{
  "id": 7091582,
  "title": "Every game crashing with 0xC0000005? On a 14th‑gen Intel laptop, Intel CPU is a curse",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/13/every-game-crashing-with-0xc0000005-on-a-14th-gen-intel-laptop-intel",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-13T10:00:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/tris909/every-game-crashing-with-0xc0000005-on-a-14th-gen-intel-laptop-intel-cpu-is-a-curse-pmi"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A series of games began crashing with exception code 0xC0000005 on a 14th-generation Intel laptop. The impacted titles included Vampire Survivors, Intravenous 2, Pathogenic, and OCCT stress test. The same issue affected unrelated core Windows processes. The crashes persisted even after thorough RAM testing, emptying the WHEA-Logger, updating BIOS and GPU drivers, verifying Steam file integrity, clearing and rebuilding shader caches, disabling Windows Memory Integrity/Core Isolation, disabling malware scans, and toggling overlays off. The underlying cause was traced back to Vmin Shift Instability in the Intel Core i9-14900HX CPU. This instability causes the chip to demand progressively more voltage under load, leading to memory corruption and random crashes across different games and Windows processes. To resolve the issue, the user was advised to cap CPU power using ThrottleStop, specifically setting Long Power PL1 to 80 watts and Short Power PL2 to 100 watts while disabling CPU boost in Windows power settings. These changes had to be applied and saved, with ThrottleStop running continuously for the settings to take effect. After implementing these changes, the previously affected games ran without any crashes, and the Windows processes returned to stable operation.",
  "summary": "A full log of how we tracked down universal 0xc0000005 access-violation crashes across totally unrelated games to Intel's \"Vmin Shift Instability\" on an i9-14900HX — and the two settings that stopped it. Laptop: ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 16 (G634JZR) CPU: Intel Core i9-14900HX GPU: RTX 4080 BIOS: G634JZR.322 OS: Windows 11, build 26200 The short version Cap CPU power in ThrottleStop. TPL screen → Long…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}