PC Display and Controls Freeze After Extended Play in Certain Games
I built this PC about two years ago with fairly strong hardware, and it worked normally for a long time. Over the past few months, it has started…
PC crashes
RAM slot A1 causes instability while slot B1 works normally—motherboard or CPU issue?
My PC has become unstable whenever any RAM stick is installed in slot A1, while the same sticks work normally in slot B1. With a stick in A1,…
Why does one RAM slot cause crashes while the other works normally?
My desktop has developed severe memory instability after a history of moisture, oxidation, transport, cleaning, and a minor physical accident involving the RAM slot. The system previously had…
My Windows 11 PC Keeps Crashing—Could This Be Hardware Failure?
My PC is only about two years old, but it has started crashing more and more often. During the first year, it would occasionally crash after long gaming…
PC Hard-Freezes During Demanding Games With WHEA-Logger Errors
My PC completely locks up after roughly 15–60 minutes in demanding games such as Helldivers 2, Space Marine 2, and Deadlock. The display freezes, audio stops, and the…
My Windows 11 PC Keeps Crashing—How Can I Tell Whether It’s Hardware or Software?
My PC is only about two years old, but it has been crashing more and more often. At first it happened occasionally during long gaming sessions, but now…
WHEA-Logger Event 1 Causes Complete Freezes While Gaming
My PC completely locks up during demanding games such as Helldivers 2, Space Marine 2, and Deadlock. The crashes happen randomly after roughly 15–60 minutes: the display freezes,…
How can I identify the cause of recurring memory-management crashes?
My PC crashes unpredictably and sometimes behaves strangely before failing with MEMORY_MANAGEMENT blue screens. I analyzed several dump files with WinDbg, and they showed multiple 0x1A subtypes, including…
PC Keeps Crashing and Glitching After a Suspected Hack
My PC was recently compromised, and ever since then it has been crashing almost every day. The monitors sometimes glitch, and the computer does not always shut down…
Computer keeps crashing and glitching after a suspected hack
My computer was recently compromised, and ever since then it has been crashing almost every day. The monitors sometimes glitch, and the system does not always shut down…
RTX 3090 Causes Black-Screen Crashes During Games Despite Stable Stress Tests
For the past few days, my PC loses video output while gaming, although game or voice-chat audio continues briefly and the fans immediately ramp to 100%. The only…
Do I Really Need QVL-Listed RAM for My Ryzen 5900X System?
I built a gaming PC about two years ago in the US and have had display crashes since day one. The system uses a Ryzen 9 5900X, an…
What could be causing random gaming crashes and complete system freezes?
My PC has been randomly crashing during games for about three years. The issue continued even with updated drivers, and briefly disappeared when I installed a Radeon 9070…
Games Keep Crashing With Half the Screen Turning Black
Every game I play eventually crashes, and sometimes the computer becomes unstable too. My graphics drivers are up to date, and I don't have unnecessary programs running in…
PC crashes during idle or light use but stays stable while gaming
I'm troubleshooting a Ryzen 5 3500X system with an RX 5600 XT, ASUS Prime A320M-K motherboard, 16GB of RAM, and Windows 11 on an SSD alongside Linux on…
How can I identify the cause of recurring crashes from minidump files?
My PC crashes randomly while browsing, gaming, or sitting idle. The crashes have mentioned memory corruption and page faults, so I initially suspected my G.Skill DDR4 RAM. I…
PC randomly restarts after about two hours in Assassin’s Creed Mirage
I built this PC a little over a month ago, and it recently started restarting without warning while playing Assassin's Creed Mirage. The restart happens after roughly two…
Why is my Ryzen 7 7800X3D and RTX 5070 PC running worse than my weaker system?
I need help troubleshooting a new prebuilt PC that performs far worse than my other, lower-specced computer. The problem system has a Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX 5070, 32GB…
Why does my PC crash or shut down whenever I play games?
My gaming PC crashes almost every time I launch a game. In Arc Raiders, it shuts down after about 30 seconds even on low settings, while Overwatch usually…
Why is my Ryzen 7 7800X3D and RTX 5070 PC running worse than my lower-spec system?
I'm trying to troubleshoot a new prebuilt PC that performs far worse than another system with supposedly weaker hardware. The problem PC has a Ryzen 7 7800X3D, RTX…