Computer freezing watching videos online, possibly codec related?
Hey, I've got a pretty annoying problem where the computer will freeze and monitor will turn black and speakers will play sort of a cut off buzzing sound. The only way to actually do anything is to force shut down the computer again.
This happens mostly while watching videos online but basically whenever the browser is running from what I can recall. It doesn't always occur either so it's hard to track down but when it does occur, I usually have no problem reproducing the problem after a reboot.
I have no problem playing games or anything else that may task the computer more which leads me to believe it is a codec-related problem.
Somewhat related may be that I have a problem with Spotify where it doesn't automatically play new local music in the play queue unless I specifically queue up new things to play.
Restarting the computer when it occurs ocassionally complains about the CPU being overclocked and this is the reason for the crash but I doubt this is actually the problem seeing as I've tried running it without any overclocking and running it at around 3.8-4.0 GHz (Turbo setting since the default CPU ratio is locked) and passing Memtest and Prime95 tests for 10 hours without any problems.
Computer doesn't crash due to overheating from what I can tell, freezing even when idling due to browser running or during Power-saving mode and is at about 40-50 degrees C.
System is about 1 ½ years old and this has been an ongoing problem ever since. At first I thought it was related to overclocking issues but it's really hard to tell considering the tests were fine.
Specs:
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Formula
CPU: Intel Core I7-3820, right now running at stock 3.60 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i
GFX-card: Gigabytes GeForce GTX 660Ti
Ram: G-Skill Sniper F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR, running at XMP Profile #1, basically the baseline speed, voltage and latencies.
PSU: XFX ProSeries XXX Edition 850W
SSD running OS: Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB (SH103S3120G)
HDDs: Some Western Digital 1TB HDD (WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0) and an old Seagate Barracuda 400gb (ST3400620A) running on a SATA-IDE adapter.
Running on Windows 7 Professional N x64, Service Pack 1.
Browser is Mozilla Firefox v 31.0 but IE does the same thing.
Running ESET Smart Security 6 as the anti-virus program.
What I've tried so far:
I've tried running Microsoft FixIt to remove any faulty codecs (Playing video files crashes or freezes Internet Explorer - Windows)
I also installed K-Lite Codec pack and tried tweaking various codecs that may have been offending with the Codec Tweak Tool with no effect.
Tried reinstalling & updating Adobe Flash, tried running with/without Hardware acceleration.
Monitoring voltages and temperature when the crash occurs with nothing looking particulary suspicious.
Probably tried various other things that I forgot to mention.
I'm sorry if I forgot some crucial information, I'm a bit scatterbrained like that.
Ask away and thanks for the help!
Zell
Hey, I've got a pretty annoying problem where the computer will freeze and monitor will turn black and speakers will play sort of a cut off buzzing sound. The only way to actually do anything is to force shut down the computer again.
This happens mostly while watching videos online but basically whenever the browser is running from what I can recall. It doesn't always occur either so it's hard to track down but when it does occur, I usually have no problem reproducing the problem after a reboot.
I have no problem playing games or anything else that may task the computer more which leads me to believe it is a codec-related problem.
Somewhat related may be that I have a problem with Spotify where it doesn't automatically play new local music in the play queue unless I specifically queue up new things to play.
Restarting the computer when it occurs ocassionally complains about the CPU being overclocked and this is the reason for the crash but I doubt this is actually the problem seeing as I've tried running it without any overclocking and running it at around 3.8-4.0 GHz (Turbo setting since the default CPU ratio is locked) and passing Memtest and Prime95 tests for 10 hours without any problems.
Computer doesn't crash due to overheating from what I can tell, freezing even when idling due to browser running or during Power-saving mode and is at about 40-50 degrees C.
System is about 1 ½ years old and this has been an ongoing problem ever since. At first I thought it was related to overclocking issues but it's really hard to tell considering the tests were fine.
Specs:
MB: ASUS Rampage IV Formula
CPU: Intel Core I7-3820, right now running at stock 3.60 GHz
CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i
GFX-card: Gigabytes GeForce GTX 660Ti
Ram: G-Skill Sniper F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR, running at XMP Profile #1, basically the baseline speed, voltage and latencies.
PSU: XFX ProSeries XXX Edition 850W
SSD running OS: Kingston HyperX 3K SSD 120GB (SH103S3120G)
HDDs: Some Western Digital 1TB HDD (WD1002FAEX-00Y9A0) and an old Seagate Barracuda 400gb (ST3400620A) running on a SATA-IDE adapter.
Running on Windows 7 Professional N x64, Service Pack 1.
Browser is Mozilla Firefox v 31.0 but IE does the same thing.
Running ESET Smart Security 6 as the anti-virus program.
What I've tried so far:
I've tried running Microsoft FixIt to remove any faulty codecs (Playing video files crashes or freezes Internet Explorer - Windows)
I also installed K-Lite Codec pack and tried tweaking various codecs that may have been offending with the Codec Tweak Tool with no effect.
Tried reinstalling & updating Adobe Flash, tried running with/without Hardware acceleration.
Monitoring voltages and temperature when the crash occurs with nothing looking particulary suspicious.
Probably tried various other things that I forgot to mention.
I'm sorry if I forgot some crucial information, I'm a bit scatterbrained like that.
Ask away and thanks for the help!
Zell