PC Freezes then requires hard shutdown

[left4dead (DayZ) 1]

So I've been playing DayZ SA for about 2 months now, and for the last week or so, my PC freezes when i'm in game and requires a hard shutdown. Now, when I say freeze, I mean the screen becomes stuck on whatever was there last, and my M+KB become unresponsive, if I leave it running long enough my screen eventually turns black. I'm not getting any graphical glitches, and there is no sound. Sometimes it freezes a couple of minutes in game, or an hour after joining a server.

 

The issue isn't related to drivers or over heating, bad RAM, or a virus. I guess it could be the PSU or my SSD but until the last week or so I haven't had any issues.

 

I pretty much wanted to know if anyone else had experienced a similar issue.

 

Any thoughts?

 

specs edit:

 

cpu - AMD FX-8350 

gpu - AMD Radeon HD 7870

16 GB of RAM

Edited April 12, 2014 by left4dead

[JohnDMarshall 23]

You say it is not related to Drivers and in my experience and others you may find that it is.

 

I ran into a similar situation where my computer would freeze up or black screen or just randomly shut down and it was all because of the video drivers.

[Tannhäuser 1]

This problem sounds very similar to many other descriptions I found here, with sudden disconnects and freezing game. All the problems started with 42 patch and where not fully recovered with 43. I seriously think that all the descriptions are related to the latest changes done. I updated already all my drivers, reinstalled etc. Everything works as expected, except Dayz.... :(

[left4dead (DayZ) 1]

I've updated all my drivers, still get the issue. 

[classy narwhal 0]

Oh thank god I'm not the only one. We really need to get this problem noticed, because I haven't been able to play the game for almost a month

 

 

Question, is this what happens to you when it freezes? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv3HHtkmShY

Edited April 23, 2014 by Classy Narwhal