Games Crashing, Requiring Hard Restart. Help plz :,[

optronix17

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Feb 8, 2017
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Hey Everyone,

So I recently got a GPU and monitor upgrade and for some reason or another some of my games have been freezing resulting in me having to hold down my power button to force restart my computer. When the games freeze I can usually move the mouse around but Ctrl+Alt+Delete does nothing and the only way to get out of the game/screen is to force restart. The games with this problem are Battlefield 4 and Batman Arkham Knight.

Here is a breakdown of the things I have tried:

  • Disabling overclock on CPU and GPU
    Disable Nvidia, and Steam/Origin overlay
    Use lowest Video Settings in Game
    Run steam/origin and game's .exe as Administrator
    Repair/Validate game files
    Using latest Nvidia Drivers (clean installed)

Here is my Build:

  • Monitor: Predator X34
    CPU: i5-6600k
    GPU: GTX 1080 Gigabyte Xtreme Gaming
    (GTX 970 MSI Gaming as a dedicated PhysX Card)
    Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO
    Ram: 16 GB GSKill Ripjaws V series DDR4 3000
    PSU: EVGA 850 P2
    OS: Windows 10

All games installed on Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM , my secondary hard drive

Please help! You're my only hope.