I have a brand new Alienware, hardware is probably not an issue. My laptop freezes about 5 minutes into playing Battlefield 3 campaign. Is there a known fix for this issue? Is this even a known issue ?
Battlefield 3 freezes 5 minutes into the campaign
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Best Answer
This is basically "how do I determine if my hardware is stable?"
Try
run Prime95 overnight and see if your CPU is stable
run Memtest86 overnight and see if your memory is stable
run Furmark for an hour or so (be careful as this thing loads GPUs far beyond any realistic load)
Warning: Battlefield 3 is known to be extremely GPU intensive and may cause more heat than most games.
edit: apparently there might be a possible RealTek sound driver conflict, too. Apparently there's a history of Realtek issues with DICE engine games, so this is not new. A lot of people are saying "use USB audio" as a workaround. Can you try that?