August 20 update makes PC freeze completely after launching Apex Legends.

Hi team,

2 days ago, Apex started freezing on my Lenovo Legion Pro 5 16IRX8 rendering the device entirely dead and only possible way is to press and shutdown. At first I suspected a possible hardware issue, so I ran several stress tests to rule out hardware instability.

Tests performed:

OCCT CPU — 20 minO

CCT GPU — 20 min

OCCT Memory — 20 min

OCCT Power — 20 min

FurMark 1080p — 12 min

FurMark 1440p — 7 min

OCCT CPU — additional 30 min test, also stable

All tests completed without crashes or obvious instability. I've also taken the liberty of doing a Windows clean install because why not however the moment i installed Apex, boot it up the issue persists. I don't even need to load a game, it freezes after 5-10mins in the menu.

I've also tested Arc Raiders, which did not crash, while Apex continues to crash. Fortnite has also experienced crashes and both share the same anti-cheat (EAC)

At this point, I'm leaning towards the issue being related to Apex, Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC), or an interaction between EAC and my system/driver configuration, rather than a general hardware stability issue.

Can you provide further help on this.