Windows 10: Windows 10 PC locks up/freezes when playing certain video games. Usually after around 15...

Specs
Windows 10 Home 64-bit version 1903
Intel Core i7 7700K @ 4.20GHz
16.0GB RAM
Gigabyte B150M-D3H-CF
GTX 1070 4095MB
SSD: Apacer AS340
HDD: WD 1863GB
PSU: HEXA 500


This used to happen with Red Dead Redemption 2 until I upgraded my CPU and RAM. That fixed it for RDR2 but when I play Assassins Creed: Odyssey, my PC has gone back to freezing after about 15 minutes of gameplay. This problem has been occuring since I first built my PC back in 2016. Since then I have gotten a new HDD, SSD, GPU, CPU and RAM. The only thing I have never replaced is the motherboard and PSU. All my drivers are up to date and I have done countless disk and memory scans which show no problems. I can't even look at DUMP files due to having to hard reboot everytime. I've run out of ideas and have no clue how to fix this. Any ideas?

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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.

 

Minecraft freezes gaming PC

Hi,

We have here a thread Windows 10 freezes when playing games
related to your concern. We suggest that you go through the steps provided by
Roger Lu.

Let us know how it goes.

Regards.

 

Can't play Hit It Rich game and system freezes

Hi carmenstanley1,

Thank you for your response.

I can understand how frustrating it would be. This issue might be due to corrupted profile or if the game is not installed completely. I suggest you to follow these steps and let us know if it works.

Could you please help me with the below questions:

• Are you aware of any changes happened on the computer prior to this issue?
  
• Have you tried playing this game on other browser (Google chrome or Mozilla) and check for the issue?
  

Step 1: Uninstall or Repair the game.

1. Press Windows and
   R key together on your Keyboard.
2. Type appwiz.cpl and hit enter.
   
3. Right click on the Hit it Rich app > Select Repair or uninstall it.
4. Reinstall the application and check for the issue.
   

Step 2: Create a new local account.

The reason might be due to user account corruption, so I would suggest you to ‘Create
a local user or administrator account’ and check if the issue persists.

Note: You will not see all your files under your default file location.
So your data will be saved under C:\Users\User_name.

If you are facing issues with freezing, I would suggest you to follow the troubleshooting steps on
Tips to improve PC performance in Windows
10.

Hope it helps.

Roohi Taj S

Microsoft Community - Moderator