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illusional wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 6:22 am Hi,

I recently used DDU in an attempt to address Cyberpunk 2077 randomly crashing regardless of graphics settings after the 2.0 update came out. Unfortunately, it seems to have backfired and now the problem persists among all big games (EFT, Darktide, etc.) all of which have been stable up until now.

My issue seems very similar to an issue that the user Artorias had, link here: viewtopic.php?t=1391

I have similar crashes:
1) sometimes the game runs for a brief period where the screen freezes but sound is normal which helped verify that I also stay in control of the player character.
2) PC crashes, immediate bluescreen and reboot before I can even interact with the bluescreen

Unlike Artorias, nothing seems different about my hardware's physical performance; fans run normally unlike how theirs stopped, and I haven't noticed any difference.

I've only had the entire PC for roughly a year and a half now, with the only parts older than that being two HDDs that nothing critical/relevant is stored on besides some of the games. Right now I'm extremely worried that something may have caused hardware damage, but I followed this guide to a T, https://www.wagnardsoft.com/content/DDU-Guide-Tutorial while in safe mode, so I think that's unlikely.

PC Specs
OS: Windows 11 Home 64-bit
CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700KF
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
RAM: 2x16 GB XPG Lancer
MOBO: Prime Z690-P

DMP files are zipped and attached.

Going to try using debug mode on Nvidia control panel later today, but I've been up all night trying to un-muck it up because I have a bad feeling that it isn't just games that will crash (I use my PC to work on projects outside of class for a college game design course). I also don't exactly have the funds to get a replacement for a 3080.

Wagnard wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 12:22 pm
Hi,
First of all, I can certify you that it is not possible for DDU to break hardware, it does not interact with it directly.
You already had a problem / symptom before using DDU (you said : used DDU in an attempt to address Cyberpunk 2077 randomly crashing). So the title of the thread is somewhat misleading...

illusional wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 2:10 pm

Wagnard wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 12:22 pm
Hi,
First of all, I can certify you that it is not possible for DDU to break hardware, it does not interact with it directly.
You already had a problem / symptom before using DDU (you said : used DDU in an attempt to address Cyberpunk 2077 randomly crashing). So the title of the thread is somewhat misleading...

Thank you for helping so soon, I’ll try the steps you’ve provided when I’m back at my PC later today.

I apologize that the title is misleading, and after rest I see that the whole post comes of as more accusatory than it has any right to be. I should emphasize that I don’t think that DDU would have caused any hardware damage; I was worried that I had caused it by screwing something up while using it. I do think that it is unlikely, but the prospect of any damage it got in my head.

I meant for the title to be as literal as possible; Cyberpunk 2077 originally crashed after a few minutes of gameplay and all other games were stable. After I used DDU and reinstalled the Nvidia drivers, the crashes were significantly different: crashes became more frequent and happened across more games, they were more frequently severe (bluescreens), or the game oddly persisted longer (prior, Cyberpunk crashes were abrupt, now they usually occur like the first crash type I list).

I had (erroneously) ruled out my Nvidia driver installation being the cause as I had already been running with the driver prior to uninstalling via DDU, so that left just me using DDU from what I alone could discern. I’m sorry that I rushed to that conclusion.

lx_ wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:26 pm are you reading nvidia? latest drivers are all broken