AnonymousRaine
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Good afternoon!
I come to you all in desperation. After dealing with this for two months, I'll do anything for an answer!
It all started...with The Witcher: Extended Edition, about two months ago. There came a time in the game I would speak to an NPC and not just the game - but my entire computer - would crash, and restart. It SUCKED (I really wanted to finish the game ) but I figured I had a corrupted save or the game just hadn't successfully turned to the newer hardware/OS generations, uninstalled, and continued. This was, of course, after spending a pretty penny to replace my PSU and RAM and invest in a new cooler. I could run FurMark just fine, no issues, but to be safe. Just because.
But then. A week ago. Then, it happened playing Orcs Must Die 2. Oh, nuts.
I tried switching my dual-monitor setup back to a single...and it seemed to work! For about a day. Next thing you know, I fire up OMD2, *bzzzap* crash. Computer restart.
This does NOT happen with all video games, so far ONLY those two. I've clocked (too many) hours into Skyrim and Shadow of Mordor and thus disproved that.
I don't believe temperatures are the issue. My CPU sits usually around 60-62C when the crashes happen, and of course the argument is to be made of 5 minutes running The Witcher EE meaning crash vs. 6 hours of The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim with nothing. And again, I can run FurMark to its heart's content and nothin' happens.
Yes, my graphics drivers are up to date as of July 30th, 2016.
I need input. I'll try anything! If it gets rid of this ominous cloud every time I fire up a game, or something lags out, that'd be great!
My specs are as follows:
Motherboard: ASRock X58 Extreme
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Bronze
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
RAM: 16GB DDR3
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
ANY questions or log requests, please let me know and I'll respond as soon as I possibly can. Today when it happened I pulled up the event log and screenshot all the events from turning on my computer, through the crash (about a five minute window). Please let me know if any of these should be expanded and I can screencap whichever is necessary, I don't want to flood this place with images JUST yet. The 'Critical' event is, as expected, the crash itself.
In advance: thank you ALL for your help and support!
- Raine
I come to you all in desperation. After dealing with this for two months, I'll do anything for an answer!
It all started...with The Witcher: Extended Edition, about two months ago. There came a time in the game I would speak to an NPC and not just the game - but my entire computer - would crash, and restart. It SUCKED (I really wanted to finish the game ) but I figured I had a corrupted save or the game just hadn't successfully turned to the newer hardware/OS generations, uninstalled, and continued. This was, of course, after spending a pretty penny to replace my PSU and RAM and invest in a new cooler. I could run FurMark just fine, no issues, but to be safe. Just because.
But then. A week ago. Then, it happened playing Orcs Must Die 2. Oh, nuts.
I tried switching my dual-monitor setup back to a single...and it seemed to work! For about a day. Next thing you know, I fire up OMD2, *bzzzap* crash. Computer restart.
This does NOT happen with all video games, so far ONLY those two. I've clocked (too many) hours into Skyrim and Shadow of Mordor and thus disproved that.
I don't believe temperatures are the issue. My CPU sits usually around 60-62C when the crashes happen, and of course the argument is to be made of 5 minutes running The Witcher EE meaning crash vs. 6 hours of The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim with nothing. And again, I can run FurMark to its heart's content and nothin' happens.
Yes, my graphics drivers are up to date as of July 30th, 2016.
I need input. I'll try anything! If it gets rid of this ominous cloud every time I fire up a game, or something lags out, that'd be great!
My specs are as follows:
Motherboard: ASRock X58 Extreme
Power Supply: EVGA 600W 80+ Bronze
CPU: Intel Core i7 920 @ 2.67GHz
RAM: 16GB DDR3
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570
ANY questions or log requests, please let me know and I'll respond as soon as I possibly can. Today when it happened I pulled up the event log and screenshot all the events from turning on my computer, through the crash (about a five minute window). Please let me know if any of these should be expanded and I can screencap whichever is necessary, I don't want to flood this place with images JUST yet. The 'Critical' event is, as expected, the crash itself.
In advance: thank you ALL for your help and support!
- Raine