Windows 10: Games always crash after an inconsistent amount of time!

Reinstalling Java might fix Minecraft, but it won't help with GTAV, since it doesn't use Java. And don't just blindly follow the advice about changing disk modes in the BIOS (AHCI, RAID, SATA, IDE), it's a good way to get a BSOD, which is difficult to fix. Windows installs according to what mode is already set in the BIOS, if you later change it from say IDE to AHCI then Windows probably won't boot. @essenbe should have warned about that.

 

Yes I did a clean installation, but left all the boxes ticked. I did what you said, unticked every box except graphics driver and physx. Today I got another crash on minecraft, in the form of my whole monitor turned light blue. I tried to capture it with snipping tool/print screen, but it just captured the desktop beneath the blue screen. Force closing minecraft (the java processes which is minecraft) got rid of the blue screen. I have had this before, so it is not the first time this has happened, evidently it still crashes. GTAV also still crashes in the same way as before.

 

Do you have a way to verify the game files?

Also please go into bios, check your sata mode (IDE, AHCI or Raid). See which it is. Next please set Optimized Defaults (F5 on most boards), go back and make sure the sata mode is the same as it was when you checked it. Save and exit. Change nothing else.

 

I replaced the RAM in my computer and the games haven't crashed for 8 hours of game time now. Success so far!

 

Thanks for all your help. And everyone elses too *Smile

 

Glad you fixed it *Thumbs