Hi everyone. My recently built computer crashes every now and then when viewing Flash content and I can't figure out what the root of the problem is. Any ideas or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Problem occurs both with Firefox browser plug-in (version 10.0.45.2) and stand alone Flash player (version 10.0 r45) playing content offline.
I have MSIE 8, but I uninstalled the Flash plug-in for it. Chrome is installed and has the Flash plug-in, but I rarely use it.
Crashes seem to be completely random and unrelated to the content itself -- it could be simple animation or video, Actionscript or no Actionscript.
Multiple visits or plays of the same content may be perfectly fine, then suddenly the next time the computer crashes . After displaying the content for about a second, the screen just goes black and the computer reboots. No entry in the system Event Log.
Computer specs:
- Core i7 930 2.8GHz
- 3GB RAM (performed full memtest and found no errors)
- Windows XP Professional SP3 (fully updated)
- NVidia GeForce 8400 GS graphics card (latest driver installed)
- Running Avast 4.8 (anti-virus) and Zone Alarm 9.1.7 (firewall)
Really hoping someone can help me figure this out.
Thanks.
-Kevin