Hey guys, since updating to 5.4.4 my PC has been freezing, then black screen crashing resulting in a automatic restart while using UE. I dont get any error codes as the PC restarts itself.
I’ve tried checking for corrupt windows files, verified the UE 5.4.4 files, updated Nvidia drivers again…not running certain apps, but all I still get these freezes and crashing…some times I can hear my music still playing but screens are frozen
Is there any way I can check the data logs? Or any advice from people who have experienced similar things with this version?
Okay I have narrowed down these crashes. When I am working in UE 5.4.4 everything is fine, but the moment I open my file explorer or do something on my other screen in a different application, everything freezes and crashes…it’s almost like a VRAM dump / crash happening
I am testing this now with UE 5.3 but so far I can’t replicate the crashes
So i am not sure if this is a hardware issue or what is happening, I also don’t know how to check what the problem could be…any ideas would be very welcomed
I was having a similar issue with the editor on my system (using an RTX 4070 Super) and I was able to solve it. Problem is, I don’t know which of the steps I did solved it, but here’s what I think finally fixed it:
NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings
Global Settings > Restore (to default) > Apply*
then, in the editor I did: Window > Load Layout > Default Editor Layout
Then I closed and reopened my project and the exact same project that was giving me the flickering black screen appears to be fixed, for now at least…
Props to some of the other users who posted a variety of solutions from years ago about this. I found both of these suggested fixes on much older threads from like 2018.
*note that this is the shotgun approach…I was too lazy to figure out if one of my GPU settings was causing the issue by disabling them one by one so I just did a full restore to factory settings for all of them
I’m having the exact same issue with Unreal Engine 5.4 and 5.5. I have Windows 11 and every driver up to date. I contacted microsoft many times now and they also couldn’t solve it.
It has come to a level where I cannot work anymore because of this issue. This is a huge loss for me.
Yes, after a lot of digging my issue was resolved. I have MSI Afterburner installed to manage performance and stuff, there is a option that is enabled in the settings by default, called “Enable low-level IO Driver”
If you disable that one, it will disable the option below it as well.
Since then I have never experienced this crash when switching between apps or screens.
