[STEAM VERSION] RANDOM CRASHING, PC MONITOR DISCONNECTS AND COMPUTER LOCKS UP

[Esp]

I too have actually been running into this problem recently myself, which is odd since I don't have FFXIV bought through Steam, but use it as a overlay (as in having it register as a non-steam game). I get to play for quite a while sometimes and it just freezes, or I get about a few min before things just stop all together. (Even controller functions).

Trying to Alt-Tab or CTRL-ALT-DEL just gives me a black screen and I am unable to do anything besides use the power button to shut down. Been having this issue ever since 3.5 hit.

Also to note I have tried just about every trick the OP has tried as well with no success and am running on DX11 too. I will try running with DX9 instead when my scans I have going are complete.

One thing I would like to note though..I wonder if Steam itself (or its overlay) could be conflicting with the game somehow? To me it seems odd that even though I did not by FFXIV thru stream, yet use its overlay, I am having the same issue as those who actually bought it thru the steam store..

[SymbioteYT]

Bumping this thread. Still no solutions have been found, and SE has yet to speak of this recently.

[Valenth]

Bumping this thread. Still no solutions have been found, and SE has yet to speak of this recently.

Sad to hear nothing has worked so far. And yeah, I bet SE can't help you terribly much as it sounds like something that's "almost" unique to your system or some rather rare combo of specific components/drivers. If the general solutions we all opted didn't help, and some of them already went pretty in-depth, it could be you're having a very specific hardware problem.

Ah btw, did you try and see if physically removing one of the cards helped as I opted instead of disabeling it through software? I know it sounds stupid if you already tried disabeling SLI, but it wouldn't be the first time a system wouldn't work for me despite doing everything to *ahum* disable something through software. *Looking at you previous system that kept insisting I need admin rights for something while being admin on pc... Or you darn firewall program that kept blocking despite being entirely disabled and only uninstalling actually doing the trick* Just try it, if even for the sake of ruling out it's something stupid like this. ^^

[SymbioteYT]

Sad to hear nothing has worked so far. And yeah, I bet SE can't help you terribly much as it sounds like something that's "almost" unique to your system or some rather rare combo of specific components/drivers. If the general solutions we all opted didn't help, and some of them already went pretty in-depth, it could be you're having a very specific hardware problem.

Ah btw, did you try and see if physically removing one of the cards helped as I opted instead of disabeling it through software? I know it sounds stupid if you already tried disabeling SLI, but it wouldn't be the first time a system wouldn't work for me despite doing everything to *ahum* disable something through software. *Looking at you previous system that kept insisting I need admin rights for something while being admin on pc... Or you darn firewall program that kept blocking despite being entirely disabled and only uninstalling actually doing the trick* Just try it, if even for the sake of ruling out it's something stupid like this. ^^

This isn't a specific hardware problem. I play many other games than just FFXIV, and run into zero issues with them. From smaller games up to games like Witcher 3, DOOM, GTA V, Overwatch, etc. I also have big history with other MMO's, such as World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, Black Desert, and even The Division. I've had poor FPS on some of those MMO's, but that's because AMD CPU's don't sit right with that genre. :-) Something about FFXIV doesn't work right with DX11, and it looks like SE has confirmed that this is an accepted bug they're looking into (sub-thread in Technical Support.)

I've disabled SLI before with NVIDIA and also when the game once crashed me, it disabled my SLI bridge and I tried playing the game that way too. I've not physically removed the card, but there should be no difference when the second card wasn't detected by the bridge itself.

[Valenth]

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Yes, yes, that's what I told myself also many times before when it came to certain soft- or hardware problems I had. "It should work dammit!" but then it somehow doesn't because somewhere in the uncountable amount of 0's and 1's something tiny goes wrong. Just try it. It could be that FFXIV specifically has a problem with a certain hardware combo. Just try it to exclude the possibility, no matter how tiny it is. ^^

[SymbioteYT]

Yes, yes, that's what I told myself also many times before when it came to certain soft- or hardware problems I had. "It should work dammit!" but then it somehow doesn't because somewhere in the uncountable amount of 0's and 1's something tiny goes wrong. Just try it. It could be that FFXIV specifically has a problem with a certain hardware combo. Just try it to exclude the possibility, no matter how tiny it is. ^^

Alright, I'll give it a go next time I play the game. I'll get back to you on this later.