Skyrim complete PC crashes

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I have the same problems with the whole PC crashing like the creator of this topic, but on a Windows 10 Pro.

 

I've tried different things to set an end to the crashes, they all didn't work:

• turning of all mods
• reinstall the game, checking for file errors
• installing different bug- or crash-fixing mods
• deactivate the steam-overlay, the "saving in cloud"-function or other steam-related settings
• over- and underclock the graphic card
• installing different graphic card drivers
• cleaning the rig from dust
• changing the system sound-settings
• deplug all unnecessary devices (controller, WLAN-stick, etc)
• killing all background processes

I've also checked

• my CPU ( Intel Core i5 4670K )
• my GPU ( NVIDIA Geforce GTX 970 Mini OC - Gigabyte )
• my RAM ( 16384 MB DDR3, Dualchannel on 666,5 MHz )
• my Harddrives ( 2 * "Seagate Barracuda 3.5 inch 2TB 7200 RPM 64MB 6GB/S Internal SATA Drive", connected in a virtual RAID 1 )

for errors. In each case there was nothing found.

 

Additionally I have in my rig:

• Sandisk ReadyCache 32GB Sdssdrc G26 internal SSD 32 GB 6.3 cm (2.5 Inches)/SATA III/Read up to 480MB/s
• MSI H81M-P33 Intel H81 So.1150 Dual Channel DDR3 mATX Retail
• a BluRay-diskdrive
• intern USB-hub

At a mostly random time after starting the game, it crashes my system causing a random colored screen. I've noticed that:

• crashes happen much more often outside as inside.
• the crash happens at no specific events or places.
• sometimes the sound goes on for several minutes, sometimes stops with the visual.
• the frequency of crashes increases with the time, the game is installed on the PC and the time progress of the savegame (regardless there is no certain period of time before the crashes, it's only a tendency)

Especially because of the last fact I took a look on the size of the savegames, useless config files etc and the health of the memory, but noticed nothing special. I went through the system event logs too, it reports only an unexpected loss of power. But only a few seconds before each crash the file filters "npsvctrig" and "FileCrypt" are loaded and warnings about the ID of harddrives are reported. The crashes are also independent from the OS as the game crashed even at Windows 7 and the several updates of Windows 10. Many other games like The Witcher III, Stellaris, Dying Light or Company of Heroes 2 run without problems, but there are certain games that also cause crashes like Mass Effect Andromeda or GTA V (In case of GTA V it's a bit different: since a few months the fps don't rise over 10, even in the menu so that also the cursor lags!).

 

As I work for months on this problem - I want to play Skyrim very gladly - I'm longing for a solution, but for me there are no ideas left. Maybe you guys could help me.

 

Thank you in advance!

 

//Edit

Problem solved!

The crashes were caused by the GTX 970. It seems it has memory issues. I've overclocked the VRAM for 200 MHz and underclocked the GPU for 200 MHz too. Since I changed this I hadn't any crashes at all!

Edited February 11, 2018 by Guest