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Far Cry 4 - computer froze. Only hard reset helps.

sde444
Level 10
Hello. Yesterday when playing Far Cry 4 my computer suddenly freezes with "BZZZZZ" sound.
Only hard reset helps. So after reset i again run Far Cry 4 and left for 12 hours in background. And after 12 hours without freez, all fine. But why i was had one single freez yesterday ( only hard reset helps ) ?
There is no any minidumps file to analyze. Minidump folder is empty.
I run even Prime95 for 10 hours, without errors.

My pc is:
4790 stock
8gb ram
Sabertooth Z79 Mark2
Asus Strix 980 ( Oc factory )
Corsair 750 RM
HDD 500GB SATAIII


I dont OC my pc, all is stock.
I am using 334.75 WHQL.

IS this game\software problem or hardware?
Like i say all is fine now, but i am worried about that one single freez ( only hard reset helps ) from yesterday.
Thank you for any suggestion.
Should i be worried?
It happens once, so thats why i create a topic problem. Because i want to know , what caused that one single freez. I never had freez like this even before.
I tested PRime95, 3dmark 11 and after few hours without errors\crashes.
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Nate152
Moderator

sde444
Level 10
Even if hard lock forcing me to reset the PC it can be game issue? Not hardware?
( ctrl alt del and so on didn't work I had to pull the power and restart. )

Chino
Level 15

sde444
Level 10
It can be software or hardware problem? Like i say it happened once2 days ago. After that now i am 58 hours in game without single freez\crash.
Also Prime95 was tested without crashes.

Chino
Level 15

sde444
Level 10
I have a last question.
After freeze my system event logs are empty. No minidump file.
Nothing appears in the Event Viewer other than the typical error messages stating that the previous shutdown was unexpected . So it can be game fault not hardware?

Nate152
Moderator

sde444
Level 10
Somebody told me that nothing in my minidump indicates that my hardware initiated the freeze
A clean minidump clearly indicates either a BIOS reset setting or a secondary hardware trip (power supply).

Is this true?