Boot Camp partition crashes when a game is opened and is very slow?

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Boot Camp partition crashes when a game is opened and is very slow?

Hello,

In Short:

Windows Partition very slow to load anything
When i open a game my mac crashes
Have to unplug from mains and wait 5 mins before re-plugging in
IOS side is totally fine
I have done virus searches and speed ups - nothing found

I have a custom Imac (specs below or more on request) purchased late 2012 and has been working perfectly until a month ago, i have a windows partition installed and is what i use to play PC Games, i have multiple games and all have worked fine with no problems. I installed world of warships and I'm not sure if thats the problem but since then my partition has been slow to load anything and once i open a game it crashes i have to literally unplug my mac from the mains wait 5 mins then re-plug it for it to turn back on? My IOS side is totally fine but the windows side just takes long to load but once its loaded up and been running for a while it isn't to slow until a game opens and it crashes, I've run virus checks and pc speedups and haven't found anything?

Could anyone help?

Processor 3.4 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX 2048 MB

Software OS X 10.9.5 (13F1077)

iMac (27-inch, Late 2012)

Posted on Jun 2, 2015 11:30 AM

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Answer 1

Loner T

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Jun 2, 2015 12:15 PM in response to Flambard

1. Do you have a Fusion drive?

2. Can you boot properly in Windows Safe Mode?

3. Check what you have in your Windows Startup items.

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Flambard Author

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Jun 2, 2015 12:27 PM in response to Loner T

1. Not to my knowledge no i do not

2. Yes and i can usually boot windows fine but once on the home screen everything loads very slowly but once i have items opened sometimes they are fast and other times not?

3. Ive checked this when ive used AVG PC Tuneup and nothing is there that could be slowing my partition down.

I cant find anything that will explain why when i open games my whole pc crashes? Im guessing it has to be putting stress on something in my windows partition I've gone from 500gb dedicated to my windows partition and ive used all of it apart from 100 which i though might be the problem?

Everything is just slow to load but once it has loaded (AVG or Google Chrome etc) they work fine and aren't slow?

UPDATE: Since i have installed the Armoured Warfare Game and clicked play my mac crashed and whenever i try to boot up into windows my mac just crashes?

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Loner T

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Jun 2, 2015 12:29 PM in response to Flambard

Does the game require any specific GPU configuration? Can you check Event Viewer for any events just prior to the crash?

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Flambard Author

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Jun 2, 2015 1:40 PM in response to Loner T

No it doesn't and its not just one game, any game i open will crash or eventually crash my computer a while ago i was able to open and close a game enough so that it would stop freezing and was fast but then it would crash.

I am no longer able to do that was my mac crashes after the windows icon comes up on boot camp, it isn't giving me an option to open in safe mode either i started a repair which hasn't been able to fix the problem it says root cause found: A patch is preventing the system from starting.

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KiltedTim

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Jun 2, 2015 1:43 PM in response to Flambard

You have a Windows problem. Backup the data from your bootcamp partition, wipe it, and re-install Windows. Bootcamp just cordons off a partition in which you can install Windows. It can't make Windows work better.

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