Computer freezes after watching Youtube videos
- by Roberts
I had Windows 7 installed all september. But I installed Windows XP Professional back because my computer couldn't handle the new OS.
After first boot I tried to install newest flash player (from Adobe website), but it failed. I had my old setup on USB drive and it worked. I don't know is it important or not.
I am watching Youtube videos in my free time (almost every hour). After few days the computer started to freeze when I open a page with the video or close the page with video, not while I watch a video. No BSODs. Nothing in Event viewer. I use Firefox only.
When computer freezes the sound wont. If iTunes is playing a radio station or is it another video playing in background, the sound wont freeze.
Last few days the mouse wont freeze. Its a strange symptom. If I click few times then the cursor will actually freeze.
I just want to know where does this problem come from (hardware - graphics card, old motherboard or it's just some glitch in setups). If it's not graphics card then I will be happy. The graphics card is ATI Radeon HD 4650 - brand new.
Catalyst 11.8 installed.
Things I have tried:
Installed newest flash player after a week (the setup didn't fail this time)
Installed latest video drivers
Deleting cookies
Defragmenting hard drive
Using TuneUp utilities for computer cleenup
Installed latest Mozilla Firefox
Cleaned the PC
Changed CPU Fan speed almost to max (just to be sure)
Things I haven't tried yet:
Didn't try playing videos on other browsers
What can I do now?