Why would Easy Anti-Cheat games crash my PC when other games are fine?

“Only happens with one anti-cheat” narrows down when the fault is triggered, but it doesn’t prove the anti-cheat itself is defective. A kernel-level driver can expose instability that other games never hit.

First, check Event Viewer under Windows Logs, then System, and note the WHEA event details and any codes. Also look for files in C:\Windows\Minidump, though a hard reset may not produce a dump. Those records can help distinguish a CPU, memory, PCIe, or storage-related fault from a generic crash report.

Passing a memory test is useful, but it doesn’t rule out every hardware or stability issue. I’d return BIOS settings to stock for a test, including memory profiles and CPU tuning, and make sure the motherboard BIOS and chipset drivers are current. Don’t change voltages blindly.

If it still happens, check the exact WHEA event and test components separately. A reproducible trigger is a clue, not a diagnosis.

Try the low-risk software checks too: update Windows and your graphics driver, then use the game launcher’s repair or verify option and reinstall the anti-cheat component. If you recently changed drivers or BIOS settings, note that, and avoid stacking several changes at once so you can tell what mattered.

Check whether the crash leaves a WHEA event in the System log, and read the full event details rather than relying only on the short error label. If you can capture a dump or share the event’s technical fields with a qualified support person, that’s more useful than guessing from the game names alone.