Games crash 15-20 minutes into playing them, bought a new pc, still happens.

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

My old PC had a problem in which games would crash all the time around 15-20 minutes in. I thought it was most likely an issue with the GPU, and I was going to buy a new PC at some point either way, so I did. I replaced every component in my tower apart from my HDD. When I started playing games on my new PC the issue STILL happens, just not as often.

What's even more weird is that certain games might not crash, for example 'Overwatch' doesn't crash at all, yet 'League of Legends' crashes quite a lot (around 15-20 minutes into the game). Could this be an issue with my HDD which I didn't replace? Honestly don't want to spend much more money on this.

From what I can tell the computer doesn't overheat, so I doubt it's an issue with the fans.

PC Specs: Nvidia GTX 750ti, i5-4460, 3.20 GHz, 16gb ram.

Edit: I have reset my PC as well, error still happens.

GhislainG · Jun 2, 2017

Did you test the hard disk with the manufacturer tools? You replaced everything, including the PSU? What crash code are you getting?

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

GhislainG :

Yes, I changed everything. I don't think I'm getting a 'crash code', though I'm not sure. The same problem was happening on my old pc, so I doubt it's anything to do with the components not working together.

jowen3400 · Jun 2, 2017

What games? What OS you said you got a new computer and the same issue happens? What type of storage ? SSD HD M.2?

GhislainG · Jun 2, 2017

SaltyDott :

Then you should describe what you mean by the post title. If it doesn't crash, then what happens? It hangs with the disk activity light very busy?

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

jowen3400 :

I have a HDD, though if there are different types of HDD's then I don't know which mine is, I'm not all too knowledgeable in pc components, sorry.

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

GhislainG :

SaltyDott :

Then you should describe what you mean by the post title. If it doesn't crash, then what happens? It hangs with the disk activity light very busy?

All I know is that it crashes and windows stops responding. I can then reload the game and it (usually) wont crash again during that game.

jowen3400 · Jun 2, 2017

Well there are if just a spinning HD then it can be 5400k 7200k. But most crashes are not from HDDs but SDD. Software issues. Windows 7? windows 10? or even worst Windows 8?

GhislainG · Jun 2, 2017

You can reproduce the issue if you power up the PC and game for 15-20 minutes, but after it stops working (anything in the Event Viewer?) you can reboot the system and then it runs for as long as you game. Is this correct? If so, it honestly doesn't make much sense. Does it happen if the PC is left on for hours and you start gaming again?

13thmonkey · Jun 2, 2017

jowen3400 :

Any proof for that wild statement?

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

jowen3400 :

I have windows 10, though there is a 'activate windows' watermark bottom right, even though it's not a cracked version of windows. I can check tomorrow if I am definitely using a HDD or SDD, though I'm fairly certain it's a HDD.

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

GhislainG :

Crashes do happen more often if the PC has been on for a while, and rebooting the PC does sometimes help,

jowen3400 · Jun 2, 2017

With SSD's if the Drivers are not installed this can cause crashes. This problem is worst on Windows 7 than 10.

Are all of these games that crash Steam Games? If so try the repair option I have had great luck with that in the past.

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

jowen3400 :

No, league of legends also crashes a lot, which is not a steam game.

jowen3400 · Jun 2, 2017

Is this the only game that does this? You said over watch is good. I thought LoL was on Steam .. hmm

lakimens · Jun 2, 2017

Well, since you replaced everything, just replace the HDD too. That's the only thing left, do a fresh install first, if it doesn't work, replace HDD.

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

jowen3400 :

No, other games crash too, infact most games do.

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

lakimens :

Yeh, looks as if I'm gonna resort to that.

jowen3400 · Jun 2, 2017

Well you can run Scans on your hard drive for bad blocks. I would do that 1st. Have a hard time saying that is it. i5-4460, that is not a brand new CPU, was this and the MOBO used?

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

jowen3400 :

No, I bought them brand new of Amazon.

jowen3400 · Jun 2, 2017

What Mother board do you have? Did you install the latest Chipset drivers?

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

jowen3400 :

Not to sure what motherboard I have, sorry. But I know it's different from my old one, and that one had the same problem, so I doubt it's anything to do with a motherboard.

jowen3400 · Jun 2, 2017

Maybe, you have a chipset IE z87... I would install your chipset drivers.
1.) Goto the MOBO website
2.) look for Drivers and Downloads
3.) Check for Bios updates and Chipset drivers download them
4.) Install the Chipset 1st if that works then Win! If not look at flashing Bios to the newest.

SaltyDott · Jun 2, 2017

Not sure what I'm doing when it comes to BIOS, but I'll take a look at the MOBO updates.

jowen3400 · Jun 2, 2017

yeah I save that for the last thing. I still worry about bricking my MOBO.

Games crash 15-20 minutes into playing them, bought a new pc, still happens.

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