Windows 8.1 - CS:GO Freezing and Sound Loop [FIXED]

[cire]

Seemed to be an issue for someone in March of last year, but now it seems to be affecting a lot of Windows 8.1 users with Nvidia drivers. After the update yesterday I've been having the game lock up on me. I'm starting a new thread since the last one has been considered "Solved".

I just started getting this issue as well while playing competitive match making last night. Every 10-20 minutes the game freezes and the sound begins looping, the only way to close the game is by hitting "end task" on the task manager. Steam crashes as well. This makes playing competitive impossible because I'm missing 2-3 rounds every match.

So far to troubleshoot I've updated my video drivers to the newest beta drivers (went from 337.50 to 337.81) and still no luck. I also updated my Realtek audio drivers just in case. The problem doesn't seem to be audio related because it has happened while using my speakers (motherboard audio) and headphones (usb audio). I even reinstalled CS:GO and the problem still persists. I've even tried using various video options with no success (disabling fxaa, ect).

I've been playing other games (Diablo 3, Titanfall, Wildstar) with no issues, so the problem seems to be related only to CS:GO.

My PC specs:

Intel I7-3820
Nvidia GTX 670 2GB (337.81 driver)
Gigabyte X79-UD3
Kingston DDR3 32GB (4x8GB)
Samsung 840 SSD 250GB (Steam and CS:GO Install Drive)
Windows 8.1

Please chime in if this issue is affecting you as well. Be sure to list your OS, Driver, and PC specs.

UPDATE: Apparantly uninstalling GeForce Experience and running Steam as an administrator might fix the issue. I haven't tested this out myself but will try later today.

[Aetherize]

Same issues here.
Running Windows 8.1 with update 1.
I'm pretty sure the one thing that fixed it for me was uninstalling Nvidia Geforce Experience.

[Maim]

Van der Kaert の投稿を引用：

okay, yesterday i had the issues

I run steam in admin mode
unistalled gforce experience
running the new steam beta

no problems so far, played about 5 matchmaking matches

I will try it later today and see if it works :)
(Uninstalling GeForce Experience made steam crash)

[BMG]

Oh oh same problem here :( - Intel core i5/Nvidia GT540 - Driver 335.23/Windows 8.1 Enterprise (Not copy).Every 30min. the game freze sound too :@ :(

[Q™]

Had the exact ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ problem triedreinstalll my cs and steam. Delete every folder that is related to steam and csgo reinstalled it. Tried to play it and it works fine for like 2 days and after that this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ problem happen to me again... When i tried to end task my mouse cursor does not showed up...

[MiKapp1t]

I had same probs and originally posted. mines now fixed and u'd be surprised, but my method was simple. there was no deleting or anything. all i did was simply right click on cs:go in my games library, the i wen properties, local files, and then verify integrity of game cache. it is very simple and works like a pro all the time. good luck.

[Maim]

Mikeypy Commando Of Terriblep の投稿を引用：

I had same probs and originally posted. mines now fixed and u'd be surprised, but my method was simple. there was no deleting or anything. all i did was simply right click on cs:go in my games library, the i wen properties, local files, and then verify integrity of game cache. it is very simple and works like a pro all the time. good luck. :borderlands2:

Tried that, didn't work for me.

[SASA]

same prob here....but when i use the account of an friend no crashes since two days lol....

[MiKapp1t]

RunarM の投稿を引用：

Mikeypy Commando Of Terriblep の投稿を引用：

I had same probs and originally posted. mines now fixed and u'd be surprised, but my method was simple. there was no deleting or anything. all i did was simply right click on cs:go in my games library, the i wen properties, local files, and then verify integrity of game cache. it is very simple and works like a pro all the time. good luck.

Tried that, didn't work for me.

ALSO close steam down properly. shut down computer and restart steam as admin. thats exactly what i did.

[sacrifice the lambs]

Q™ の投稿を引用：

Had the exact ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ problem triedreinstalll my cs and steam. Delete every folder that is related to steam and csgo reinstalled it. Tried to play it and it works fine for like 2 days and after that this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ♥♥♥♥ problem happen to me again... When i tried to end task my mouse cursor does not showed up...

when you open task manager, hit tab, use the arrow keys to navigate to counter strike and then hit the delete key

[Etheco]

Just commenting that most issues work for a hour or so then go back to 10-20min interval crashes.

[Drink water]

My game is crashing with the sound loop just like the others. Steam closes with no errors and I have to close CS via task manager (lucky I have a second screen as it cannot be seen on the one the game runs on) before reloading and rejoining the match. Happens 4-5 times in match making. Usually takes about 20 minutes but then fails much sooner the second third etc times.

Have tried everything like updating all drivers, uninstalling GeForce Experience, running in admin modes etc. I deleted CS and redownloaded. Deleted Steam and redownloaded. Cleared Steam after Steam Support suggested me to. I have lost ranks and had cooldowns also. Surely in it's almost 5th day this warrants some sort of response from Valve. This is beyond a joke.

Running windows 8.1
i7 4770l
GTX 780

This isn't just limited to Windows 8/8.1 or nVidia people. It is obviously not mine/our systems but some bug from the latest patch.

[Chaton Brutal]

Valve ?

[NRX]

Follwing things I tried yesterday.
Reinstall CS GO
Remove Updates of Windows 8.1 .
It did not work , it is still freezing at least one time per round.

[FuGi]

since mid of last week i have the same freezes with sound loops
sys: win 8.1 64 bit Gforce gtx 780 sondblaste Z Intel I7 2600 k
only in Cs Go I can play fine for abaut 10-20 min tnen i got the freeze
I can play fine when i Kill the process "nvxdsync.exe - NVIDIA User Experience Driver Component" in the task manager

[crocodile]

CS: GO crashed THREE TIMES during my last game. I've also had issues with sound looping and momentary freezes before.
I can't even close the game from task manager. I had to restart my computer and then quickly head back to competitive match.

Operating System
Windows 8.1 64-bit

CPU
Intel Core i7

RAM
16,0Gt Dual-Channel DDR3

Graphics
BenQ xl2411t (1920x1080@144Hz)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti

Audio
NVIDIA Virtual Audio Device