Windows 10: Valorant keeps restarting my entire PC

I have no idea what happened, I am confident I haven't downloaded anything other than dotnet 8, not sure if that's the issue that would change the behavior of the program. I tried playing today and it seemed as if every 10 minutes or so my whole pc would freeze, then a couple seconds later restart itself. Fans don't stop spinning or anything, just restarts the whole pc. I have checked drivers, ram, internet, everything. I have deleted and reinstalled valorant on a different ssd, all of which have ample free storage space. It's just valorant causing problems, other games worked fine. However

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My pc keeps on restarting whenever I play valorant

I try some games but only when I play valorant my pc keeps on restarting

 

PC Restarts when playing Valorant

Hi AquaChris645,

Sorry, I was offline, that minidump file lists the usual driver with Valorant crashing, it is the driver on the Vanguard anti-cheat game engine cauisng that.

But that is most likely not the cause of the new problem.

Completely remove the current graphics card device driver using the widely available free DDU utility, then restart your PC and go to the support page for your PC on the manufacturer's website to download and install their recommended version of the graphics card device driver.

A slightly older version of that driver is more stable than the latest version.

 

PC Blue screens after opening Valorant, programs freeze after wake

I have 2 problems:

1. My computer has blue screens every time I launch Valorant for the first time.
   
   • Since my computer has been freezing, I've shut it down whenever I leave my desk.
     
   • After launching Valorant, my computer's blue screens
     
   • When I restart, Valorant launches normally for the rest of that session
     
   • Once I shut my computer down manually, Valorant BSODs me on the next open
     
2. My computer ALWAYS freezes after waking up from sleep or hibernation. My mouse can still move, all programs are frozen, however. Oddly enough, I can still pause/resume my music on Spotify and hear it. It seems like every program doesn't update the visuals only. I also disconnect from any discord call. To prevent this, I have to shut down my PC.
   

Some things I have already tried:

• Powershell commands
  
• Editing my power plan
  
• Restarting
  
• Downloading windows updates
  
• Using windows troubleshooter
  
• Turning off hardware acceleration
  

Please help! This has been annoying me since early last year, and it's getting worse. I will try every method that you suggest, please reply if I ask for clarification!