Windows 10: Windows 10 Freezes/Locks up Whilst in a Game

Background info:

I've had my PC for around 3 years now. Ever since I built it I have been having a problem with certain games. Most of the games are high performance, but not always the case. Always whilst gaming though.


Problem:

The problem is that my PC will freeze/lock up on whatever its current screen is. I have waited for up to 15 minutes for it to either unfreeze or give me a blue screen. Nothing has ever happened and not even pressing the restart/power button on my PC works. I have to manually pull out the plug from the wall. No DMP files are created as my PC doesn't restart correctly so I cannot share them.


What I've done:

I've run various tests/scans such as memory scans, CheckHealth, ScanHealth, RestoreHealth in CMD. It's all come back fine.


Specs:

PSU: HEXA 500

OS: Windows 10 Home 64-bit version 22.11.2.7

CPU: Intel i5 6400

RAM: 8GB

Graphics: GTX 1070

Storage: 200GB SSD, 2TB Hard Disk

Motherboard: Gigabyte B150M-D3H-CF (U3E1)


Event viewer: Only one error event is created at the time of the crash which I have uploaded here: https://1drv.ms/u/s!ApubCpn71JgMhiZ5_KMO2c-_6oKc?e=fiqVYr


I have no idea what to do and I'd like to get it sorted before anything critical happens to my PC.

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all games crash!

ive watch my temps and both the cpu and gpu are within normal ranges. when it freezes it simply freezes the image and stops the sound. i must reboot to get back to windows.

 

Windows 10 Tweaks

Pressing “Windows+Pause Break” (it’s up there next to scroll lock) opens the “System” Window.

Windows 10: In the new version of Windows, Explorer has a section called Quick Access. This includes your frequent folders and recent files. Explorer defaults to opening this page when you open a new window. If you’d rather open the usual This PC, with links to your drives and library folders, follow these steps:

• Open a new Explorer window.
• Click View in the ribbon.
• Click Options.
• Under General, next to “Open File Explorer to:” choose “This PC.”
• Click OK

credit to Lifehacker.

 

games freeze or hangs

Hi,

To address your concern, we suggest that you follow the troubleshooting steps on this article:
Game freezes or stops responding on a Windows 10 device.


Kindly update us on the result.