PC freezes whilst using flash

Hardeep294 · 9 Jun 2013 at 14:23

My PC will randomly freeze whilst watching videos on youtube, and also sometimes whilst on the bbc iplayer desktop app. I've tried re-installing flash on the computer but with no success. Is there anything else that I can do? Thanks for looking

snips86x · 9 Jun 2013 at 14:25

Can you see anything in the event viewer?

lsg1r · 9 Jun 2013 at 14:27

is this with firefox by any chance..... if it is blame firefox as it's been listed as a bug for ages (flash hasn't worked properly since the 'plugin container' was added) - I get it from time to time too.
Flash should work fine with other browsers such as chrome or even ie....

sadbuttrue · 9 Jun 2013 at 16:18

AMD graphics card? There was an issue with powerplay causing flash to crash some time ago. Upgrade drivers if you haven't done so recently.

Hardeep294 · 9 Jun 2013 at 18:45

Sorry for late reply - using the amd 5800k with integrated graphics - no dedicated card. I tried firefox earlier, happens with both firefox and chrome. How do I check the even viewer?

Edit:
Critical: Hour;1 Day;8 Week; 24
Error: Hour;10 Day;58 Week; 330
Warning: Hour;1 Day;27 Week; 159
Information Hour;371 Day; 2194 Week; 8493
Audit Success Hour;66 Day; 418 Week;1915

Critical events are kernel-power - I assume that's when I've reset the computer by pressing the reset button?

olivier renault · 9 Jun 2013 at 19:03

Flash is a POS. I've had the same problem a while ago, reinstalled windows as it was getting on, and worked fine after.

Also, since I've swapped the GPU from a 6950 to a 7970, I've got very intermittent Chrome browser crash with youtube, and my I Player doesn't minimise back from fullscreen corectly. Go figure!