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Okay so I have this problem were my computer freezez, leaving me no other option the than pressing the restart button. This seems like a pretty common problem, memory problems comes to mind. But the funny thing is this has NEVER and i mean never happend in a game, it does happen when playing dxva which is also directx but never in games. There is no common denominator for the occurance of the crashes and they seem to be totally random.

Any thoughts ?

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Good points from and interesting hypothesis from . Because the usual RAM check didn't show faults, the next steps should systematically separate driver/power-management problems from hardware faults. The approach: capture what Windows records, remove/replace the video driver path, force the GPU into a steady power state, and only then look at PSU/motherboard or component swap.

Suggested diagnostics (in order):

  1. Capture evidence first — set Windows to generate a kernel or complete memory dump (System Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery), ensure the pagefile is at least RAM size, and disable automatic restart so you can see or capture a crash. Check Event Viewer and Reliability Monitor for Kernel-Power, driver, or WHEA entries immediately after a freeze.

  2. Driver isolation — do a clean driver uninstall (Safe Mode) and test with both a newer and an older AMD/graphics driver. Use a clean uninstall tool if available. Try disabling driver-level video acceleration (use player settings to force software decoding) to see if freezes stop — if so, decode/UVD or the driver is the likely culprit.

  3. Power-management and clocks — set Windows power plan to High Performance and turn off PCI Express Link State Power Management. In the GPU control panel, set performance mode or disable dynamic power-saving features; alternately lock the GPU to fixed clocks with a utility and retest.

  4. Hardware checks — monitor temperatures and voltages (GPU-Z, HWMonitor) while reproducing the issue. If possible, test with the motherboard’s integrated graphics or another card, or boot a live Linux USB and play the same video; a repeat there points to hardware.

Caveats and next steps: Driver Verifier can expose bad drivers but will cause BSODs—use it only after making a full backup and knowing how to disable it from Safe Mode. If reporting back, include Windows build, exact GPU driver versions, player/codecs used, Event Viewer error IDs, and any dump filenames — those let responders give targeted analysis.

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try memteast86 ,,scan over night

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I did a memtest did and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with my memory.
I had another idea though, might it be some sort of "sleep mode" triggered by my GPU that fails. Because this doesn't occur in games it made me think that it's some kind of idle function on my GPU.
Current GPU is Sapphire Radeon 3850 HD , anyone have previous experience ?

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