+- Dolphin, the GameCube and Wii emulator - Forums (https://forums.dolphin-emu.org)
+-- Forum: Dolphin Emulator Discussion and Support (https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Forum-dolphin-emulator-discussion-and-support)
+--- Forum: Support (https://forums.dolphin-emu.org/Forum-support)
+--- Thread: Dolphin crashing and locks computer (/Thread-dolphin-crashing-and-locks-computer)
Dolphin crashing and locks computer - Alkemyst - 12-16-2015
I have Dolphin 4.0-8305 and every so often the emulator crashes but not only does it crash, my computer crashes as well. I can't access Task Manager or Alt-tab or anything. I'm just looking at a black screen. I have to put the computer to sleep and when I wake it I get an error and then I can finally close Dolphin.
Anyone know what the problem is? Anyone know any fixes. I'm on Windows 10 if that helps.
RE: Dolphin crashing and locks computer - Garteal - 12-16-2015
Sounds like your display driver has crashed, possibly due to overheating.
You should monitor your temps with hwinfo, gpu-z, afterburner or anything that can and let us know what your temps are when you're gaming with Dolphin and when it happens when you wake up your laptop.
RE: Dolphin crashing and locks computer - jamieyello - 12-17-2015
Excuse me for talking about things I might not be so knowledgeable about, but could it also be a power supply problem?
RE: Dolphin crashing and locks computer - leolam - 12-17-2015
Yeah, it could be a hardware issue (power supply, overheating, faultly component, etc.)
RE: Dolphin crashing and locks computer - chaostraveler - 12-18-2015
(12-16-2015, 04:58 PM)Alkemyst Wrote: I have Dolphin 4.0-8305 and every so often the emulator crashes but not only does it crash, my computer crashes as well. I can't access Task Manager or Alt-tab or anything. I'm just looking at a black screen.
That sounds almost exactly what happened when I played in full screen on 4.0-8313. Are you in full screen too?