PC hard-freezing and crashes in specific Destiny 2 locations/activities
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I’ve been dealing with a strange crash in Destiny 2 for roughly since motm update
The issue is not a normal game crash. In certain activities or locations, the entire PC freezes. The screen usually turns white, green, or just freezes on the last frame. I can still hear game/Discord audio for around 10 seconds, then everything stops responding and I have to hold the power button and restart the PC.
The most consistent example so far is Helio Stat. I can load in, play for a bit, move further into the activity, and then the PC crashes. There are a few other locations/activities where I’ve seen the same thing. Outside of those, it can also happen randomly, but the location-specific crashes are much easier to reproduce.
What I’ve checked
Verified Destiny 2 game files
Updated to the latest NVIDIA driver
Tried FPS caps at 58, 60 and 75
Set almost all Destiny graphics settings to Low or Disabled
Disabled NVIDIA overlay
Disabled Discord overlay
Disabled Xbox Game Bar
No OBS or Overwolf running
Disabled GPU acceleration in Discord and Spotify
Tested with Chrome closed as well
No Steam Overlay
No GPU overclock or undervolt
CPU/GPU temperatures are normal
I also logged the system using HWiNFO during the crashes.
GPU temperatures were around:
GPU core: roughly 60°C
Hotspot: roughly 70–72°C
CPU: roughly 60–70°C
The GPU was also nowhere near 100% load during some of these crashes, and VRAM usage was not close to full.
Windows errors
After the crash, Windows logs:
Kernel-Power Event ID 41
WHEA-Logger Event ID 1: Fatal hardware error
LiveKernelEvent 124
Event Log 6008 after the forced shutdown
There is no BSOD.
The sequence is basically:
Destiny running normally → load certain area/activity → display freezes/turns white or green → audio continues for ~10 seconds → entire PC locks → forced shutdown required.
Hardware
CPU: Intel i5-11500
GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1650 dual-fan
Motherboard: Gigabyte B560 AORUS Pro AX
RAM: 16 GB DDR4-3200, XMP enabled
PSU: Gigabyte 650W 80+ Bronze
SSD: WD Blue 500 GB
The system had been running Destiny normally before this
7000 hours of what 5000 came on this very pc and since MoT update the crashesss
I’m mainly trying to figure out whether anyone else is seeing hard system freezes tied to certain Destiny areas or activity transitions, rather than normal GPU load. The fact that some locations reproduce it consistently is what makes this especially confusing Areas like : GOS areas, cabal's watch, helio stat, SRL Russia map,