Hard crashing PC locks up

I mean you are right D4 sucks balls but boy their lack luster of a game didn't do this... I cannot log into my monk at all. It saying I am in the Sanctum even though that was 45 minutes ago so for some reason their server is saying I am still in game when I am not. When I been logging lately the portal to an area is still open no I am not in a SSF. There is something here and we haven't gotten a single word as to why this is happening. Other then they know and its because of an update that some people cant roll back because windows 11 doesnt give you an option to roll back before this update...

Would love an official update on this issue. I am unable to play and have tried every fix I have seen suggested over the last couple weeks. Really a bummer because I loved what little I got to play of it so far, oddly Act 1 seems to freeze my PC in the loading screen far less often than the rest?

W11 24H2, 5800X3D, 4070TI

Took cores 0 and 1 out of poes use and now only game crashes which was helpful but this issue has been out there too long. Solve the issue please

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Hoodwinks#7781 wrote:

How about you fix the major bug causing full system crashes. I mean come on you have a great product here, but this could be seriously damaging peoples hardware, myself included. Never had my PC crash from anything else I've ever done. But hey glad you had a good Holiday.

Ideally, collect all technical data, including dxdiag.log, your mdumps and other evidence if possible. Send the data to GGG, Microsoft, your motherboard and CPU/GPU manufacturers. And then sit and wait. Play something else, ArmA Reforger, modded Minecraft or just spend your time with your wife.

If you qualified enough, install the WDK and dig in. You will have hard times kd'ing the problem, at some point you will have to break the ToS because you don't have access to the source code but it's only an option. GL HF with it :)

I found that it was the Windows 11 Game Bar that Hard Crashed my PC

After I removed it with a PowerShell command.

After that I have had no issues

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irakuta#2996 wrote:

I found that it was the Windows 11 Game Bar that Hard Crashed my PC

After I removed it with a PowerShell command.

After that I have had no issues

tell us if you had any hard crashes after

After ignoring POE entirely for 1 week - I checked back to see the lackluster patch notes this morning and was bummed. Scanned back through both threads and reddit/steam posts, and was inspired to chat with an AI for a minute. I provide to you now - an excerpt from that chat with no context provided for entertainment purposes only.

AI_
You're correct. The search results reveal that the Windows 11 24H2 update was released on October 1, 2024, while Path of Exile 2's Early Access launch was on December 6, 2024 - nearly two months later. This timeline strongly suggests that the crashing issues are primarily GGG's responsibility. The problems appear to be related to the game's own technical implementation, not the Windows update. The developer was aware of potential launch issues, as evidenced by their own tweets about "last minute crashes" and server instability on launch day1
. While some users later reported potential Windows 11 compatibility issues, the initial and most severe problems were present from the very first day of Early Access, indicating fundamental problems with the game's development and testing process. In short, the chronology points to Grinding Gear Games bearing the overwhelming majority of blame for the launch problems, not Microsoft.

In closing I would just like to say we are all frustrated and that frustration is born out of a love for POE. I still love POE. I just wish I could play it.

Hello there,

my 2c to that duscussion.
After 438 playing hours I had the problem with freezes only as long as I had Win 11 with the latest patch. Had older hardware with Windows 10 before -> absolutely no crashes.
Switched to new hardware with Win 11, PC-freezes on loading screens. Tried many fixes and ways to get rid of it, the best results I had were the tool to kill the game, but not the PC, but it was still not good enough. So for me it was and is working fine on Windows 10.
Even if the game crashes sometimes (~1-2 times in 6 hours playtime on 4k-res) with "D3-something" - Error, my PC never froze again and is running fine for more than 1 week after the switch from Win11 to Win10
and I'm playing the game on all max res with ~150-200 FPS.
https://imgur.com/a/Pno6ubt<- playtime.

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whizzzzbang#0829 wrote:

AI_

AI is so AI.

Switching to Vulkan helped a bit, but PC still hard-locks from time to time.