Windows 10: why is my pc crashing when fortnite runs

Windows Description Faulting Application Path: C:\Windows\System32\WerFault.exe Creation Time: 1/27/2025 9:59:53 PM Problem: Hardware error Status: Report sent Problem signature Problem Event Name: LiveKernelEvent Code: 144 Parameter 1: 1001 Parameter 2: ffffd50253b4a190 Parameter 3: 0 Parameter 4: 0 OS version: 10_0_26100 Service Pack: 0_0 Product: 768_1 Extra information about the problem Bucket ID: LKD_0x144_HOST_SYSTEM_ERROR_USBXHCI

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My pc freezes and crashes while playing fortnite

As the tilte suggests i have been experiencing my pc freezing and crashing while i play fortnite (havent tested any other games). To begin with ive been experiencing fortnite crashing mid game for the past week. I updated drivers windows 10 and unistalled fortnite and installed it again. After the windows update i think that the problem expanded to my pc freezing and crashing. To save you some time i have Autoruns from a previous crashing issue

 

Fortnite Crashes My PC when launched.

Recently my PC has begun completely crashing when I start up the game. I've gotten the blue screen with the frowning face a couple times, but most of the time it just black screens and bugs out taking me to my login screen and closing/stopping all other programs on the computer.

My hardware is a Nvidia EVGA 2070 Super

And a Ryzen 7 2700x

I've tried everything I can think of to resolve the issue.

• Updated drivers for Graphics card.
  
• Deleted and reinstalled the game multiple times
  
• Verifed the game files
  
• Run Epic games as administrator
  
• Deleted and reinstalled Epic games launcher
  
• Cleaned out driver caches
  
• Moved the game to a different hard drive
  
• Run command prompt for corrupted files
  
• Used the windows + r command to run other scripts
  
• Updated all my windows store apps
  

No other game on my PC has any issues and run exactly the same as before this began happening, its just Fortnite.

Any advice or suggestions would be fantastic as I am at a loss as to going about resolving this issue.

Ideally I'd like to avoid having to do a complete reinstallation of windows.

 

Why does my PC keep crashing while playing Fortnite?

Hello OhhUke

Im Juliet and Im happy to help you

Make sure that you are not running the game at a resolution or graphics setting that your PC cannot handle. You can try lowering the graphics settings or running the game in windowed mode to see if that fixes the issue. Please follow the steps below:

Step 1: Launch Fortnite.

Step 2: Click on "Settings" and then "Video".

Step 3: Lower the graphics settings to a level that your PC can handle.

Step 4: Click on "Windowed Mode" to run the game in windowed mode.

Step 5: Save your settings and run Fortnite to see if the issue has been resolved.

I hipe this helps! Let me know what happens