i don't wana jinx it but that may have done it... which if true is both satisfying and mildly infuriating lol. been running it on a map that's usually fairly quick to cause that and so far so good.. if it happens again ill be back but if not then consider it fixed!

Thanks posila your the best!

I do have AMD Ryzen Master installed and running the "Gaming" preset but this issue predates me installing that bit of software. actually found that software while troubleshooting this issue several months ago

nope i have 2 DDR4 3200 sticks and have tried both with and without XMP enabled same result

Seriously sometimes its within 2 seconds sometimes its after 2 hours of play. Can literally be doing anything game will just crash randomly have updated to the latest BIOS and Chipset Drivers. Even did a full reinstall of Windows and Factorio and still the same. Only happens in Factorio with and ...