Dayz Crashes my pc after 20

[bgavinb 0]

Hello a few weeks ago i could play dayz fine but now i can only play for about 10-20 min before it crashes. All the textures bug out and there is loads of sharp noises. Please help

Specs

16gb ram

3.3ghz quad core

Asus GeForce GTX 550 Ti 910MHz 1GB PCI-Express HDMI

windows 7 64

Edit: I am also running duel screens

Edited September 21, 2012 by bgavinb

[Jox (DayZ) 11]

hi, i had similar problem few weeks ago, went from 20 mins to just crashing after boot. turned out it was my power supply unit. opened it up and the capacitor beside the fuse was burntout. replaced capacitor now shes sweet once again. altho r u running your card overclocked. u could try reducing clock settings. hope this helps.

[10bag 22]

That's some very vague information to go by. What kind of crash?

Check if it happens with other games/3D applications too. Sounds like your graphics card could be overheating.

[bgavinb 0]

Thanks for the help

My card is not overclocked and it doesnt over heat is there anyway to find out if its the Psu

[IIxSubmarinex 13]

Best bet is to do what -HB 10BAG said and test some other memory hungry games so we know some more info :)

[bgavinb 0]

Hi Im back with some news. I replaced the Psu, i was playing dayz for about 30 mins then boom it happened again.

Iv checked with other games It happens in Apb reloaded,Men of war and a few others games but not arma2

i also checked the temps of my graphics card it reaches about 50 Celsuis when im playing and idle about 30

Hopes this helps

Edited September 25, 2012 by bgavinb

[10bag 22]

50c isn't an overheat but since your textures 'bug out' and you get loads of weird noises, my money is still on your graphics card.

First things first, open up your case and inspect your hardware. I dunno about your house but mine is very dusty. Clean everything as well as you can, focus mainly on the graphics card and the graphics card fan though. If you see clumps of dust anywhere, get them out!

Preferably use an air duster if you have one. Cotton buds or similar are also useful. Re-seat (remove and re-insert) your graphics card and it's power lead/s. Check motherboard for dust. Check CPU for dust. Check every square millimetre of your graphics card THOROUGHLY. If there's a toasted bug on a capacitor somewhere you may have found your problem.

Once you've done that, boot Windows and run a graphics benchmark or game to see if it still crashes.

If it does, update your graphics card driver to the latest version then try again.

If it's still not working, defrag, try disabling your soundcard, 2nd monitor, unplugging everything except keyboard and mouse, any external hard drives or surplus internals, then try again.

Let us know what's up.

Edited September 26, 2012 by -HB-10BAG

[bgavinb 0]

I cleared out the graphics card worked fine for a day but know it runs for about 5 mins

[bgavinb 0]

anyone ?