Windows 10: PC crashing to black screen when playing certain games

Discus and support PC crashing to black screen when playing certain games in Windows 10 Gaming to solve the problem; My PC has been crashing literally a few seconds into booting specific games, so far I've encountered this issue with Forza Horizon 5 and Palworld. The... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Gaming' started by SlugAK, Jan 29, 2024.

  1. SlugAK Win User

    PC crashing to black screen when playing certain games


    My PC has been crashing literally a few seconds into booting specific games, so far I've encountered this issue with Forza Horizon 5 and Palworld. The event viewer logs just say "The previous system shutdown at time on date was unexpected."Initially I thought my driver store might be corrupt, so I did a fresh windows install and wiped every single storage device clean through diskpart in cmd while running the windows media off a USB. I also tried raising my CPU fan speed and watching the temps when I launch the game but the temps didn't spike that high and my utilization was fine. I've als

    :)
     
    SlugAK, Jan 29, 2024
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  2. Unable to play video games on Windows 10, black screen after log-in screen

    Hi Natasha,

    Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

    I understand the inconvenience you are facing with accessing the Windows 10 operating system, we will help you with this issue.

    Do let us know the following to assist you better with this issue:

    • From where are you trying to play the video games (downloaded/ from website)?
    • If you are playing games from website which browser are you using?
    • Were you able to see any error code/ error message when the game crashes?
    • Are you able log-in to your computer?

    This issue might have occurred due to corrupted/ outdated display drivers.

    As you see black screen while logging to the desktop, I suggest you to refer to the below Microsoft article about this issue, try the troubleshooting steps and check if it helps.

    Black screen after upgrading to Windows 10

    Also, I suggest you to install all the pending updates on your device.

    Steps:

    • Connect to the internet.
    • Press Windows key and type
      updates
      .
    • Click on Check for updates.
    • Under Windows Updates, click on
      Check for updates.
    • Try to install the updates being shown.

    Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of this issue and required information, we will be happy to help you further.
     
    Deepika Gowda, Jan 29, 2024
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  3. Ztruker Win User
    Black Screen, GPU Fan 100% When Playing Games

    I would suggest going back to at least the October version:


    PC crashing to black screen when playing certain games [​IMG]
     
    Ztruker, Jan 29, 2024
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  4. PCNOOB Win User

    PC crashing to black screen when playing certain games

    Help! PC crashing black screen while gaming.

    Help! PC crashing black screen while gaming
    *Frown PC crashing to black screen when playing certain games :(
    Already applied MX brand Thermad Compound.
    still overheating or something. not sure whats going on.
    this is when pc is not playing a game.

    this is 3mins into gaming.

    7mins into gaming
    fan is spinning slowly.
     
    PCNOOB, Jan 29, 2024
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