computer randomly freezes when watching youtube videos


  1. Posts : 33
    WINDOWS 7 PROFESSION 64
       #1

    computer randomly freezes when watching youtube videos


    my computer completely locks up when watching youtube videos, ive done the process of elimination of the following.

    1. i bought a new RAM stick made by corsair 2 days ago and it still does it so its not the ram cos ive used 3 different sticks

    2. its not my hard drive otherwise id have other errors not just a frozen pc on youtube

    3. its not my gpu cos ive clean uninstalled the drivers and reinstalled them and i play wow everyday for like 10 hours and never had any issues

    4. its not my CPU cos a cpu error wouldnt hang or freeze on a specific thing

    5. i ve checked device manager no yellow triangles with ! in them

    i dnt know whats happening i think its an issue with flash player if its not and it lkeeps happening il just reinstall windows
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  2. Posts : 24,479
    Windows 7 Ultimate X64 SP1
       #2

    Some hardware tests to run to be sure it's all OK.


    Hard drive(s)test(s):
    Pick one for your HDD brand or use Seatools.
    7 Free Hard Drive Testing Software Tools

    RAM (memory) test:
    This will require memtest on a bootable CD or USB stick.
    RAM - Test with Memtest86+

    Personally I think YouTube is the problem. I also have issues there a times with nothing consistent with anything. Sometimes a video is fine, then the next one jitters or has bad audio. Then everything works fine.
    You could try reinstalling Flash.
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  3. Posts : 33
    WINDOWS 7 PROFESSION 64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    what ive done is ive uninstalled flash cos i can still watch some videos due to HTML5 maybe that might be an issue of some videos having a bad code or crossover into html5 from flash,

    i know my GPU isnt faulty i play wow hardcore everyday, i tested my ram already and its a new stick less than 72 hours old and ive used seatools to test my hdd and ssd
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