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fastrthanyou

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computer crashing while gaming, no errors.

I recently upgraded my CPU and motherboard. I'm running an I7 with a older Geforce 480 GPU. Before I upgraded to the I7 i was running a AMD phenom and never had any crashing issues. the game thats been causing it is witcher 3, i figured since my GPU was just below the minimum specs (I mean .1 gb below the specs, seriously just below) I figured it was just that. I just fired it grow home tho and it crashed on me.

When it crashes theres no weird sounds, the screen just goes black and the computer stays on. I have to manually turn off the computer and turn it back on. I don't know if maybe theres a over heating thing going on but i'm checking on speedfan and some stuff is running hot, in the 90s. nothing that should kill the comp tho.
 
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DeathRabit

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Fixing driver issue:

Use this http://www.guru3d.com/content-page/guru3d-driver-sweeper.html
And follow instruction :
Use the official uninstaller(s) of the driver(s) you want to uninstall.
Reboot your PC in Safe Mode.
Run Driver Sweeper and select what to clean.
Analyse lists all the entries possible to remove, cleaning removes the entries selected.
Reboot to normal mode.
Install fresh drivers.
 
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When the above doesn't work; If you went from an AMD to Intel system and didn't reformat, it can cause weird issues because of the core drivers. They don't always install and remove the necessary ones properly. The easiest and fastest solution is just to reformat the core.

It is also possible the very old GPU isn't getting along with the newer mainboard but that would be a stretch.
 
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fastrthanyou

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Cant run the game in safe mode.. will try the driver solution.

I did format and reinstall windows with the new CPU.

actually, since I did the fresh reinstall of windows just a couple weeks ago, is it worth removing and reinstalling? nothing should be leftover
 
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fastrthanyou

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well the event viewer definitely has each time its crashed under critical. they're very non descript tho,

"The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly."

Kernal-power
event ID: 41

seems like its caused by me having to manually shut down the computer with the power button after it freezes, other then the actual freezing.
 
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