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Windows 10 crashing/restarting during games.

tehonlykevin
By tehonlykevin
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So I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, everything's great and stuff but my computer is crashing/restarting with out BSOD whenever I'm playing any game for longer than 20-30 minutes. I've reinstalled old and new drivers and it still crashes. I never crashed/restarted when I had W8.1 on this computer. Please help me.

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So I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10, everything's great and stuff but my computer is crashing/restarting with out BSOD whenever I'm playing any game for longer than 20-30 minutes. I've reinstalled old and new drivers and it still crashes. I never crashed/restarted when I had W8.1 on this computer. Please help me.

This is happening to me but running my games in windowed mode seems to fix it.

Maybe try running your games in windowed borderless?

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What's your PC Spec? Might help you a little bits.

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This is happening to me but running my games in windowed mode seems to fix it.

Maybe try running your games in windowed borderless?

Windowed borderless seems to work a bit better but still crashes.

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What's your PC Spec? Might help you a little bits.

 
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    MSI Z97-G45
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    Kingston Fury Red 8GB (4GBx2)
  • GPU
    MSI GeForce GTX 760 2GB
  • Case
    NZXT H440
  • Storage
    Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive + Seagate 2TB HHD
  • PSU
    Corsair RM650
  • Cooling
    Corsair H100i
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Check your Event Viewer. Are you getting a Kernel-Power log? Mine seems to do this while programming (and generally thought it was my computer).

We learn when we tinker.

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Make sure you have the latest Nvidia drivers. When you install it, be sure to click on "Advanced" option, and remove 3D Vision, and check the box to do a clean install.

Also, Microsoft just released today it's Cumulative Upgrade 3. A mass update which bring a great number of fixes, and older updates previously released if you don't have them, including previous Cumulative Updates, in 1 package (kinda like a mini-Service Packs, but also includes the previous mini-Service Packs). So make sure Windows is fully updated.

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