Windows 10: PC crashes when playing games, boot media not found.

My PC freezes, then bluescreens, after playing any game. What happens is I load up my game, play for a bit, then everything freezes for about 2 minutes. It then blue screens, after which it tries to restart, but gets stuck on a boot disk/drive not found. To fix this, I turn off all power to the PC, and restart it. It then boots normally. What can I do to fix this? All drivers are up to date; I have a 1660 Super, Ryzen 5 3600, 16 GB of 3200 mhz RAM, and a MSI x470 gaming plus max mobo. Thanks!!

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Pc keeps crashing while playing games

Hi,

Having incomplete Windows update is one of the possible reasons why your pc games keeps crashing when playing after you reinstalled the Windows 10. To help you resolve this concern, we suggest that you follow the steps below:

Step 1: Run the troubleshooter for Windows apps. This can help remove problems with an app from Microsoft Store. To do this, you may click the link below:

Click here

Step 2: Download all the critical updates for Windows 10. Kindly refer to the link below and follow the step provided on the link.

Windows 10 Update Assistant

Kindly update us with the results, so that we can assist you further.

 

Game crashes while playing

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand that you are facing issues while playing a game. For further clarity on the issue, please respond to the questions below.

1. Which build version of Windows 10 are you using currently?
   
2. Are you aware of any changes made to the PC prior to which you weren’t facing this issue?
   
3. What is the source of installation of game?
   
4. Does this occur with only one game or all the games?
   

Refer the article
Which version of Windows operating system am I running?



Meanwhile, I would suggest you to perform Clean Boot on the PC, and see if the issue persists. Refer the article Refer the article

How to perform a clean boot in Windows



Performing a clean boot will start the computer with minimal set of drivers and programs, to determine whether a background program is causing the issue. Some of the Startup programs will not load after performing a clean boot on the computer.
However, that functionality will return when you reset the computer to start normally after finishing the troubleshooting.



If the game is not crashing after performing Clean Boot, then you can refer the section
How to determine what is causing the problem after you do a clean boot
to identify the root cause of the issue.



Note: Please refer the section
Reset the computer to start normally after clean boot troubleshooting to boot the computer in to normal mode after troubleshooting.



You may also want to refer the article
Game freezes or stops responding on a Windows 10 device



In addition, try the troubleshooting mentioned in the article by ACTIVISION

Crashes or Game Freezes in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator

 

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?