What causes these weird pixelated squares to pop up?

jacker300

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Hello, I noticed every now and then my computer brings these random squares that dissappear when i move my mouse towards them and re-appear elsewhere ONLY on a internet browser(I tried chrome and firefox).

This doesn't happen in game nor on my desktop. Could this be a buggy shockwave/flashplayer or something more serious?

It gets really annoying and the worse thing that happens after that is Nvidia saying "display has stopped working and has recovered", but the display error barely happens.

Is there a fix for this?

My gpu temps idle are around 38-43 Celcius. Ingame is around 48-58 so I don't believe it's my GPU overheating. (GTX 650 ti boost superclocked 2gb)

Or can this be buggy/faulty drivers installed?

Please help.

Thank you!
 
Solution
That can happen from Drivers or Hardware issues.

I would try to ensure you have the latest drivers. If that does not work, maybe try something a bit older.

If all else fails it may be an idea to try it in a friends system to see if it still happens.
That can happen from Drivers or Hardware issues.

I would try to ensure you have the latest drivers. If that does not work, maybe try something a bit older.

If all else fails it may be an idea to try it in a friends system to see if it still happens.
 
Solution
Try disabling hardware acceleration in your browser and see if the problem dissapears (for firefox: options->Advanced->General->Browsing: use hardware acceleration when available).

I remember having a similar issue when hardware acceleration was introduced in firefox, got fixed after next patch though.