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The game is crashing out of the blue now. I've included both crash dump files

I only have Chrome and Steam open in the background

Pc specs are i7 14700k - RTX 3070 - 32gb ddr5 game is installed on a M.2

Post the logs of those crashes.

Are the files I included not the logs?

lukie011 wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 2:15 pm Are the files I included not the logs?

They are not. They are dump files.

The log file(s) are factorio-current.log and factorio-previous.log

Ah, my apologies, here they are

Given that those 2 crashes are completly unrelated to each other i suspect a hardware problem, either ram or cpu, however since you have 14700K cpu, it is likely you may need to update bios to avoid cpu degradation however if your cpu has degraded too much already it may need to be RMA'd to a manufacturer.

I see, I'll go look into my BIOS and stuff. Thanks anyway

as boskid have mentioned,

Your CPU belongs to the Raptor Lake family, which has known issues that can lead to permanent hardware degradation under certain conditions. If you're experiencing frequent crashes, especially during gaming or high-load scenarios, your CPU may already be damaged. This is not an isolated case, it's a widely reported and acknowledged problem.

More technical details and analysis can be found here:
https://machaddr.substack.com/p/extensi ... the-raptor

If your CPU is still under warranty, initiate an RMA process with Intel or your hardware vendor. Report the issue as repeated instability and crashing during games or other intensive workloads. Do not delay, as continued use might worsen the condition.

If an RMA isn't possible, the next step is to update your motherboard BIOS to the latest version, as several vendors have released firmware patches intended to mitigate this issue. While this won't fix already-present damage, it may help reduce instability going forward.

Other than that, there is nothing else you can do, permanent hardware damage cannot be fixed by the game or other software.