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All browsers and random games crash
Shane:
Damn, was hoping it was that LOL
Ok, now we have to start looking at hardware. Had drive has no bad sectors and memory tested good.
So before we say motherboard lets verify if it is the MB or the video card with 1 simple test.
Do you have a different video card you can try?
By trying another video card, if the problem goes away we know it is the video card. If the problem stays it is the MB.
The MB itself also can heatup, I know some of the chips that have heat sinks can get too hot. I notice all the crashes only seem to happen when the system is under more of a load. Granted playing videos isnt much of a load, but any game would be.
It is always possible it is the CPU as well, but normally when it is the CPU we get a total system crash. MB we normally get a system crash as well, and heck even with any type of hardware we can get a total system crash. But depending at what part is bad then the game or program using that part of the hardware would be the only one to crash since Windows wasnt using it.
Did that make any sense at all? LOL
Shane
timscape:
Makes perfect sense. Just last week, I installed a new video card, and I've had this crashing thing for a lot longer than that. So I think we can rule out the video card.
I use a nice utility called Core Temp to monitor my, um, core temp. http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/ Always low readings.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte. Maybe they have an update and diagnostic tool of some kind.
Turns out, I'm not alone: http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/361282-all-browsers-crashing-randomly
Somebody found a fix:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/439021/both-firefox-and-ie-crash-upon-launch-even-in-safe-mode/
Shane:
Unless you got infected again then yes. But when you did the fresh install did you make sure to delete the partitions first in the setup? This way the file system and MBR are destoried getting rid of any MBR virus.
TDSSkiller is one tool I use and the other is malwarebytes anti rootkit and then combofix. Those 3 normally get the job done.
So after the fresh install everything worked, did you somehow get your self infected again? If not then it is a hardware problem, if somehow you did then it is a virus problem. But even with a virus I have never seen it crash a game. Normally the rootkits that TDSSkiller look for are ones that hijack the network and dns and redirect your search results to bull crap pages to make money from ads. TDSS rootkit use to have a side effect where in the device manager the hard drives or the cd rom drives didnt show up at all. When ever I see that I know it was the TDSS rootkit.
Shane
timscape:
Interesting stuff.
I already forgot I did a clean install, lol. Yes, partitions went first. I have no idea whether I'm infected. AVG, MalwarebytesPro, and Glary Utilities all scan clean.
The fact that I crashed in Safe Mode is kind of freaky. I was hoping it was RAM, but two memtests say no.
The game was crashing because I had conflicting mods. I don't think it has anything to do with this issue.
Thanks,
Tim
Shane:
Safe mode can still heat things up, and if it is hardware it will crash in safe mode as well.
AVG sucks lol Run the 3 tools I do just to double check things before we go digging into hardware.
Shane
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