with the settings or the actual parts: put your game on a USB stick that runs Linux (a live environment) without being installed inside your computer. You need the NVIDIA drivers already there, so you can just pick a game that works on Linux through Wine or Proton and play it. Use something like Balena Etcher to make this USB drive. Then turn on your PC using the USB stick instead of the normal hard drive. If you see errors here, you'll know if the issue is with settings or if it's broken hardware. If everything works fine, then try fixing the Windows stuff later. I suggest putting Nobara onto a bootable USB because it comes with games like Steam already installed on that drive: https://nobaraproject.org/download-nobara/ - scroll down to NVIDIA and pick one of the choices (the default is okay). In Steam, just go to Settings > Compatibility and turn "Enable Steam Play for all titles" on. It only takes 5 to 10 minutes. You might need to turn off Secure Boot in your BIOS before starting up. That's everything else you can do now. Since you've done a few clean installs of Windows, the problem is probably just physical hardware issues.
I don't think the cable has anything to do with it since I was using this cable before and everything worked fine. I am not sure how to fix the memory issue (I also read online that running RAM which is faster than the CPU can handle usually works - the system slows down to match and no problems happen) . I tried turning off GPU acceleration in windows settings - unfortunately, the flickering didn't stop so the problem might still be there. However, when I turned my graphics card off and enabled integrated graphics instead, the flickering on YouTube and other videos stopped. Of course, this isn't a real solution, but it seems like using my dedicated GPU or something related to graphics might be causing the trouble.
I posted this before on a forum link, but I still get these crashes after trying all the fixes. Check that thread if you want more details. Since I put a new CPU, RAM, motherboard, and power supply in December 2024, games keep crashing after about 10 to 45 minutes depending on which game. Sometimes the computer restarts without a blue screen, though this happens rarely. The error code is usually 0xc0000005 (access violation). I've seen various BSOD errors like IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL and KERNEL_SECURITY_CHECK_FAILURE. Even after swapping RAM and the motherboard with different models, the problem still stays. My graphics card has been working fine since December 2024 without issues. On some websites that play videos like YouTube, the screen flickers black briefly while loading videos. This never happened before. I also noticed my computer turns on at certain outlets but nothing shows up on the monitor, while it works normally when plugged into other outlets. Maybe it's a power supply problem, though earlier posts said everything worked fine there. The strange thing is that if I take this to another place like a friend's house or a repair shop, it works perfectly with no crashes or flickering. It only has problems at my own home. My apartment building was built in 1937 and might be related, even though nothing like this used to happen here before. Here are some things I have tried to fix the problem: DDU the GPU drivers and reinstall them straight from NVIDIA's site (I've done this many times). Turn the GPU to maximum performance in NVIDIA settings. Adjust TDR Delay time in the registry. Update the BIOS version. Set virtual memory pagefile size to 48000 MB (1.5 times my RAM). Made a clean Windows install twice. Swapped out the RAM stick pair for another one. Swapped out the motherboard for a different model. Bought a new power plug and plugged it into an outlet in a different room. Used an old power supply, even though that had 650 W instead of the 750 W on the new one.
Here are my system specs:
OS is Windows 11 Home. The CPU is AMD Ryzen 5 7600X. I have a GPU Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super with 32GB RAM (Team Group T-Create Expert CL30 Overclocking 10L) running DDR5 at 6000MHz. The motherboard is Gigabyte B650M Gaming Plus Wifi, and the power supply is Thermaltake GF1 (2024) 750W 80 Plus Gold Fully Modular Black SSD is WDC WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0.
I have crash dumps here: https://pastebin.com/1ZYzNZp6, some other dumps at https://files.catbox.moe/itt51u.dmp and others at https://files.catbox.moe/5fpozz.dmp. The BSOD dump is at https://files.catbox.moe/9wwjlf.dmp and the DxDiag info is at https://pastebin.com/F1Vt2EV0
The outlet you plug into might have its connections flipped upside down.