Random crash windows that eventually force close the game

[Votraftur]

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Please try the following:
- Please try adjusting/lowering the resolution.
- Please try running the game as an administrator.
- Perform a clean boot by opening the task manager and select the 'Start up' Tab. Disable everything.
- Please be sure that Final Fantasy XIV is installed to the C: Drive. (If Steam version, make sure both the game and Steam are installed on same drive)
- Please be sure to disable or remove any overlays (Discord, Steam, NVIDIA etc.) as they may interfere with startup.
- Make sure that the Windows OS is fully updated.
- Verify installation files (Steam)
- Reinstall game (If steam version, try uninstalling and reinstalling both the game and Steam)

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[DarkArvan]

Its your Intel CPU - its defect. As many i9-13900K and i9-14900K are buggy.

https://forums.warframe.com/topic/14...el-processors/
Detailled Infos: https://community.intel.com/t5/Proce...F/td-p/1607807

Its the same error file. BIOS Update could help, but if not, Intel has not been able to fix it yet.

[EdmondLewis]

Runz (he posted earlier and since he has more experience in OCing and we have mostly similar parts) and I have been using the Intel recommended settings for the last week, and while he had to reduce his multiplier a bit, the only changes I made were to the ICC power and the Long/Short boost, and we're both havent had a crash since

While the CPU has an issue, that this didnt occur till 7.0 still should have gotten more attention than it did. I cant go through every post to see the common issue that we all have the 13900K/14900k

Im not sure if the mods are only allowed to post the "try the following" stuff, or if thats just their way of saying "we dont know" but that as near as I can tell, not one of the posts of this issue ever made it to the bug page where people that have more data to look at and might have seen the common link of the cpu's flaw being triggered by the patch could have led to a more effective workaround sooner.

but if they are allowed to, tell people with this issue to try using the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (unless they are comfortable with doing it directly in the BIOS) to change the power settings to the recommended default settings on that chart in the link your posted
https://community.intel.com/t5/Proce...F/td-p/1607807

Though it looks like BIOS patches are being rolled out (ASUS just put one out for the Maximus Z790 Hero a couple days ago)