System crash while posting in mod comment page.

[OakRain]

I have no idea where the source for this problem lies but I thought I would ask here if any one else has been having trouble.

 

I have just experienced my third system crash while making a comment on a mod page.Posting comments from the Forums works just fine but spending say more than five minutes composing a comment on a mod page * at which point my PC experienced a system crash* - no warning message and no apparent cause when I review my View Reliability History from the control panel.I can post one or two line comments from the mod page but any more than that then I seem to have problems.Just prior to the third crash I got a "You must be signed in to post a comment" message - while I was signed in.

 

First crash was yesterday and there have been two today.On each occasion I have had to reboot my PC - no self recovery.

 

The only time I have had similar behavior from my PC is when the mains power supply is interrupted which happens now and again - rural N Devon.

 

 

Does this sound familiar to any one - any ideas where I should look for a fix?

 

 

My forum profile contains full system specs.Running Win7.Firefox Web Browser.

 

 

* edited for calrity

[Dark0ne]

I've never heard of the sites causing someone's PC to crash!

[JimboUK]

That's very odd, maybe try running a virus scan? maybe there's a keylogger or something causing the issue.

[OakRain]

Thanks guys - about to start a virus scan now.

 

Just to be clear - not holding anybody responsible,simply trying to get to the bottom of this as it has to be something to do with my PC and there are folks around here with far more knowledge and experience than I!

[Hickory]

Clear your Firefox cache and then restart Firefox in no add-on mode (Help > Restart with add-ons disabled...). If that clears things up, you will have to play detective on your add-ons.

 

And yes, a virus scan would not go amis, but you *must* run it with up to date definitions.

[OakRain]

So far so good - nothing nasty showed up in scanning.Used ClamWin having first updated it's data base.

 

Cleared FF cache and running in no add on mode although the only add on I have as far as I know is DownThemAll.

 

Edit - I just had a comment box open on a mod page for 10 mins with no problems.Would seem to indicate a FF cache problem.

 

Thanks for the assistance folks.

 

Edit 2 - plugs enabled and all is well,needless to say I feel somewhat foolish about now.

[Georgiegril]

Just to add...Do you mean your browser crashed, or a complete computer crash? I had been having browser crashes when posting, from time to time. I thought it was just because of the new site working out the bugs.

 

Recently I reinstalled my Firefox, trying to get rid of Flash plug-in bloat problems....I didn't think of it until I read this, but since that reload, I have not had the issue with browser crashing. Maybe it is a FF/flash problem?

[OakRain]

Georiegril - complete computer crash - everything powers down.

 

Unfortunately the crashing seems to persist although not while viewing online content so far.I thought it may be hardware related,specifically an older HDD on my system but have just ruled that out by having another crash an hour after disconnecting it.However these last crashes the system has been rebooting itself and giving me the option to restart in safe mode - checking the fault reports in safe mode has given me a vast amount of error messages from the last two days so I am contemplating rolling back to one of my weekly system back ups.This crashing has only started happening in the last 48 hours - I'm up to six so far.The last two while playing Skyrim.

 

Something else I have not seen before - when viewing installed programs in the add/remove programs window quite a number of installed progs have the option to repair when they are highlighted.

 

 

 

Edit - having reviewed some threads in Hardware and Software Discussion I felt I should provide some more info to help narrow down the cause of the problems.

 

PSU - G7 Modular Power Extreme 850 w

 

CPU is cooled by an Artic Cooler fan Freezer 13 Pro - CPU Temp is low and stays low- currently 21.0 deg C at near zero load.The entire system lives in an unheated room - currently 12 deg C.

 

Chassis fans - 2 x 3" and 2 x 4"

 

Processor: intel i5-2500K CPU 3.30 GHz

 

Memory: 2 x 128 GB SSD Crucial M4 using Sata 3

 

RAM - 16.0 GB DDR3 - 4 x Corsair XMS 3

 

Motherboard: Asus P8 Z77-M PRO current temp 13.0 deg C

 

Graphics Card:: Asus HD 7950 Top - I have come across some negative reviews for this item after purchase,I'm hoping this isn't the problem.Some but not all units have a badly fitted heat sink leading to overheating - haven't noticed mine overheat though.

 

Monitor : Samsung Syncmaster T240 24"

 

OS - Win7 64 - installed one SSD

 

No separate sound card - no room as GPU uses 3 expansion slots

 

All gaming apps are installed on a separate SSD to the OS - both SSDs are about half full

 

Mother board and CPU purchased as an OC bundle - haven't adjusted the clocking .

 

Everything but the monitor is less than 4 months old.

[JimboUK]

I think with persistent crashes it's best to turn to automatic reboots off and let it give you a blue screen of death instead, you can make a note of that error and then google it. I gave a couple of links here that show how to turn them off http://forums.nexusmods.com/index.php?/topic/416999-computer-restarts-when-in-mulitplayer/page__view__findpost__p__6396435

[OakRain]

Thank you for the link jim_uk - settings adjusted,now to wait for a crash.

 

 

 

Perhaps I ought to see about getting this thread moved to Hardware and Software Discussion Forum.