PC freezing after 10 minutes of playing since 4/16

I’ve not noticed any performance difference between F11 and F12, but it might be worth the update regardless. I haven’t had any issues with it so far, and it does not take long to do. :)

Moerges​ /offtopic What do you think, F12 BIOS is better than F11? I updated my board from an earlier version from 2024 to F11 because of this issue, and the difference in performance is night and day. I had no performance issues before but the system is snappier than ever before with my 9800x3d. The change in performance reminds me when I installed OS onto an SSD first time from HDD back in 2011. Board is the same as yours. 

I had previously applied the “enable iGPU” workaround, which did the trick for me and allowed me to play without freezes (since late April; on a Ryzen 7 7700). When a BIOS update became available for my motherboard a week or so ago, I decided enough time had passed and enough changes had occurred that a re-test was in order. So, after flashing the new BIOS, I re-disabled the iGPU, hoping for the best—and indeed, no more freezing, even with the iGPU disabled. I must have played at least 30 hours without issue since then.

For reference, the changes I have made to my system since the freezes first started happening:

1. Updated the AMD chipset drivers from 8.02.18.557 (March 9 2026) to 8.05.04.516 (May 18 2026)
2. Installed Windows Update KB5089549, the 2026-05 Security Update, bringing the Windows 11 build to 26200.8457
3. Updated the BIOS of my mainboard, a Gigabyte X870E Aorus Elite WIFI7, from F11 to F12, going from AMD AGESA 1.2.8.0 to 1.3.0.1

Of course, Steam also applied all Battlefield 6 and EA Anti-Cheat/Javelin updates as they became available. I should note that I was already freeze-free before yesterday’s big mid-season-3 update, though.

I am still on the same Nvidia graphics driver I had installed in April, version 596.36.

Hope this helps in narrowing down the culprit so that a fix can be found for those who are still affected.

Thanks for continuing to follow up on this. I've included your steps in the pinned reply so other players can easily find and try them.

Hello again,

I wanted to provide another update after the latest game update.

Last week, after rolling back my Radeon driver to WHQL 25.9.1, the game became mostly playable again. I was able to play for several hours at a time, complete my weekly challenges, and generally enjoy the game. I still experienced one isolated crash after roughly 4 hours of gameplay, but considering how severe the issue had been before, I was satisfied and considered it a major improvement.

For reference, Battlefield 6 had been running perfectly on this exact system since December. I completed two full seasons without a single crash, freeze, or stability issue. The problems only started after the Season 3 update.

In fact, as recently as yesterday, I was able to play for a little over 2.5 hours without a single freeze, crash, or stability issue. The game was not perfect, but it was stable enough to play normally and complete matches.

Unfortunately, after today's content update, the issue appears to have returned in full force. The problems came back immediately after the update and are now occurring before I can even consistently reach a match.

The game is now once again practically unplayable. I am no longer even reaching actual matches consistently. The freezes are occurring in the menus while selecting classes or preparing to join a game. Before the freeze happens, I often notice packet loss indicators appearing on screen, exactly like during the original Season 3 issues.

Previously, most of these crashes resulted in a complete system freeze that required a manual reset. This time, however, Windows automatically rebooted the PC, which allowed me to collect diagnostic information.

I checked Event Viewer and found that Windows registered a BugCheck event instead of a simple hard lock.

I then analyzed the generated minidump using WinDbg and obtained the following information:

BugCheck: 0x133 (DPC_WATCHDOG_VIOLATION)

DPC_TIMEOUT_TYPE: DPC_QUEUE_EXECUTION_TIMEOUT_EXCEEDED

PROCESS_NAME: System

MODULE_NAME: nt

IMAGE_NAME: ntkrnlmp.exe

FAILURE_BUCKET_ID: 0x133_ISR_nt!KeAccumulateTicks

Windows also reported:

"The DPC watchdog detected a prolonged run time at an IRQL of DISPATCH_LEVEL or above."

The crash dump does not appear to point to a specific hardware fault. I found no indication of a WHEA error, CPU error, memory error, cache hierarchy error, or any other hardware-related failure. The system instead recorded a DPC Watchdog timeout occurring at kernel level.

Current system:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

GPU: Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB

RAM: 32GB

Motherboard: Gigabyte B650 AORUS ELITE AX ICE

BIOS: F40

Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 22H2

Radeon Driver: WHQL 25.9.1

Troubleshooting already attempted:

-BIOS updated to F40

-AMD chipset drivers updated

-DDU clean driver reinstall

-Rollback to Radeon WHQL 25.9.1

-EA AntiCheat completely removed and reinstalled

-DISM /RestoreHealth

-SFC /Scannow

-Game file verification

-iGPU testing

-Multiple driver versions tested

At this point the timeline is difficult to ignore:

-Battlefield 6 worked perfectly from December until Season 3.

-Season 3 introduced the freezing issue.

-Rolling back to Radeon WHQL 25.9.1 significantly improved stability and allowed several hours of gameplay.

-Yesterday I was still able to play for over 2.5 hours without issues.

-Today's content update appears to have brought the problem back in full force.

If any developers, moderators, or affected users would like additional information about my system, logs, crash data, or testing process, feel free to ask. I will continue monitoring the issue and will report any new findings here.

after few days, I confirm, no more hard crash/freeze whole PC after 15-20 min.

I applied this workaround on my rig (AMD 9950x3d, 5080 win 11 uptodate) :

in powershell (admin) dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

sfc /scannow

reboot

after I  delete the Anticheat here :
C:\Program Files\EA\AC
click on EAAntiCheat.Installer.exe and click on uninstall all

reboot

I relaunch BF6, AC is installing 

no more problem, no need to enable Igpu or a key in Bios flashback usb port .

it works perfectly for me now (even after 4 hours of playing)

Bc it is..... 

Hi folks,

6/3: I know this is disappointing, especially given that you've already been asked to test more than once. However, if you're still willing to give it another shot, could you please try again and let us know whether the issue has now been resolved? Thanks!

5/25: To help with the investigation, when reporting the issue or providing a DxDiag / crash dump (if available), could you also please answer the following questions? Thank you.

A: When the incident occurs, do you only restart the game client?

1. How do you exit the client when this occurs?

B: When the incident occurs, do you have to restart your system?

1. Do you see any motherboard error codes other than AA/A0 if they are displayed?

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At the moment, the three workarounds that more players seem to have confirmed as helping are:

• Enabling the iGPU / Update BIOS
• Plugging a USB flash drive into the back of the motherboard—specifically into the port used to update the BIOS

• Check your Windows updates and install all security packages available

Some other workarounds players have also mentioned include:

• enabling full ownership for your Windows user account,
• adjusting the driver TdrDelay registry value to 10 to help prevent driver timeouts on older drivers, and
• setting both bf6.exe and EAAntiCheat.GameServiceLauncher.exe in the game directory to Run as administrator through the right-click Compatibility menu.
• replies/13349468
• go into discord settings and turn all overlays off in addition to closing the program through task manager
• lowering my GPU clocks (I don't OC) to -100mh (Asus Strix B850-I, 6800xt)
• Potential Fix for BF6 Freezing for AMD users | EA Forums - 13383260
• Downgrading AMD GPU driver back to 25.9.1
• Create a user.cfg
  With:
  Thread.MaxProcessorCount 16
  Place it in steam/steamapps/common/battlefield6
• New AMD chipset drivers
• replies/13460364
• Pushing the game onto an PCH bound M.2 (M.2_3 or M.2_4)

• Clean install drivers with DDU

Please be careful with any BIOS or registry changes, and only try those steps if you are comfortable doing so.

i'am 100% sure the problem is your anti cheat..........

As WE SAY, WE WILL DONT TURN ON IGPU. Game work before patch 04./16. EA broke the game. and i will not change any option  in my bios TO PLAY IN SOMETHING WHAT WORKED BEFORE. GIVE ME REFUND