Blue Screen Problem

[Dora]

Howdy All

So I have no clue why but my game randomly freezes and then blue screen force restarts my computer. i have no clue why because it runs perfectly up until this random point.

The worse part about this, is now it has started uninstalling my game when it does restart. I've put an exemption on my anti-virus (Norton) from touching it, but it still is happening.

Any ideas?

Dora

[𝓝𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓫𝓸𝓲]

Heh i get the same thing. Ark is the only game where this happens. I wonder if mine is due to teleporter mods...

For me, reinstalling doesn't help. I've just learned to say screw it and deal with it since i have an SSD for Ark. The best part about my bluescreens is that everytime it happens, it's a different, random error.

[Honor]

Wow im having the same issue aswell!! Ive had this game for a few years now and suddenly it started crashing about a week ago with the BSOD.... Now tonight it started unistalling after every crash.

[James]

I've had the same problem lately, idk whats going on. It just randomly started happening.

[Dora]

Originally posted by 𝓝𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓫𝓸𝓲:

Heh i get the same thing. Ark is the only game where this happens. I wonder if mine is due to teleporter mods...

For me, reinstalling doesn't help. I've just learned to say screw it and deal with it since i have an SSD for Ark. The best part about my bluescreens is that everytime it happens, it's a different, random error. :bandit:

That sucks and same, Ark is the only one like it. I've only structures+ which I don't believe is THAT heavy of a mod.

[A Terrible Modder]

do all of you happen to use nvidia cards ?

[Honor]

Originally posted by ¡DeleteSystem32!:

do all of you happen to use nvidia cards ?

Yeah NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (EVGA)

[A Terrible Modder]

Originally posted by Honor:

Originally posted by ¡DeleteSystem32!:

do all of you happen to use nvidia cards ?

Yeah NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (EVGA)

theres a bug where everyone is complaining about blue screens after the latest nvidia driver update

[Honor]

Gotcha looks like I’ll just wait till the hot fix. Can’t be out with my tames waiting to crash lol

[Scrapper-Lock]

You don't need to wait for a hotfix. There are numerous threads on this forum about this already. The 400-series drivers and Ark do not like each other and BSODs result. You can fix this yourself by rolling back to the pre-400 drivers. Multiple people (and myself!) are reporting now that the game is stable and the BSODs either go away completely or are greatly reduced in frequency if you roll back to the 399.07 drivers.

Here's how you do it:

1. Go to the nvidia site and download the 399.07 drivers.
2. Using Windows Settings, uninstall nVidia GeForce (if you have it) and all other nVidia components by hand. Restart as requested. Restart again when it's all gone.
3. Your system will come back on low res at first. This is normal. You want to see it -- it means the drivers were successfully removed.
4. Install the nVidia 399.07 drivers.
4b. (Optional) Choose custom install and make sure to DE-SELECT GeForce Experience. You don't have to do this but it will make your life easier because GE will nag you to update your drivers constantly.
5. Reboot the machine after the install.
6. Play Ark BSOD-free.
7. Profit.

It's annoying to be on the August drivers in October, but since I made this change about a week ago, all my BSOD problems with Ark have gone away (knock on wood).