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Crash prevention tips?

Jamster
By Jamster
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Hey, I crash every so often in games and even sometimes while idling on the desktop. I'm on Win 8.1. Have you guys got any tips on how to prevent crashing?

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Post your hardware specs.

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Reinstall drivers if you aren't throttling.

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Always wear your seat belt to be prepared for a crash. 

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something is wrong check your hardware of defects (benchmark and stuff)
keep an eye on your temps  

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Post your hardware specs.

  • CPU
    AMD FX-8350
  • Motherboard
    ASUS M5A97 R2.0
  • RAM
    Kingston HyperX Blue Black 1333MHz 16GB (2x8)
  • GPU
    Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 ti
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  • CPU
    AMD FX-8350
  • Motherboard
    ASUS M5A97 R2.0
  • RAM
    Kingston HyperX Blue Black 1333MHz 16GB (2x8)
  • GPU
    Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 ti

 

Anything overclocked?

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Anything overclocked?

My graphics card, it's a EVGA superclocked version.

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Crashes on desktop sound like RAM issue. You better run memtest,,,

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