Freeze/Crash & BSOD issues

[FFVII]

welcome to my world im with amd and having almost identical problems

beta drivers if so ive always learned using beta drivers is bad due to them being unstable try rolling back you video/graphix driver

[Blackmogg]

for me causing problems was the logitech gaming software latest build 8.5. With 8.46 it's fine but still can't max settings :/ and I have to use it or without it's worse, dunno why + disabling microsoft security essentials helps too :/ i can play on shitty settings for hours without problems :< on max like itshould be after a while fps drops a lot

[Mascis]

Having the same problem here. I've had more than 10 crashes in the past few days and had to shut down holding the button. Hopefully a fix will be available soon.
The laptop setting which downgrades the visuals seem to work though.

[CarverLlewis]

Got 2 BSODs last night after playing most of the week without an issue, not sure what may have changed as I haven't done anything to my system (no updates to drivers, don't think I've even had any updates for Windows itself). It lists 'memory management' as the cause, but I only get it when I'm running FF14. Been playing other games today just to see if anything else triggers it, but it has been clear sailing. Ran some memory tests as well, nothing popped up.

[hybridremix]

I wish my PC would give me a BSOD, atleast then I'd know just what the fluff is going wrong. I can play great for 8 hours without issue, then on another day I play for 10 minutes and my PC would shut off.

Sounds like you're having the same issue as me. Usually my PC "shuts off" after about 30-60 minutes of play. It only happens during FFXIV. I let Sim City 5 run all night and I woke up to see it still going strong. No other activity causes this behavior. Sitting around in the FFXIV menu also doesn't cause the issue. It only happens during active gameplay.

Is there a separate thread about our issue, or any other info?

[Jaitsu]

I think I found a fix for full freeze issue, I rolled back my nvidia driver to 314.22 and it works, but instead of freezing, the driver will just hang for 5 seconds which is still doable.

[MashaLinna]

i have the same issue sometimes...

[hybridremix]

A client issue is actually near impossible. A BSOD only happens due to driver or hardware issues since those are the only ones which can take the whole system down.
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In full: Only FFXIV may fulfill all the criteria for triggering the bug. But that's not FFXIV's fault. That's the driver's fault. Just like with a car where the brake lines are rotten - braking is a perfectly valid and legal maneuver. Just not in this particular car.

Given this probability, doesn't that mean that we all have to wait for NVIDIA to figure out the problem, and issue a new driver?

[Cometgreen]

I hate to see that others are having this problem, but glad that it's not just my computer. I had this issue since phase 2 of the beta and reported it twice, but received no response from SE (and only one other person claimed to have the same issue). Once I turned down my graphics settings and returned the card and CPU to stock settings, it was pretty stable since phase 4. Then it started again this weekend. It's extra frustrating when it takes so long to log back in to the game. I've kept the AMD Catalyst control panel open to monitor the temp, and it tops out around 68 Celsius. The CPU tops at around 60. No errors in memtest or crashes from more intensive programs. A few of the first times it happened, I noticed a fan jump to full speed, so it must be due to some driver/hardware miscommunication.

I have done everything but a full Windows reinstall, and I'm starting to think it might be worth a try. There seems to be so many variables, who knows what may fix it.

Windows 7 64-bit
i5-2500k
AMD 7850, Driver 12.104

[Vili]

BSOD 124 here. I have ran 6+ hours of Prime95, 20 Passes of LinX, 3 hours of Heaven Benchmark, Extended Windows memory Diagnostic, disk checks. All came back fine. Thinking it was the latest Nvidia Beta I reinstalled 320.18 WHQL and still get BSOD 124. Excuse the signature, easier to use the one I use from the EVGA forums than type everything.