Sreaming flash vids freezes PC

[nabuceht]

I hope this hasn't been posted before. I have searched the web for several days now and still haven't found a solution.

Running web-based flash games has no effect.

Playing Flash videos in either regular or full screen will freeze PC to a point I have no option but to hard boot.

Long-term gaming has no issues, nor does long term PC "on-time".

An annoying "humm" is all i get besides a completely frozen desktop.

I have tested both IE 8, both 32bit and 64bit, and Firefox 3.55 32bit.

I have used the tools available from adobe to remove former versions, and reinstalled the newest available.

I came across a couple "tweaking solutions", but neither of which have worked.

1)disable java in firefox
2)disable hardware acceleration in Flash

I even went on to allow unlimited storage within flash for the sites i watch the most.

The videos can last anywhere from 2 seconds upwards of 30 minutes. No mouse movement, nothing else running, besides Comodo Firewall. (which I hope isn't the problem).

The last 2 things I have NOT tried yet is updating my BIOS, and a clean install. (original install was clean though)

This PC is a homebuild, and a completely new machine to me. SO i have yet to refine which drivers work best for me. It is only about 2 weeks old.

SPECS
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NOTHING OC'ED

Windows 7 64-bit build 7600
AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE
Mushkin (2) 2x2GB PC3-1333 (996652 model) (8 GB total)
HIS ATI RADEON 5770 CrossfireX (using 2 bridges, but not sure if necessary)
ASUS Crosshair 3 MOBO (original BIOS is either 903 or 905, can't remember atm, it is not flashed)
WD HD for Windows only - 160 GB (can't remember type)
WD HD for other stuff - 750 GB (partitioned to a 450 and 300, not sure of type)
Antec 900 case
Antec True Power Quattro 1000 watt



FLASH, JAVA, and SHOCK
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Current Flash is 10.0.42.34 (newest at time)
Current Java is 1.6.0_17 (newest at time)
Current Shockwave is 11.5.2.602 (newest at time)



EXTENSIONS
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Firefox
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Adblock Plus 1.12
FlashBlock 1.5.11.2 (disabled on sites I watch the most)

IE
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STOCK... no adjustments made

If you need any other information, just ask, but I hope I covered it all.

thanks

 

[nabuceht]

possibly fixed now...... only time will tell over the next couple of days.

i did a registry scan and it astonished me with over 2200 errors using regcure. especially since this PC has only been in use for a few weeks.

did a wipe and reinstall.

 

[persiancity]

I have exactly same problem. how you fixed it? which tools you used for scan?

 

[nabuceht]

wow, sorry it took me sooo long to reply... i used regcure to find all the registry errors. flash stopped freezing after that. also, i haven't reinstalled flashblock, which really makes surfing the web painful.

after all that was cured... i begin the long decent into hell as my games became VERY unstable and crashed all the time. that, however, is a LONG story.