BF6 crashing and causing PC to restart

OK so this has happened to me at least 7 times today within the last 3 hrs. Its really **bleep** annoying. I keep thinking its the PC or the PSU - but its NOT as its only BF6 that causes this issue. 

Anyway went for a google search. Lots of useless AI solutions but found this.. It may be coincidence - but I haven't crashed after setting this setting on Windows. 

It would be cool - if somebody else with the issue could try it. Maybe I just got lucky so far. lol. My PC is not overclocked. I did the Option No. 3 - which I have NOT seen before.

Google Search:   Any known fixes for the issue of battlefield 6 causing the PC to power reset. 

When Battlefield 6 causes a hard PC reboot, it is usually triggered by GPU power spikes tripping your PSU’s safety features, memory/CPU instability, or the EA AntiCheat conflicting with Windows services.

Try these highly recommended troubleshooting steps to resolve the restarts:

1. Update your Motherboard BIOS

Why: BF6 is heavily demanding on the CPU and memory. Motherboards with older firmware can suffer from power state locks or stability issues that cause instant reboots.

Fix: Go to your specific motherboard manufacturer's website (e.g., ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte), find your exact model, and flash to the latest BIOS version.

2. Disable or Adjust Memory Overclocking (XMP/DOCP/EXPO)

Why: Subpar or aggressive RAM timings can cause instant system shut-offs long before a game throws a standard error code.

Fix: Enter your BIOS and disable your XMP/EXPO profile temporarily to run at stock base speeds. If you have fast memory (e.g., 7200MHz), manually lower the frequency to 6000MHz and see if it stabilizes.

3. Change Exploit Protection for EA Anticheat                       <<<<<<<<<<<<<THIS IS THE ONE I DID >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Why: Windows built-in anti-exploit features can occasionally conflict with the EA Anticheat service, locking the system and forcing a reboot.

Fix:Press the Windows key, type Exploit protection, and open it.Go to the Program settings tab and click Add program to customize.Locate the exact path of the anticheat (usually C:\Program Files\EA\AC\eaanticheat.gameservice.exe).Scroll down to Force randomization for images (Mandatory ASLR), check Override system settings, and toggle it to OFF. Reboot.

4. Cap your FPS and Lower Overclocks

Why: Modern GPUs are capable of sudden, massive power transients that can exceed your Power Supply Unit (PSU) capacity, triggering an automatic hard reset.

Fix: Lower your GPU's power limit slightly (e.g., to 90%) using software like MSI Afterburner, and cap your maximum in-game frame rate to match your monitor's refresh rate.

5. Force DirectX 11 Mode

Why: BF6’s DX12 implementation is highly demanding and can cause kernel-level crashes on certain CPU/driver combinations.

Fix: In the EA App or Steam client, navigate to the game’s properties or launch options and add the command line -dx11.For step-by-step guidance on updating your BIOS and adjusting memory to stop abrupt PC reboots:

I hope this helps others as I haven't crashed again as of yet.....

Kind Regards,

KingKenny

(03.06.2026) OK ignore that -- its still happening. Not as much but I think its coincidence/random... powered off twice this morning withing 10 minutes of restarting the PC.  Wasnt even in a game - just the menu's about to start a game) 

**bleep**.. I have had 7 random reboots within the last 1 hr of trying to play this **bleep** game! 

Hey All, 

Well is 01.06.2026 and its still buggy with the random reboots. They need to fix this. It has corrupted my games files on various occasions. Luckily I have backups.

Its only BF6 that does this. No other game has this affect on my PC. Its not overclocked or anything. I can have 3-5 random resets during a single day.... or nothing for a 5 days then it happens. Can happen at any time.

Please pleaseeeeeee try and find a fix for this. Cant be very good for the PC itself either. 

Kind Regards,

Kenny

To tie up this thread, found the issue. It was an in-the-process-of-failing power supply. I ran every test under the sun, re-installed pretty much everything, replaced the CMOS battery. Last thing to do was start replacing components so I went with the cheapest component of my rig, the power supply. All of my issues went away. 

I know it's way late on this post but might help others, removing your hardware fixes it. Removing the CPU used to be enough but just remove CPU, RAM and GPU and clear the CMOS while it's apart. You don't wan to remove the CPU only to have to do it s second time with the ram and GPU.

Also before doing this clear the security keys so the values are 0kb and restore bios defaults twice, do it then get back right back into BIOS and do it again then turn it off and remove hardware, after putting it back together re apply secure boot and restore security keys, it should now stop crashing... until the issue comes back. I went a month without it crashing my PC, secure boot is blocking your system from accessing the system RAM this causes it to freeze then restart. 

Since season 2 BF6 it's happening more often, I think it's a Aorus MB Bios issue. I also have a 3080ti, mine is a Aorus RTX 3080ti Xtreme.

My hardware Specs are below, my PC ran games flawlessly for years until I enabled secure boot for BF6, nothing but hell since. The first time took me a month to figure out how to fix it, takes 30 min if not less to fix but I needed to order more thermal paste as I've done it several times. No idea what triggers it though. 

I'm upgrading to a 9800x3d and ASUS motherboard from the hardware below.

SPECS

Intel 10700K,

Corsair Vengence Pro RGB 32GB (2x16GB), XMP Disabled

Aorus z490 Ultra

Aorus RTX 3080ti Xtreme

bro i got the same thing and i dont know why

Having this issue now since the Season 2 update. Randomly game will quickly lockup and my system would force restart. All even logs are not helpful in identifying the underlying issue (not that it would but was worth a shot). never had a single issue before (97 hours into it). running a NVIDIA 4070TI

It's still not fixed. The easiest solution is simply not to play the game.

It’s not fixed because the Bf6 devs don’t care AT ALL about the player experience, it’s just about selling skins and moneytizing everything they can, this is the most expensive game i’ve ever bought, and the worst i’ve ever played at the same time, i played many hours hoping that they would eventually fix everything that is not working….   MONTHS LATER.,,,,  guess what?  nothing yet. The most incompetent crew I’ve witnessed in the gaming community. I lost count on the ammount of times i reached out for help. SO, I uninstalled the game, took my loses.   Then i got really lucky and ARC RAIDERS came along, best game ever, reasonable price, excellent devs, i highly recommend it.  Leave these thieves  behind.  I was a faithful BF player for many many years and this is how they treat you.  Move on is what i suggest.

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IM STILL HAVING THIS ISSUE. HOW IS THIS NOT FIXED YET?