Questions tagged [crash]
A crash (or system crash) is a condition where soft- or hardware ceases to function properly.
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Windows 10 DirectShow Crash
After recently upgrading to Windows 10 (recently, as in a couple months back), I've encountered a few problems with Windows 10. One of which is the DirectX DirectShow component. When running 'dxdiag', ...
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My computer crashed, are video games to blame?
I recently downloaded XCOM 2. I noticed whenever I played, after 10 minutes or so the fan would be going crazy, I guess due to overheating. This was never an issue in the year I have been using this ...
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high end pc freezes at random intervals (low load)
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CPU: 6770K with water cooling (not OCed)
GPU: inno3D GTX 780 (not OCed)
Ram: dominator 32GB
MOBO: Maximus XIII Ranger
SSDs: 2x 500GB plextor (raid0)
OS: windows 10 Pro
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Power-off on CPU-intensive task
I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but I'm a bit lost at the moment:
I recently looked into this project which is quite memory and cpu intensive. Everytime I start a calculation my ...
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VirtualBox machine started after BlueStacks had been run causes OSX to crash
OSX (Yosemite, El Capitan) crashes and restarts every time I try to:
1) start a machine VirtualBox (5.0.6) and BlueStacks concurrently (no matter which is started first)
2) run BlueStacks, close ...
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Eclipe Kepler crashes while opening file
When opening a file in Eclipse Kepler, the files opens for a split second and closes?? How can this be fixed?
I have tried removing /workspace/.metadata/.lock but it still crashes when opening a file
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Windows 10 Freezing
I've had this issue on and off since Windows 10 went live and I'm finding a few others with similar symptoms via Google with no conclusive solution. The only semi-consistent clue I'm seeing is Windows ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 laptop hanging, requires powercycle
I'm seeing a weird situation where my new Dell Inspiron laptop running Ubuntu 16.04 is unpredictably hanging, and I can't seem to figure out why. I haven't observed any consistent behaviour that ...
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Why my explorer.exe is crashing every second after starting windows 10?
After I start my laptop, the explorer.exe process keeps crashing and restarting forever.
I tried to boot the system in clean boot state, but the problem persists.
After that, I tried to look in the ...
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Firefox Developer edition 48.0 crashes after update
I'm using the Developer edition of Firefox in Ubuntu 14.04.
Yesterday, I update it (just some translation packages, I think) and today it's not opening anymore.
Click in the firefox icon does not ...
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Excel 2013/6 Crashes when Clicking on Second Row
Recently I had this annoying problem with Excel 2013: in a new worksheet, if I fill in the first row and the first cell of the second row, the whole worksheet hangs if I then click on the second cell. ...
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How to Limit the number of Processes a Program can Generate
I'm having an issue where a program called Deadline 7.1 is creating Multiple processes of a Plug-in it uses "MayaBatch" so much to the point it's maxing out the machines memory and causing it to crash....
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Computer randomly restarting: motherboard or processor?
My computer randomly restarts. Is it more likely my motherboard or processor? So, I know which one to return or replace first.
Windows 7 SP1 64-bit
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3
CPU: Intel i7
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Entering a 2 word answer causes batch file to crash. How can I avoid this?
I am just writing a silly little program, but the problem I'm having seems quite generic.
Here is the part of the code that is causing me problems:
Warning: the code opens a google search.
set /a ...
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My software getting crashed due to "getdiskserial.dll"
I am using Windows server 2012 on our intranet server. One of important application is not opening. When I double click on the application icon, Windows show an msg "Application has stopped working,...
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Windows 10 not releasing Processes
For the past month i have been going crazy as to why my Render systems where crashing, logs looked normal, or, they didn't have any particular errors relating to the crashes.
the last week i have ...
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Skype crashes on Windows 8.1
I installed skype for desktop on windows 8,1.
It seemed it worked fine but it continues to crash and to use tons of resources.
How could it be?
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New build shuts down randomly - insufficient power?
I have an ongoing problem with my new build shutting down randomly. It is very sporadic: it can be 5 times a day, or once in 5 days.
My temperatures are fine, I have tested the wall sockets and have ...
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GPU testing tool?
I'm looking for a tool that perform different operations on a graphic card in order to check for any problem or glitch.
I had a nasty freeze / crash problem with some games recently. At best I have a ...
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Can graphics driver cause low level crash on a pc? (frozen screen output) [closed]
I recently installed a beta nvidia graphics card driver and my pc crashes with frozen screen output.
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How to kill Microsoft Word 2013 after it crashes?
I have a problem which makes Microsoft Word 2013 crash. Whenever it crashes, I cannot close it - I have to reboot. Killing via Task Manager or Process Explorer doesn't seem to do anything. How do I ...
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Weird NVIDIA graphic card issue
I have Nvidia 460 gtx (Cyclone OC, 768 MB) graphic card and about 6 months ago it started to randomly crash and it kept crashing until I installed different drivers (usually downgraded back to 275.33) ...
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Is my graphic card damaged?
yesterday I installed the new tomb raider, every 2 minutes or so it froze for 10 seconds.
So after 1h I quit the game and when I tried to browse the internet chrome was making my screen go black (and ...
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Serious amount of bluescreens when using Ableton Live 9.2.1 on Windows 10/8.1
Today I wanted to have another studio session using Ableton Live, but my PC kept me from it. I had be working for around half an hour when I got the first bluescreen, SYSTEM_SERVICE_EXCEPTION it said. ...
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Windows 7 Crashes using nVidia Driver, works fine in Safe Mode or without video driver
Until this morning, and for over a year, my computer worked fine. I have an nVidia GTX 465 card running Windows 7 SP-1. Today, after running about thirty seconds, the screen freezes and I have to ...
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Vim 7.4 with syntax on will always Caught deadly signal SEGV
With syntax on inside .vimrc (that's the only line in my .vimrc file), opening a file with any sort of syntax highlighting will cause
Vim: Caught deadly signal SEGV
Vim: Finished.
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How to diagnose multiple Linux system failures?
I am having several major problems with my Linux machine: Kubuntu 13.10 (recent clean installl), MSI m'board (AMD Phenom II X3 720; 8Gig RAM), NVidia GeForce GT 630 video card (using kernel module ...
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Assassin's Creed III crashes when run on the NVIDIA GPU
I have a Lenovo Z470 notebook with these specs:
Windows 10 64-bit Version 1511 (OS Build 10586.164)
Intel Core i5-2450M @ 2.50GHz (Sandy Bridge)
2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M with Optimus Technology
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Why does Visual Studio on Windows 10 crash with System.AccessViolationException?
I've got a pretty basic Windows 10 box. Recently, Visual Studio 2013 Update 4 started crashing.
I've tried: installing Visual Studio 2013 update 5, Visual Studio 2015 Update 2, googling the error, ...
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Windows 10 running at 100% CPU usage even in safe mode
I have been trying to solve the issue with 100% CPU usage on Windows 10. I tried the following:
Updated GPU and Intel drivers.
Scanned the system for viruses with Malwarebytes, ESET Smart Security ...
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My games keep black screening?
Ive had this problem for about a week or so, i started with nvidia crashing but now games just black screen and windoes gets all pixelated all the time.
any suggestions?
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Win8 many apps crashing at startup
I was using AVG free for a while without problems. I finally decided to update to the latest AVG Free edition, but suddenly many (I mean really lots of apps, 10+) fail or crash at win8 startup and ...
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Browsers freezing, crashing, bugging
I am running Windows 8.1 with the latest drivers installed and everything working just fine on my system, except for one thing: browsers. I tried many different browsers and all seem to have their own ...
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MySQL won't start
I recently tried to run a basic MySQL command. Then I got the following response:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)
I then ...
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downgraded from SLI, should I do anything special?
I used to have SLI GTX 670, due to some rethinking and not really needing that much power I sold off one of the cards.
Everything has been working fine during games, but I get these random "Display ...
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Application crash, not able to terminate process
I'm having a serious problem with my laptop, everytime that some application crash, It just freezes then I close the window of the application but the process is still running and I'm not able to ...
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Computer crashes on startup of 3D rendering games
My computer renders games similar to Minecraft just fine, but games with more intensive graphics like:
Planetside 2
Tom Clancy's Ghosts Recon Phantoms
it crashes the instant it needs to render ...
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How can I diagnose certain games crashing?
With a handful of games will crash to desktop after playing for anywhere from 15 minutes to a few hours. There will be a visual glitch, a pause, and then crash to desktop. If Firefox is running, ...
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should I remove sihost.exe? it seems to crash my whole explorer (taskbar) regularly
I am using windows 10; a few days ago I started noticing my whole taskbar with my desktop icons plus desktop wallpaper to disappear (everything goes black) for about 5 seconds. then everything ...
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Can anyone that knows how to analyze crash/dump files help me figure out what is crashing my pc?
I recently built a desktop pc with windows 10 64-bit and everything works fine except for playing certain games. I can play some games like diablo 3 for hours with no problems but other games like ...
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How to determine EMET caller mitigation?
I run EMET on my Windows machines. It works great - it stop a number of threats in their tracks by enforcing some mitigations on applications. I can't count how many times it stopped Internet Explorer ...
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Laptop shutsdown when I, myself, go to sleep. Turns back on asking me to start in safe mode etc
The laptop is connected to the wall plug, with the battery removed. I just leave the laptop on, go to sleep, and when I wake up, sometimes I'll find it already shut down (as opposed to the screen ...
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Office 365 OUTLOOK crashes after send/receive completed
Office 365 OUTLOOK crashes immediately after send/receive complete. Worked for couple of weeks then prob.
When online it sends and receives mail but then closes with a BEX error message.
When ...
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Windows 7 randomly reboots on startup logo animation, but once booted it's perfectly fine
I've been having this problem lately where Windows 7 will randomly reboot when it's starting up (only on the Windows logo animation over the black screen), however whenever I get past that screen ...
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Machine turns off with different graphics card; who's the culprit?
A machine that I own does run quite stable in its current configuration. It has been running with a GeForce GTX 295 for a couple of years. That card used quite a lot of power, produced lots of heat ...
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ZOTAC GeForce GTX 780 crashes
Three to four days ago I bought a ZOTAC GeForce GTX 780 graphics card. I installed it and everything seemed to work properly. But now when I play games (AC:unity, Splinter Cell: Black list, COD: ...
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Playing specfic games crashes my computer
I have noticed this issue once before thinking it was just an issue with the game but now it has happened with several games and it's really annoying me because I can't figure out why it is happening. ...
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Windows Desktop Gadgets crash
I suddenly started getting
"Windows Desktop Gadgets has stopped working."
The crash details are:
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: sidebar.exe
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Graphics Corruption even during Boot, then after 2 failed reboots it says BOOTMGR is missing
I'm encountering a very frustrating and confusing problem with my desktop and I am really hoping someone has experienced either a similar problem or knows what I can do to fix this.
To start off, ...
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Outlook 2013 crashes after loading
After upgrading to Windows 10, Outlook 2013 will not stay open.
The splash screen appears with "Loading profile...", then the main Outlook window appears as normal. However, after 1-2 seconds, ...
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