Random freezing/alt tab thing

Curious Kat·Jun 3, 2018·1 votes·1,962 views

Been happening in 2 total games i have, LoL, and WoW. Pub, r6, fortnite etc, no issues.

What happens is the screen will freeze for like 5-7 seconds, it'll then alt tab out of the game by itself for like half a second, then it'll be back in the game like nothing happened. Sometimes it black screens when it does this.

I just want to make it perfectly clear that no, i am not alt tabbing, im not hitting the windows key, its not sticky keys, or anything stupid and obvious like that.

Iv'e tried re-installing gpu drivers, made sure windows 10 is up to date, did a virus scan, checked temperatures etc, all the simple easy obvious stuff is not causing this.

Please help... I'm tired of dying because of this crap. I'll just be in lane then BLOOP, black screen/freeze, dead.

5 Comments

BLACK REALM GODJun 3, 20181 votes

it's a client bug i think. either that or your graphic driver has an issue with compatibility... or your computer is overheating.

if your computer overheats sometimes the gpu shuts down so the computer can cool off. listen to your pc and see if the fan is either making a lot of noise or not making any at all. if either of those are the case it's very possible that your pc is overheating. if it is overheating consider finding out why. it could be dust in the fan. it could be that the fan is too weak. it could be worn out heat sinks. it could be friction from damaged parts. it could be that you're playing in a room that is too hot and poorly ventilated. it could be that you just need to swap to an inter-cooler. or it could be something else entirely that has nothing to do with heat at all.

Curious KatJun 3, 20181 votes

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it's a client bug i think. either that or your graphic driver has an issue with compatibility... or your computer is overheating.

if your computer overheats sometimes the gpu shuts down so the computer can cool off. listen to your pc and see if the fan is either making a lot of noise or not making any at all. if either of those are the case it's very possible that your pc is overheating. if it is overheating consider finding out why. it could be dust in the fan. it could be that the fan is too weak. it could be worn out heat sinks. it could be friction from damaged parts. it could be that you're playing in a room that is too hot and poorly ventilated. it could be that you just need to swap to an inter-cooler. or it could be something else entirely that has nothing to do with heat at all.

I checked my temps they are all fine. My GPU temps don't even go over 50c playing LoL, it's one of those cards that the fans don't even turn on till 60+c.

I checked my CPU temps also, all seem fine. I used HWmonitor to check, and MSI Afterburner just to double check. I actually just cleaned my pc earlier this week also. No dust on the case fans, or the GPU fans. Has great air flow.

I'm using an old card, but i don't think it's so incredibly outdated that there would be compatibility issues, this is a very new issue that started about a week or so ago. Using a gtx 960 atm due to my gtx 980ti literally exploding playing wow a few months ago lmao.

BLACK REALM GODJun 3, 20181 votes

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I checked my temps they are all fine. My GPU temps don't even go over 50c playing LoL, it's one of those cards that the fans don't even turn on till 60+c.

I checked my CPU temps also, all seem fine. I used HWmonitor to check, and MSI Afterburner just to double check. I actually just cleaned my pc earlier this week also. No dust on the case fans, or the GPU fans. Has great air flow.

strange. have you checked your network to see if you have any packet drops? if you drop packets sometimes the client will bug splat. similar to how it splats during updates.

Nanuk PihoqahiakJun 3, 20181 votes

Same issue. Not sure what patch it started in, but it's super annoying since sometimes I need to tab to check on something, and have to wait 5-8 seconds for it to finally decide it wants to bring the game's window up.