Hard crashing PC locks up

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PanKamienica#5657 wrote:

Guys,
Do you know if there is a correlation between those crashes and stand alone game client vs steam client?
I’m on steam and game crashes for me.

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PanKamienica#5657 wrote:

Guys,
Do you know if there is a correlation between those crashes and stand alone game client vs steam client?
I’m on steam and game crashes for me.

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DarkyErinyes#7388 wrote:

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THELEGENDOFREAK#0494 wrote:

the only fix that worked for me so far is using BES with -1% cpu usage, I hate that I have to do it every time I open the game but at least I can play the game without issues.

If you really want to you can automate it by creating a shortcut to the executable and then putting it in the "Start-up" folder for Windows so BES starts up every time you boot up your Windows; it's located here:

C:\Users\<yourUserName>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

For the shortcut itself you have to edit the "Target" part of it to work. Mine looks like this since it's in my OneDrive folder ( so it doesn't get lost ) but obviously these paths may / will vary for you depending on where the "BES.exe" is located and where you have installed Steam on your drives.

This is my example as it's set up currently in the "Target" line:

C:\Users\<myUserName>\OneDrive\Documents\bes_1.7.9\BES_1.7.9\BES.exe "D:\Steam\steamapps\common\Path of Exile 2\PathOfExileSteam.exe" 5 -a -m

First part: Path to your "BES.exe" ( where you unzipped BES or moved it to )
Second part: Path to your "PathOfExileSteam.exe" ( PoE2 install directory in Steam basically )
Third part: Parameters for running it ( "5 -a -m" )

Explanation of those parameters:

5 = percent reduction of CPU usage ( in your case that would be 1 since you used 1% )

"-a" = add the executable to the watch list; means that whenever PoE2 opens it'll automatically reduce max CPU usage without you having to do anything manually at all; it's like a detector if the game is running at all

"-m" = start minimized when you boot up the app ( since I added this to Windows start-up I don't want it cluttering my screen space every boot )

I hope that clears up everything. This might seem a bit more complicated but if you really would like to use BES every time you start PoE2 this might be the most elegant solution.

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mikefanta#7972 wrote:

Go to the task manager -> right click on POE2 -> go to details -> right click on POE2 again -> set affinity -> deactivate CPU0 and CPU1


i tested it and since then no crashes

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IceLancerSR#0218 wrote:

Just found this by accident.
5 long days here on Ryzen 7700XT , never crashed.

Win11 up to date.
If crashes are happening it might be only related to x3D cpu's.

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drw85#4787 wrote:

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IceLancerSR#0218 wrote:

Just found this by accident.
5 long days here on Ryzen 7700XT , never crashed.

Win11 up to date.
If crashes are happening it might be only related to x3D cpu's.

You guys need to stop inventing these things.
I have a 2700X and these crashes happen.

I keep reading these takes here that 'it's only X CPUs', 'it's only X windows'.

You can read right here that there are conflicting reports about your theories.