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Frankencooler
Seasoned Rookie
14 days ago

Crashing To Black Screen, PC Locked Up

Midgame to late game, the game is crashing to black screen and  PC is totally locked. Control alt delete, etc. does nothing. Sound is stuck, etc. Rebooting PC and re-entering game quickly often will place me back in the spot, but it immediately crashes to black screen and locks PC again.

This has been happening approximately since last update. I've repaired game files multiple times and even did a complete delete and reinstall,  updated NVidia drivers, etc. I'm runnning Intel 12900 CPU, RTX 3800ti, 64 gig DR4, Win 11.

One note that may be telling: Before the crash, the game is running 144 FPS, after the crash, always 22 - 60 FPS. Only reloading the NVidia drivers returns normal FPS. (I have done a clean reinstall of video files/drivers). 

Running temps are mild: CPU max - 150F, GPU - 155F.

I am so frustrated, I'm ready to uninstall this game I've invested nearly 3K hours playing : (

Any suggestions are most appreciated.

Thanks,

Bob

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  • MajorCatastrophe's avatar
    MajorCatastrophe
    Newcomer
    12 days ago

    UPDATE: Now this thing is crashing to a black screen at the beginning as I enter a game. The only way out is to reboot the PC. I have repeatedly updated NVidia drivers - several different ones, as well as reinstalled/repaired the game.

    Did an Intel diagnostic on CPU and another diagnostic on GPU - that and memory test good. Did scannow and verify at prompt for Windows files integrity and checked out fine. 

    The only thing I've found is under system conflicts, the I/O port number for Intel PEG and GPU were the same. I disabled Intel PEG, and nothing worked.

    Outside of this game, my PC is performing flawlessly.

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