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Computer Hard Freezes While Gaming

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I've been experiencing an issue where my computer hard freezes while I'm gaming. The game freezes, the monitor displays an unmoving screen wherever I was playing last, speakers emit a buzzing noise, and I can't get anything to respond. I have to hold the power button to force shutdown.

 

It used to happen once every few months, so I wasn't very concerned before; however, it happened twice today within the span of a few hours.

 

I've only had it happen during gaming, never during any other use (I work from home). I use my computer all day, everyday, and game for multiple hours everyday; so, I don't know what makes today special.

 

I don't know if the type of game matters; but, I've only had the freeze happen with Slime Rancher, Subnautica, Dinkum and Genshin Impact. Both of the crashes today were with Genshin (I've been playing for over a month and never had an issue before today). I've played thousands of hours of Apex Legends, League of Legends, and never had a freeze with those games. I have hundreds of hours of Skyrim, The Witcher 3, Cyberpunk 2077, 7 Days to Die, The Sims 3, Grounded, and never had that happen with any of those games, either.

 

I looked at the event viewer; but, it doesn't offer anything useful. The only thing that shows up is when I had to force shutdown.

 

Is there anything I can do to stop the freezes?
 

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How long ago did you play CP77? Does it happen now too? How old is the system? When did you last clean it out? Could it be dusty and overheating? What are the temps?

 

These are the things I would check first. Others might also want to know more about your hardware, fan settings, fan sounds and Temps.

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5 minutes ago, Budget DIY said:

How long ago did you play CP77? Does it happen now too? How old is the system? When did you last clean it out? Could it be dusty and overheating? What are the temps?

 

These are the things I would check first. Others might also want to know more about your hardware, fan settings, fan sounds and Temps.

CP77 has never crashed my computer. I played a few months ago. I think my computer is 4 or 5 years old. It's not overheating and I dust it regularly. The crashing only happens with SOME games so it must be software related.

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