Saints Row 3 keeps crashing. Where to start troubleshooting this?

[alfa147x]

Saints Row 3 keeps crashing. Where to start troubleshooting this? I really enjoyed the first 15 minutes of gameplay and I'm hooked but the game keeps crashing.

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I had Windows 7 64 bit installed and all the latest drivers but it crashed then I wiped that install and installed Win7 32 bit and all the latest drivers and it still crashes. I can play GTA 4 and Diablo 3 perfectly fine and I logged the temps during the crash and I don't see anything abnormal. Any ideas?

Thanks!
Alfa

 

[gorcorps]

Is your gpu overclocked? Even a factory OC can cause some games to crash. Can't imagine it's Windows as I play on 7 64 bit just fine.

 

[JamesV]

The place you should start your troubleshooting is the Windows logs.

Start->Right click on Computer->Manage

Event Viewer on left->Windows Logs

Search for entries in Application and other log entries for errors that occur when you crash. Start up SR3 again, get it to crash, and there should be an entry in those logs saying what the faulting module is (or another isssue).

 

[alfa147x]

The place you should start your troubleshooting is the Windows logs.

Start->Right click on Computer->Manage

Event Viewer on left->Windows Logs

Search for entries in Application and other log entries for errors that occur when you crash. Start up SR3 again, get it to crash, and there should be an entry in those logs saying what the faulting module is (or another isssue).

Ah. I'm an OS X guy and I never though of looking for a log. I feel stupid. As a hackintosher I use Console a lot to view crash logs.

I'll post back. Thanks

Is your gpu overclocked? Even a factory OC can cause some games to crash. Can't imagine it's Windows as I play on 7 64 bit just fine.

Nope everything is stock even the CPU.

 

[crisium]

Mine crashes in DX 11, but not DX 9.

 

[alfa147x]

Mine crashes in DX 11, but not DX 9.

Both crash for me

 

[DaveSimmons]

I have Win 7 64 bit, i5-2500, GTX 680. 8 GB RAM. Everything is stock speed.

I've played about 30 hours running the DX 11 version without any crashes. This is the Steam version.

So: it's at least possible that you can get it to work. Sorry I can't offer any tips, I didn't do anything to get it to work, just did the regular Steam install.

 

[PowerYoga]

same. I'd update graphics card drivers to start and make sure you don't have any corrupt files in the install through steam verification. Dig through logs to see what's causing the crash. Maybe bad ram, maybe power supply suddenly getting spiked and it couldn't handle it... could be a lot of things.

 

[power_hour]

Couple of things. Trying manually setting the VGA card to 100% then run the game. If game crashes in same spot then either Memory or fragmented or bad files. Check the disk's health.

But to be honest, more times than not, memory is the culprit. But don't let that sway you from proper troubleshooting steps.