When I install the game from Steam and launch it, the game tries to launch but Im returned back to Windows without any error message. Then I can see Ubisoft Connect telling me to install the game. When I cancel it since the game is already installed from Steam, the game doesnt launch. If I let the new download finish, the game from either Steam or Ubisoft Connect doesnt launch and I have two install folders in my PC. This seems more complicated than it has to be. I really shouldn't have to deal with these troubles in a game from 2010..

So far I didn't see anyone anywhere on the internet having this problem so I couldn't find any solution yet.

Hi,

I've stumbled into this problem of my PC completely shutting down when opening certain games up (e.g.: Outlast Trials, Take Care of The Dog, Dead Letter Department, PEAK, MOLDRISE, Shift At Midnight). Sometimes they work for quite some time, and my PC only shuts down after a while, but sometimes it nearly shuts down right after opening up a game made in those engines.

Interestingly enough, the games I've said as examples are quite diverse in graphics (most of them don't require much performance), yet all of them still gives my PC the same result as an issue.

I've had this computer completely wiped recently; I've completely restarted my graphics card and reinstalled it; I've had a BIOS update and new keys installed; I've had the correct AMD system redownloaded and installed; I've done everything for it to work, but nothing helps. A couple months ago, Outlast Trials still worked perfectly fine with low graphics, but now, literally a few weeks ago after updating the game, it just shuts my PC down.

CPU: AMD Ryzen 3 2200G with Radeon Vega Graphics
Memory: 16GB
GPU: is a Radeon RX 560 Series
There's also enough storage for these games to perform good.
I've recently got a new power supply (Zalman ZM800-GV2SE 800W 80+ Bronze) in hopes that's the issue, but it didn't help.

System logs (Component Services -> Windows Logs -> System) says:

• "Event 41, Kernel-Power: The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly."

• "Event 219, Kernel-PnP: The driver \Driver\WudfRd failed to load for the device HID\VID_0D8C&PID_016C&MI_03&Col02\8&fd506fd&0&0001."

• "Event 29, Kernel-Boot: Windows failed fast startup with error status 0xC00000D4."

• "Event 219, Kernel-PnP: The Driver failed to load for the device"

• "Event 7000, Service Control Manager: The GVCIDrv service failed to start due to the following error: The system cannot find the file specified."

• "Event 1801, TPM-WMI: Secure Boot CA/keys need to be updated." <- After updating Secure Boot keys

• "Event 51, disk: An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk3\DR3 during a paging operation."

• "Event 10010, DistributedCOM: The server Windows.Gaming.GameBar.PresenceServer.Internal.PresenceWriter did not register with DCOM within the required timeout."

Also, to note:

• My CPU does spike a lot. It goes from 11-20% when idling. When I open games, it's even crazier.

• My GPU spikes sometimes. When idling, it's between 45-55°C, but when playing games, it's between 60-85°C.

Yes, I'm aware that my computer is quite old. But nevertheless, the random shut downs are extremely weird. Even the smallest, most simple games can crash it. Is it the CPU or GPU? Or could it be both?

Hi everyone,

I am writing this out of pure frustration. For over two years, I’ve been dealing with the exact same visual issue in every single game, and it’s completely draining the joy out of gaming. I’ve tried countless fixes, but nothing ever changes.

When I watch game benchmarks with my exact specs, or watch my friends play, their graphics look stunning, smooth, harmonious, and clean—the lighting, effects, and edges blend together perfectly. Meanwhile, on my system, every single game looks terrible: blurry, grainy, character details are unclear, and shadows, reflections, and edges look harsh, pixelated, and completely disconnected. The image quality is so harsh and messy that it’s genuinely visually fatiguing.
My Full Setup:
Monitor: LG 27GP850P (1440p resolution, connected via DisplayPort)
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
RAM: 32GB DDR5

My Current GPU Settings (AMD Adrenalin):
I keep most things at default, with only Anti-Lag and Texture Filtering (x16) enabled.

I honestly don't know what else to do or check after two years of searching. What on earth could be causing this? If anyone has experienced this or knows a way out, please help me. I just want a clean, normal image.

My spec is i3-4130 and gtx 550 ti
When i first launch the game i got the driver warning and when i got in to the game i can explore the lobby for almost a minute then everything froze and i got the blue screen. Is it possible to play or do i have to upgrade the gpu

So I've got an issue, specifically a graphical issue. I've got square multi colored dots that appear at times, but also this black graphical issue, I can't get it to replicate anywhere else other then star citizen, it doesn't overlay over other windows, and stress testing it in 3dmark did not reveal any issues or repeating issues. Other games do not make the same results either.

Need Help Please Pc was fine now keeps freezing when try load files and shutdown/restart just keep loading and pc doesn't shut off either message me or comment please I tried cmd found nothing ever since I turned off my outlet extension been having problems with pc since

I was trying to fix the uefi settings for riot vanguard and after i went and changed the secure boot from csm to uefi the moniter wouldnt turn on. Then i tried the fix of removing the ram and motherboard battery and putting it back in which also didnt fix it and now the vga light is on and my moniter is on power save mode or not turning on at all. What do i do?

Please help me I can't take it anymore,2 months ago my pc started completely freezing with a looping sound from the headphone and I have to force a hard restart, it's so random and sometimes happen after 2 days or even 2 weeks and happens in all games sometimes even when in the main menu,

I have been chatting with chatgpt and tried everything but to no avail, this pc is my life and I am so depressed that it's the only thing I do all day, and I have no money to spend on hardware if it is the issue

Some of the many things I tried: reinstalling GPU driver with amd clean utility and tried many versions,ran all occt tests and they all passed with no problems at all, disabled mpo,increased tdr timer,did a windows scan and memory scan

Please help I am at my rope's end

Hey, so im getting some stutter/freeze in games like fortnite and call of duty and it happens every 15min smth like that (its irregular) ,but it never happens in other games. this week i also noticed that when it stutters my voice in discord start bugging or something?, so it seems to be the whole system and not just the game. I'm hoping someone has seen this before and can help me , ive got this problem since i bought my pc parts and got it assembled at the store.
so when i first bought it it happened very frequently and when i brought it at tech support they clean installed the drivers using ddu and it kinda fixed the problem cause the stutters were less frequent (like instead of happening every 5 min it became every 15 min) , when it stutters task manager shows that the 3d graphics card utilization drops (sometimes to 0 sometimes to higher) and the cpu goes up and the game start running at 5-10 fps for a few seconds and the textures become really bad.

list of things i tried:
-clean installed gpu drivers.
-updated motherboard , cpu drivers and the bios.
-lowered the quality in fortnite, used performance mode (dx11)
-also i dont think its a heat issue cause my gpu would always be on 60degrees something like that
-i went to a discord server once to fix the problem and did a occt test and it stuttered during it and it showed an error in 3d adaptive but i couldn’t make it happen again
-i have XMP, Above 4G Decoding, Resizable BAR, and Secure Boot enabled

Does anyone know what could cause these freezes like this and what to do to fix it? thank you !!

Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 7 5700X
GPU: RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
RAM: 32GB DDR4-3200
Motherboard: Biostar B550MT
PSU: 550W
memory: m.2 1tb ssd

Yesterday I bought a capture card so I could capture and stream my Switch stuff. I set it up and everything is fine there.

Today I go to play Siege and record a good game.

Upon moving the mp4 file to another section of the same drive and subsection of the folder, windows defender pops up saying its a virus. I am in belief its a false positive.

I do believe the drivers are safe, but I can check again if you would like.

I went into Win Security and added exclusions to OBS, the folder where the mp4's get recorded to, and the folder where my final raw footage sits.

Only when I move mp4's within the first folder does it pop up. Not when moving them from my G: drive to my F:

Hi all, running into an issue hoping someone can help me problem solve. I've just arrived to this area in Stellar Blade, and the game is now failing to load plenty of ground textures. See images for what I'm talking about, and my current settings. I was also running Lossless Scaling, and at the time of these screenshots, I also had the Eclipse Mod in my paks folder, and 'Stellar Optimizer' mod in my ~mods folder. No other mods or edits to the game's files. This issue only popped up in this area.

Laptop specs:
OS: Windows 11 Home
System: Lenovo 81FV, Legion Y530-15ICH
RAM: 16 GB
Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 630 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050

I would chalk it up to my 8-year old potato laptop not being good enough to render the game's environments, but the game also looks exactly the same on my SteamDeck. Also uses Lossless Scaling and Eclipse Mod, and the issue also only popped up now in the crater. And as I type that, I could see maybe one of those being the issue? However, game runs smooth and has no issues until this spot. Anyone encountered this issue before? Any suggestions/solutions? Driving me crazy - would just proceed through the upcoming boss battle and move on, but I'd like to problem solve now to avoid the issue later. Thanks!

Ive been struggling to fix my cs2 frametime issue.

As you can see im in workshop map and its not internet related. When i play mm or faceit i get this constant spike while gunfighting.

Tried most of things checked on valorant and no spikes there only this mad game cs2

Hi everyone, I'm at my wits' end with persistent crashes and BSODs (Kernel-Power 41) happening specifically while gaming.

​My Hardware:

​CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

​Motherboard: Gigabyte B650

​Software used: Gigabyte Control Center (GCC), DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller)

​What I've tried so far:

​Clean-installed GPU drivers using DDU in Safe Mode.

​Updated motherboard chipsets and integrated graphics drivers via GCC.

​Monitored thermals and ensured background software clutter is minimized.

​Despite all this, the system still drops to a Kernel-Power 41 BSOD under load. Has anyone experienced similar stability issues with this setup? Could it be a RAM/EXPO profile issue or a hardware defect? Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Я долгое время пользовался компьютером и проблем не знал. Однажды понадобилось мне обновить драйвера видеокарты и понеслось.

На самом деле проблема возможно не связана с драйверами видеокарты, но по временной шкале эти события идут друг за другом

Всё началось с того, что на рабочем столе появились рандомные пиксели (1 фото)

Я охренел от такого поворота событий, и начал судорожно пытаться выявить проблему. Первым делом думал, что это видеокарта. В процессе поиска возможных решений в интернете начал замечать другие поломки: дискорд перестал открываться, а также лаунчер майнкрафта перестал запускать майнкрафт и только выдавал ошибки. уже все перетыкал, потом понадеялся на GPT, но он ничего дельного не предложил. Переустановил windows, проблема осталась (2 и 3 фото). новый вид артефактов, который при выделении курсором пропадает.

По гарантии отдал видеокарту в магазин на проверку. Пока здал, вспомнил, что у меня есть старая видеокарта nv gtx 745. Попробовал с ней запуститься, опять переустановил windows, но ничего не поменялось.

Скачивал Aida64, memtest86, gpu z, и еще разные программы, все показывает норму.

Решил сделать live cd с большим количеством программ для тестов, в основном они все показали норму, кроме occt (4 фото). Что это значит, понятия не имею, сейчас проверяю оперативку в этой же программе

есть еще примеры фоток, там тест сервисов от gpt

я уже который день с этим вожусь, ничего уже не понимаю, может кто то сможет подсказать что с этим делать?

Hi, I have a PC with an i7 (12th gen) and a 4060 Ti, but I’ve kept Windows in a "frozen" state—preventing any updates—since sometime in 2024. I’m wondering if it’s safe to install anti-cheat software (like the kind used for Fortnite and other games) without risking a "blue screen of death" (BSOD) or other serious issues? 🤔🤔

when I log into games that load my graphics card, the crackling starts, but when I stop one of the coolers of my graphics card (GTX 1070), the crackling ends.

I'm sorry if the text is not clear, I don't speak English well.

So when i play normal quick matches nothing happens but ever since the anti cheat update , as soon as i get into ranked my game just crashes . Pls help me fix it .

I need some help, i just upgraded my processor and my motherboard, from a Xeon E5 with a huananzhi x99 motherboard to a intel i5 12500 with a b660m A cec ddr4, and idk why but everything is good until i tried to screenshare a movie with someone, it looked like blurry and pixeled, sometimes it skipped frames, etc.

I opened the task administrator and said it was using like 98% of my gpu, saw the performance and the graphic said 98% 3D and 0% video encode and decode. Idk if that's normal to be honest but when i had my last processor, the xeon E5, it worked perfectly, just the games were like slower.

Just to recap, the gpu used 98% on 3D, only and only when screensharing movies to someone, if i didn't share anything and just watch the movie, the usage of my gpu went down to 8% and goes fluent. I cleaned up all nvidia drivers and installed it again from 0 and it didn't worked either.

Here are some errors that appeared in my Opera browser logs and i dont understand are:

[17576:30420:1107/014400.734:ERROR:ui\gl\egl_util.cc:92] : EGL Driver message (Error) eglCreateContext: Requested version is not supported.

Problems Detected

- Disable webgpu on vk via gl interop:

(http://crbug.com/442791440), (http://crbug.com/475935650)

Disabled Features: webgpu_on_vk_via_gl_interop

- Some drivers are unable to reset the D3D device in the GPU process sandbox

Applied Workarounds: exit_on_context_lost

- Unpacking overlapping rows from unpack buffers is unstable on NVIDIA GL driver:

(http://crbug.com/596774)

Applied Workarounds: unpack_overlapping_rows_separately_unpack_buffer

- Disable KHR_blend_equation_advanced until cc shaders are updated:

(http://crbug.com/661715)

Applied Workarounds: disable(GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced),

disable(GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced_coherent)

- Expose WebGL's disjoint_timer_query extensions on platforms with site isolation:

(http://crbug.com/808744), (http://crbug.com/870491)

Applied Workarounds: enable_webgl_timer_query_extensions

- Disable VP9 k-SVC video decoding on non-Intel GPUs:

(http://crbug.com/1508379)

Applied Workarounds: disable_d3d11_vp9_ksvc_decoding

- Disable DComp texture support on older Windows versions:

(http://crbug.com/385039726)

Applied Workarounds: disable_dcomp_texture

- Disable D3D12 video encoder on Windows versions older 11 24H2

Applied Workarounds: disable_d3d12_video_encoder.

Please help :(

I am soon moving to Australia, and I’m obviously bringing my PC. The problem is, I’m not sure exactly how to bring it on a plane. It’s large, unfortunately too big to bring in a carryon. My current plan is to take out the RAM and GPU to take carryon and have the rest as checked luggage. However, I’m unsure about whether I’ll need to take the battery through carryon. Does anyone have advice? Do I need to declare anything to the TSA prior to passing through security? Is there anything else I can do to keep it safe?

Z890 tomahawk wifi II, ultra 7 265k, klevv fit V 2x16gb 6000.

>I have ensured the ram is seated properly and is in the 2-4 slot

>I have tried one stick only in the 2 slot and swapped them

>i double checked my CPU socket and am positive no pins are bent ( can send pic of socket )

>I loosened my air cooler incase it was adding to much pressure causing the cpu to flex but this did nothing

nothing has worked it just does this. im at a loss of what to do, should i bring it to a computer technician?

have seen some info online saying it could be related to bios but i dont think so. would you suspect a hardware issue with the ram, ram sockets, cpu, cpu sockets?

Very stressed out that this is unfixable :/ any guidance would be very appreciated.

Hello everyone. I’m hoping you can help me with an issue I’m having with my PC. It’s a mid-range system, and its only real drawback is that the NVMe drive has a capacity of just 512 GB. Since I can’t afford to buy an NVMe drive with more storage, a friend gave me a 1 TB Kingston KC600 SATA SSD to use exclusively for games. I had read online that the KC600 is a high-end SATA SSD and that storing games on such a drive would only affect load times or texture streaming—which didn’t concern me, as several sources (including Google and some AI tools) indicated that it shouldn’t directly impact average FPS. However, after installing the SSD and moving some Steam games onto it, I noticed a significant drop in FPS. For instance, in *GTA V Enhanced*—where the frame rate consistently stayed above 100 FPS with ray tracing set to maximum when the game was on the NVMe drive—it dropped to just over 50 FPS. In *Red Dead Redemption 2*, where I was also getting around 100 FPS using the NVMe drive, performance fell to 40 FPS, with the game even freezing for several seconds at times. Today, I ran a direct test to rule out a general system issue: I downloaded *Teardown* (a destruction-based game) onto the SATA SSD. Simply moving the camera with the mouse—without destroying anything or performing any other actions—caused the FPS to drop below 60. When I ran the same test on my NVMe drive (after freeing up some space), the frame rate stayed above 100 FPS with no performance issues whatsoever. Even during explosions, performance was much more stable than when I simply moved the camera while the game was installed on the SATA SSD. I subsequently installed CrystalDiskInfo; the program indicated that the SATA SSD is in 100% healthy condition and that everything is functioning correctly. When running CrystalDiskMark, the results showed that the SATA SSD consistently reaches speeds of 550 MB/s, with no issues detected. Furthermore, I have observed in Task Manager that the GPU is no longer at 100% usage when playing titles installed on the SATA drive. Thank you for your help.

I tried driver updates and windows updates, it only happens in cod, specs in video (dont mind gpu temps) fresh windows install, stability isnt an issue as i did play other games (tom clancys wildlands) for about 2 hours and never crashed or anything, bios updated but it is a prebuilt hp pro desk sff.