constant crashes and freezes - pls i need help

[Terror-Schnitzel]

since alpha 10 i get random crashes and the screen freezes in different colors. It happens too much so that i cant play anymore,

Before this i got freezes and my display driver stopped working and reboots itself.
Then i tried different solutions:
I set texture details to quarter and all the other things down in video options
deactivated EIST ( enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology) cause i thought this would limitate my Graphiccard
I set in Windows energy-options to max performance
I tried so much more and did not find any solution for this problem.

MY System:
Acer Aspire M7811
Bios AMI (OEM) P01-B2 04/29/2010
8 GB Ram DIMM DDR3
Intel i7 CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz
Nvidia Geforce GTX 660 Ti

Pls help i love this game ;(

[Jᴧgᴧ]

If you are getting bluescreens, it could be an indication of heat problems. Take off the side of the case, and if you have a small fan aim it inside and let it run while you try playing.

You can also download and install temperature monitoring software like HWMonitor, so you can really see what's going on.

Bluescreens are the result of hardware problems (like heat or failing components), and driver problems with Windows. It is almost unheard of nowadays for a piece of software to destabilize Windows enough that it will bluescreen. EAC has the ability, but I haven't heard of it doing so.

[Red Eagle LXIX]

I'm with Jᴧgᴧ. This sounds heat/hardware related.

Clues that point to either failing hardware (PSU or Graphics card most likely) or heat (potentially causing shortened hardware life):
1). "Before this i got freezes and my display driver stopped working and reboots itself."
2). "since alpha 10 i get random crashes and the screen freezes in different colors."

[novemberadam]

I get continuous blue screens as well (physical memory dump). It only seems to happen while playing 7 days though, and either after playing for a while, or if I quit the game to save it a few times.

[Jᴧgᴧ]

Originally posted by novemberadam:

I get continuous blue screens as well (physical memory dump). It only seems to happen while playing 7 days though, and either after playing for a while, or if I quit the game to save it a few times.

Those are intensive tasks that generate heat as well. Same recommendation as for Sash - check temps.

You can always install a framerate limiting program if you find out heat really is the issue, but you have to figure that out first.

[Terror-Schnitzel]

thx for new input - i hope my card is not defect.. I try to cool my card. I always play with open case and keep it clean.
it´s a bit strange cause no other game seems to crash my PC.

should a gtx 660 ti handle 7 days without probs on medium settings?
I can play Minecraft with 250 mods installed without crashing but... i know it´s another thing

so..let´s watch at that heat

[Terror-Schnitzel]

Hey guys, look at this thread: Random Annoying Crashes
and another German guy have the same Problem.
Seems more people get the same problem with more or less the same things happen.
I will try another games on high settings and if it happens there too so it have to be my fault.
Last time i played Space engineers for a long time without any crashes.

[Terror-Schnitzel]

ok after testing other games like Far Cry 3 on highest settings and space engineers + that i clean and wipe all dust from my card...
it seems there is really a problem with 7 days to die itself.
There is no heat issue on my side.
Look at other threads where there is the same problem that i have with this game.

Damn it... i can´t play my favorite Game till a new patch comes out seems so

[Jᴧgᴧ]

The symptoms you have described are definitely related to stressed hardware and/or temperatures. You can try testing this theory by installing the latest version of MSI Afterburner, and install the RivaTuner Statistics Server software that comes with it. Limit 7DTD's framerate down to something like 30 FPS (assuming that is under what you normally get), and see if you can play for longer.

[Terror-Schnitzel]

mmh seems like 7 days to die like´s to namnam more resources than all other games?
But why other games run fine? No problem in none of them on high quality settings.
My drivers are all updated and i run Win 7 64bit.

[Terror-Schnitzel]

i give it a try with your idea to use msi.
Hopefully i can play longer than 10 min

[Jᴧgᴧ]

Yes, please give it a try. And Alt-TAB out and check the Task Manager to see how much total RAM is used, and how much 7DTD is using. And keep watching the temperatures with HWMonitor (or something similar).

[Terror-Schnitzel]

ok some things i found:

1. Bluescreen ID 1031 (seems Hardwareproblem?)
2. i get the log from win - don´t know if someone can read the problem out of it:

- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-Power" Guid="{331C3B3A-2005-44C2-AC5E-77220C37D6B4}" />
<EventID>41</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>1</Level>
<Task>63</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8000000000000002</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2015-01-03T22:52:07.549614200Z" />
<EventRecordID>336877</EventRecordID>
<Correlation />
<Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="8" />
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>Sashk-PC</Computer>
<Security UserID="S-1-5-18" />
</System>
- <EventData>
<Data Name="BugcheckCode">278</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter1">0xfffffa800a395010</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter2">0xfffff8800608d23c</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter3">0xffffffffc000009a</Data>
<Data Name="BugcheckParameter4">0x4</Data>
<Data Name="SleepInProgress">false</Data>
<Data Name="PowerButtonTimestamp">0</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>



a Kernel Power Problem?!? what can i do. It seems this is why my system crash cause all logs contain the same info about the crashes
So heat is not my problem as i tested. I didn´t get 7 days to work on limit 30 FPS via RivaTuner. Don´t understand why. With MSI i overclocked my GPU and have played for 20 min on lowest video settings before the next crash happend.

[Jᴧgᴧ]

If you're certain that heat isn't the problem, and the computer is still bluescreening, that's even worse news. It can mean one or more hardware components are weak and/or failing, or you have outdated and unreliable drivers for hardware.

I'm going to recommend you get a benchmark program like 3DMark and run it on your computer to see what results it produces. If you can make it all the way through without a bluescreen/lockup/crash, then there's a tiny chance the game has some corrupted files (just not likely).

Give that a shot and see what happens.

[Terror-Schnitzel]

thx i try that out cause i really don´t get any further even with my research of that kernel power problem: it can be everything..
I don´t think that 7 days to die files are corrupted cause i have installed it new.
I will try other settings too in Nvidia system options like someone mentioned

I now know that the fault must be on my side cause others with the same GPU have no problems but really strange that i have no crashes in other games with high settings.

[Terror-Schnitzel]

so i have tested with 3DMark11 (Demo Version cause no money) without a crash:

ScoreP8019 with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti(1x) and Intel Core i7-870 Processor

Graphics Score
8822

Physics Score
6490

Combined Score
6034

it runs with 720p on 1200 on 800
i normally play with 1920 on 1080

Now i try 7 days on 1600/900 hope this works