Skyrim crashes every 20-30 minutes while playing through Steam

__Ryuzaki · 11-13-2011, 11:34 AM

I've been playing all weekend and Skyrim just keeps crashing to desktop (without any errors)every 20-30 minutes. It has crashed over 40 times this weekend and it's going really annoying. At the moment I'm just running the .exe file and it doesn't seem to crash (for now).

Is there anyone that knows how to fix this? (I've tried that sound fix, but that didn't change anything. Neither did changing my graphic setting etc.)

Any help will be appreciated.

Murtallica · 11-13-2011, 11:38 AM

Also having this problem. Also, the sound fix didnt work. I tried every possible sound setting and none affected my crash rate. Having about the same amount of (very annoying) crashes as the OP.

__Ryuzaki · 11-13-2011, 12:08 PM

Since this seems to be Steam related (as I said, I don't get these crashed when I just run the .exe file) I guess we'll have to wait for a Steam update. But not everyone is having these problems, so I'm guessing it might not be soon (if ever)...

Perhaps someone from Valve could help us out?

Kingma7 · 01-03-2012, 06:36 AM

I have the exact same problem. It's hugely annoying and I don't really want to play it without steam because I'm a bit of an achievement junkie. This really sucks. Hasn't anyone come up with a solution yet?

BTW, this topic has almost 700 views, I think were dealing with some googlers which means more people suffer this problem.

Dlmc · 01-03-2012, 08:29 AM

Just experienced the same let's try to post our config if there is something similar
q9550 4GB ddr2 Radeon 4870

Kingma7 · 01-03-2012, 03:39 PM

I've got:
E8400
6GB DDR2
8800 GT OC

DDR2 related?

Appl250 · 01-03-2012, 04:19 PM

I don't think this is a DDR2 memory related issue.
I have not had any such crashes since the 1.3.10 patch.

System
Q6600
4GB DDR2
HD 4850

I do remember pre-1.3.10 patch I was getting crashes like whats mentioned here and I would see steam cloud sync next to Skyrim in the Steam Library.

But.

It could also be related to the CTD in specific locations which more and more people are reaching when they get a certain amount of hours in game.

magurth · 01-03-2012, 04:43 PM

try going into bios and limiting your cpu to 2 cores and turning any hyperthreading off.

lookandroll · 01-03-2012, 04:44 PM

Phenom II x4 940
Radeon 6870

I was those "driver not responding" messages from windows and some random CTD on skyrim and withcher 2 with catalyst 11.12. I just installed the 12.1 beta version, gonna try the game later.

Cadfael · 01-03-2012, 04:49 PM

The only thing that fixed my ctd problems was setting my textures to medium. No crashes in two weeks from having one every 40 min to an hour before.

Kingma7 · 01-04-2012, 04:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cadfael

The only thing that fixed my ctd problems was setting my textures to medium. No crashes in two weeks from having one every 40 min to an hour before.

This is actually a FIX!
I came to this conclusion yesterday. It really solved the problem.
Had no more crashes since I turned it back to medium.

I know it's not how we want to play our game but it's a temporary fix until bethesda fixes this.

Thx Cadfael!

11-13-2011, 11:34 AM	#1
__Ryuzaki Join Date: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 8	Skyrim crashes every 20-30 minutes while playing through Steam I've been playing all weekend and Skyrim just keeps crashing to desktop (without any errors)every 20-30 minutes. It has crashed over 40 times this weekend and it's going really annoying. At the moment I'm just running the .exe file and it doesn't seem to crash (for now). Is there anyone that knows how to fix this? (I've tried that sound fix, but that didn't change anything. Neither did changing my graphic setting etc.) Any help will be appreciated. Last edited by __Ryuzaki: 11-13-2011 at 11:38 AM.

01-03-2012, 06:36 AM	#4
Kingma7 Join Date: Mar 2008 Reputation: 6 Posts: 229	I have the exact same problem. It's hugely annoying and I don't really want to play it without steam because I'm a bit of an achievement junkie. This really sucks. Hasn't anyone come up with a solution yet? BTW, this topic has almost 700 views, I think were dealing with some googlers which means more people suffer this problem. Last edited by Kingma7: 01-03-2012 at 06:46 AM.

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11-13-2011, 11:38 AM	#2
Murtallica Join Date: Nov 2011 Reputation: 0 Posts: 10	Also having this problem. Also, the sound fix didnt work. I tried every possible sound setting and none affected my crash rate. Having about the same amount of (very annoying) crashes as the OP.

11-13-2011, 12:08 PM	#3
__Ryuzaki Join Date: Jun 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 8	Since this seems to be Steam related (as I said, I don't get these crashed when I just run the .exe file) I guess we'll have to wait for a Steam update. But not everyone is having these problems, so I'm guessing it might not be soon (if ever)... Perhaps someone from Valve could help us out?

01-03-2012, 08:29 AM	#5
Dlmc Join Date: Jan 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 11	Just experienced the same let's try to post our config if there is something similar q9550 4GB ddr2 Radeon 4870

01-03-2012, 03:39 PM	#6
Kingma7 Join Date: Mar 2008 Reputation: 6 Posts: 229	I've got: E8400 6GB DDR2 8800 GT OC DDR2 related?

01-03-2012, 04:19 PM	#7
Appl250 Join Date: Dec 2011 Reputation: 96 Posts: 761	I don't think this is a DDR2 memory related issue. I have not had any such crashes since the 1.3.10 patch. System Q6600 4GB DDR2 HD 4850 I do remember pre-1.3.10 patch I was getting crashes like whats mentioned here and I would see steam cloud sync next to Skyrim in the Steam Library. But. It could also be related to the CTD in specific locations which more and more people are reaching when they get a certain amount of hours in game.

01-03-2012, 04:43 PM	#8
magurth Join Date: Oct 2010 Reputation: 25 Posts: 43	try going into bios and limiting your cpu to 2 cores and turning any hyperthreading off.

01-03-2012, 04:44 PM	#9
lookandroll Join Date: Nov 2009 Reputation: 2 Posts: 62	Phenom II x4 940 Radeon 6870 I was those "driver not responding" messages from windows and some random CTD on skyrim and withcher 2 with catalyst 11.12. I just installed the 12.1 beta version, gonna try the game later.

01-03-2012, 04:49 PM	#10
Cadfael Join Date: Mar 2010 Reputation: 21 Posts: 155	The only thing that fixed my ctd problems was setting my textures to medium. No crashes in two weeks from having one every 40 min to an hour before.