black screen and hard reset

[Copelland]

Hi there!

 

I played a lot of F4 without single crash, (7 days time in game). I guess I'm out of luck right now. After few minutes of gameplay I getting black screen, kind of loop sound and there is nothing I can do, have to hard reset my computer every single time. Any solution for this?

Edited January 13, 2017 by Copelland

[SharraShimada]

If you use a SSD, skip part 1.

 

1. defragment your harddrive (the engine goes into stall, if something wont come in time)

2. Check your temperatures (CPU, GPU, Mainboard, and even harddrive)

3. Check for drivers

4. Check for Updates for FO4

 

If its none of the above, please provide a list of your installed mods.

[JimmyRJump]

The short loop sound indicates something gets stuck somewhere.

 

Doing SharraShimada's checks can't hurt (including soundcard drivers, should you have a soundcard), but there could be a RAM issue, too...

 

If the game isn't installed on the same drive as your operating system, check power- and data connections for the drive that has the game on it. Should the game be on a separate SSD drive, then check the manufacturer's website to see if the drive needs a firmware update (if it's the same drive that has the OS, in both scenarios I described the PC would give a BSoD).

[Copelland]

If you use a SSD, skip part 1.

 

1. defragment your harddrive (the engine goes into stall, if something wont come in time)

2. Check your temperatures (CPU, GPU, Mainboard, and even harddrive)

3. Check for drivers

4. Check for Updates for FO4

 

If its none of the above, please provide a list of your installed mods.

 

1. done

2. CPU - 68 temp max, GPU - 68 temp max (both stress temps in game)

3. Updated

4. Fallout 1.8.7

 

My list of mods:

0 0 Fallout4.esm

1 1 DLCRobot.esm

2 2 DLCworkshop01.esm

3 3 DLCCoast.esm

4 4 DLCworkshop02.esm

5 5 DLCworkshop03.esm

6 6 DLCNukaWorld.esm

7 7 dD-Enhanced Blood Basic.esp

8 8 Fr4nssonsLightTweaks.esp

9 9 Vivid Weathers - FO4.esp

10 a Radiant Clouds and Fogs.esp

11 b DarkerNights.esp

12 c DarkerNightsDetection.esp

13 d BetterNightVision.esp

14 e LongerPowerLines3x.esp

15 f Companion Infinite Ammo.esp

16 10 Quieter Settlements - Vanilla.esp

17 11 Quieter Settlements - Wasteland Workshop.esp

18 12 Quieter Settlements - Contraptions.esp

19 13 dD-Realistic Ragdoll Force.esp

20 14 dD-Reduced Explosion Force.esp

21 15 ShellRain.esp

22 16 Live Dismemberment - LiebermodeNoHeadshots.esp

23 17 Live Dismemberment - RegularNoHeadshots.esp

24 18 HidePipboy.esp

25 19 Vivid Weathers - FO4 - Summer.esp

26 1a Vivid Weathers - FO4 - Far Harbor.esp

27 1b Vivid Weathers - Nuka World.esp

28 1c Vivid Waters.esp

29 1d FO4LaserBolts.esp

30 1e Eli_Faction Housing Overhaul - Railroad HQ.esp

31 1f BusySettlers.esp

32 20 BusySettlersRug.esp

33 21 SettlementLimitSlashedFarHarbor.esp

34 22 SkipHSH1_6.esp

35 23 MTM-VT-NoObjectLimit.esp

36 24 LoweredSprintAPDrain.esp

37 25 LevelCap.esp

38 26 NSA All-in-One.esp

39 27 SkjAlert_All_DLC.esp

40 28 Xan-Ammo-All-DLC-wo-c.esp

41 29 Gauss Full Less.esp

 

I did not install any new mods in a long time since I start playing. I using LOOT and NMM.

Edited January 14, 2017 by Copelland

[m3ltedfly]

Not sure if this will fix your problem but it seems similar to what is happening to you. Maybe you could try it

 

take a look in the comments:

https://www.youtube(dot)com/watch?v=tcXaNeKCShQ

Edited January 14, 2017 by m3ltedfly

[Fkemman11]

Do you use FO4Edit? You should if you don't.

[Copelland]

Not sure if this will fix your problem but it seems similar to what is happening to you. Maybe you could try it

 

take a look in the comments:

https://www.youtube(dot)com/watch?v=tcXaNeKCShQ

 

Nope, didnt help me, but thanks anyway! I start thinking maybe its something with hard-drive, but I have no idea why, every other game runs perfecto.

 

Do you use FO4Edit? You should if you don't.

 

I have FO4Edit but there was no point of using it so far.

[Copelland]

The short loop sound indicates something gets stuck somewhere.

 

Doing SharraShimada's checks can't hurt (including soundcard drivers, should you have a soundcard), but there could be a RAM issue, too...

 

If the game isn't installed on the same drive as your operating system, check power- and data connections for the drive that has the game on it. Should the game be on a separate SSD drive, then check the manufacturer's website to see if the drive needs a firmware update (if it's the same drive that has the OS, in both scenarios I described the PC would give a BSoD).

 

Computer runs fine in other games, I bought my rig last year.

 

My spec:

GPU: Sapphire ATI Radeon R9 390 Nitro 8GB DDR5/512bit DVI/HDMI/DP

CPU: Intel Core i5 6600 LGA1151 BOX

HDD: Seagate Desktop 1TB SATA3 (ST1000DM003) - disk where game is.

SSD: Transcend SSD SSD370 128GB SATA3 (TS128GSSD370S) - disk where system is, (windows 10).

Power: XFX Core 550W

Motherboard: MSI B150M PRO-VDH Intel B150 LGA1151 BOX

Edited January 14, 2017 by Copelland

[JimmyRJump]

Try ENBoost so that a game can use system RAM as V-RAM. Despite the 8GB GPU, the game will only use a max of 4GB from the card (it does so with my RX470 8GB) but still has spikes of over 10GB of RAM use.

 

Also, I wouldn't do anything too power-consuming with that 550W PSU. The GPU has a potential max use of 375W. Add some 65/70W for the CPU and 50/100W for peripherals and you haven't got much headroom left...

[SharraShimada]

You stated, you have not installed new mods for a long time, but have you updated some? Many mods need patches for new FO4-Versions, because Bethesda changed a lot.

Maybe one of your mods is really outdated. You patched the game, but your mods are made for much older game versions.