# Game crashing **URL:** \ **Category:** New Citizens Q&A\ **Created:** [May 29, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/game-crashing/487931 "2025-05-29T18:25:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Kanriyan\_Guandani](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/kanriyan_guandani/32/466412_2.png) [@Kanriyan\_Guandani](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Kanriyan_Guandani)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/game-crashing/487931/2 "2025-07-01T12:54:23Z")
I have been getting the same error since the Legion launch. I went even further and went back to a clean windows install and that also didn’t fix it. There seems to be another post with another issue but maybe a similar cause. > [@EVE Online instabilty and crashing solution: EVE Online game launch from client fails to launch with Error: Exit code: 3221225477 (0xC0000005)](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-online-instabilty-and-crashing-solution-eve-online-game-launch-from-client-fails-to-launch-with-error-exit-code-3221225477-0xc0000005/486342): > > \*\*Issues EVE Online game launch from client fails to launch with Error: Exit code: 3221225477 (0xC0000005) – Access violation, game also crashes unexpectedly Support states possible instability with 14/15th generation Intel CPUs Occasional operating system error “The instruction at [address] referenced memory… could not be written” at system shutdown System-level memory access errors on shutdown Random operating system freezes Hardware Intel Core i9-14900K Motherboard: ASUS Z790 GAMING WIF… But I would like to avoid restricting my systems performance on order to play EVE. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/game-crashing/487931)._