PC Locks up after exiting a game

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Oastler87

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Hi guys,

I built my first rig not too long ago and its been all plain sailing till now.

Recently it seems as I exit a game my PC locks up and I cant do anything but reset the machine.

Games like FarCry 3, BF3, SWTOR, Sleeping Dogs all run fine (on max settings) while in game, but its when I exit them the screen freezes/locks up and random pixels/lines are on the locked screen.

I have a EVGA GeForce GTX 670 2048MB graphics card. Ive changed nothing to it. Its settings are as out the box.

I have the most up to date driver available for it installed and have tried re-installing the driver as well.

If anyone could advise it would be greatly appreciated.
 
Are you using the same resolution for desktop as you do in-game ?

And, can you alt-tab to desktop whilst in-game and everything seems ok ?
 
Seems like a graphics card issue i.e. a faulty graphics card. Try your games with a fresh install on another hard-drive if you can. It would be even better if you have a spare graphics card you can try to determine whether or not it is the 670 that is causing the issues.
 
Rastalovich said:
Are you using the same resolution for desktop as you do in-game ?

And, can you alt-tab to desktop whilst in-game and everything seems ok ?
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Yes Im using the same resolution as my desktop as in game.

While In game I can Alt-Tab back to desktop and then back into the game fine. Its only when I quite to desktop I get the problem I have described
 
yassarikhan786 said:
Seems like a graphics card issue i.e. a faulty graphics card. Try your games with a fresh install on another hard-drive if you can. It would be even better if you have a spare graphics card you can try to determine whether or not it is the 670 that is causing the issues.
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I don't have a spare card as this is my first rig I've built myself. Until this point I've always had laptops. Also I only have a 2tb hard drive where I keep my games and just my os and frequently used programs on a small SSD
 
It's worth a try, just to pinpoint where the problem is. I forgot to ask, have you overclocked anything else? If you have, revert back to default settings and re-try. Also, are you running the games off Steam?
 
yassarikhan786 said:
It's worth a try, just to pinpoint where the problem is. I forgot to ask, have you overclocked anything else? If you have, revert back to default settings and re-try. Also, are you running the games off Steam?
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I went into the bios setting and noticed the ram was on auto so I reverted It back to 1333MHz and that seems to have solved the problem.

Will this setting be ok or should I have left it on auto ?
 
It's ok, If your RAM's frequency was higher than 1333MHz it is possible that the voltage was too low and sometimes you need to manually set it to the normal rated value. I have encountered this issue a couple of times. Causes instability and errors.
 
Well, Auto defaults to 1333MHz anyway, so it shouldn't have made a difference. You sure you weren't using an XMP profile? XMP profile settings are usually stable as they set the timings and command rates to the correct values.
 
My Mobo does have a xmp profile on it. However, seeing as its working now I may leave as is for the time being until I feel like taking another stab at it.

Thank you to all those who offered there help :D
 
yassarikhan786 said:
Well, Auto defaults to 1333MHz anyway, so it shouldn't have made a difference. You sure you weren't using an XMP profile? XMP profile settings are usually stable as they set the timings and command rates to the correct values.
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Ok so I thought It was fixed but it seems I was wrong.

When playing on BF3 and Alt-Tabbing a few times I got the error again.

However, this time I noticed a little balloon come up saying that the driver had stopped responding but had recovered and then this is when the system locks up.

I have now gone into the BIOS and changed everything back to what it called its safe default

Can anyone recommend what to do next or should I be getting in touch with my Graphics card manufacturer ?
 
It's either the driver, or your graphics card. try using a different GFX for a few hours , just to rule out the posibility that other components in your computer are causing this.. Borrow one from a friend for a few hours atleast. If the problem stops, ofcourse it might be your card, or display driver. Then put back your card and try going back to an older driver version , assuming your driver is up to date. if the problem stops, then it's most likely a driver issue... and stick to that driver version untill a new version is released and ... update.
 
dragoonk said:
It's either the driver, or your graphics card. try using a different GFX for a few hours , just to rule out the posibility that other components in your computer are causing this.. Borrow one from a friend for a few hours atleast. If the problem stops, ofcourse it might be your card, or display driver. Then put back your card and try going back to an older driver version , assuming your driver is up to date. if the problem stops, then it's most likely a driver issue... and stick to that driver version untill a new version is released and ... update.
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^^This is probably your best option. Or you could do a complete re-install.
 
yassarikhan786 said:
^^This is probably your best option. Or you could do a complete re-install.
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Yeah before I start trying to borrow cards and what not Im going to try putting an older driver back on to see if that work and then failing that looking at a complete re-install.

When you say complete re-install, what do you actually mean?
 
I think he meant a fresh OS install...
Anyway, do the driver thing at first, let us know how it went, ok? Fiddle around a bit with it, play intensly, alt-tab while in the game, quit a bunch of times... force that driver to give an error.
BTW, does it happen every time you exit the game? Every single time?
 
dragoonk said:
I think he meant a fresh OS install...
Anyway, do the driver thing at first, let us know how it went, ok? Fiddle around a bit with it, play intensly, alt-tab while in the game, quit a bunch of times... force that driver to give an error.
BTW, does it happen every time you exit the game? Every single time?
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Yes it happens every time I exit a game. It seems the only game that causes it while Alt-Tabbing is BF3

Its fine Alt-tab while playing Farcry3

Ill play around with it and give you guys the results in abit.

Thanks for everyone's continued help as well :D
 
BF3 goes crazy when alt+tabbing. it caused display driver errors with my graphics card overclocked and on stock clocks. i also get lockups from time to time when i alt+tab and exit games, but most of them happen with my overclocked GPu
 
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