Windows 10: My PC crashes all the time when playing any kind of game.

Hi,My PC crashes all the time when playing any kind of game. I have searched for other discussions on multiple sites and it seems like usually its the graphics card / graphics drivers or the PSU.I have made a clean install of windows from a bootable usb, formatting the drive and the issue still happens. I have downloaded older stable graphics drivers from Nvidia and it also still happens.Looking in event viewer I see these critical events:Log Name: SystemSource: Microsoft-Windows-WER-SystemErrorReportingDate: 09/09/2023 07:11:33Event ID: 1001Task Category: NoneLevel: ErrorKeywords:User: SYSTEM

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Game crashing all the time / PC freezes sometimes

Since about a month I have the problem that a game (Grand Theft Auto V) is crashing all the time. Sometimes the complete PC freezes too so that it displays the old image e.g. a few minutes ago (completely unresponsive, only restarting the PC helps). The time is not predictable, when it crashes. At one time it crashes after five minutes, another time it crashes after half an hour. But one thing is sure - it will crash.

I have contacted the Rockstar Support and they say they can't help me anymore. Things I did asked by the Rockstar Support:

• reinstalled the game and Social Club multiple times
  
• deleted game files in AppData/Local/Rockstar Games/GTA V and Documents\Rockstar Games\Social Club
  
• deleted C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Grand Theft Auto V\GTAVLauncher.exe and restored via Steam option Verify integrity of game files
  
• DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth and sfc /scannow multiple times
  
• uninstalled another app, which should be responsible for network timeouts/blocking
  
• switching to story mode/second character
  
• submitted the export of msinfo32 including crash reports to the support
  
• changed firewall settings
  

Things I tried myself:

• played in Safe Mode
  
• changed graphics settings
  
• removed OC
  
• updated to latest Nvidia driver (436.15)
  
• updated Windows 10
  
• checked the event log, but there is no entry
  
• executed memtest86 without problems
  
• made a stress test with FurMark without problems
  

I don't have expierenced similar problems in other games/apps.

System configuration:

• i5-6600K
  
• 16 GB RAM
  
• Nvidia GeForce GTX 780
  

Temperature is always OK.

Launcher.log from GTA V writes something like:

How can I find the cause of this error?

 

all games crash!

I suggest you run rthdribl > http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/archives/rthdribl_1_2.zip
Increase the window size step by step and watch your vga temps permanently.
What happens?
If it crashes, run at stock speeds as suggested before and retry.

P.S.: When your system locks, does the display signal turn off after a time?
Stuttering sound or no sound at all when freezing?
What X1800XT model do you own exactly?

 

PC crashes when playing games.

I played my usual game for almost 2 hours now. No crashes of any kind!

I successfully update my BIOS to F3d using the Q-Flash/USB stick method. As a precaution, I also talked to a coworker and he suggested I use the 465 version for the Nvidia driver as they are said to the most stable.

And now it is good. My game works without any BSOD.

I will make an update if ever another comes up. But thank you very much for the help and patience!