I use Firefox as my main browser since the quantum update, but occasionally (once every 3-5 days) the whole system will freeze for a second or two, then make an awful buzzing sound, than restarts.
Seems to happen when I have Firefox open for a while, any suggestions?
edit: specs are an AMD APU, Win8.1, 8GB of ram
Check your CPU temps while using Firefox. Check Windows logs for errors. To a disk health check and a RAM test with memtest86.
[QUOTE=Nanamil;53072571]Check your CPU temps while using Firefox. Check Windows logs for errors. To a disk health check and a RAM test with memtest86.[/QUOTE]
Speccy gives an idle temp of 45ish degrees C, goes up to 55-60 right when opening Firefox but then goes back down. Crystaldiskinfo says hdd health is good.
There was one critical log today, in Windows Logs/System "The system has rebooted without cleanly shutting down first. This error could be caused if the system stopped responding, crashed, or lost power unexpectedly"
Probably unrelated, but there are a lot of logs in Application with this text: "The description for Event ID 0 from source Adaptive Sleep Service cannot be found. Either the component that raises this event is not installed on your local computer or the installation is corrupted. You can install or repair the component on the local computer."
Will use memtest86, tho I believe it took multiple hours last time I used it.
You should be able to use a recovery media to do a non-destructive repair of Windows 8
Usually I would expect a BSOD if it's a critical error on the kernal/drivers though, which this could end up more of an actual hardware issue. But without a proper trace it's hard to tell.
Should check if you can update your motherboard's bios (if you can/they exist), which could help, as well as if they've patched meltdown you've got that going for it
[QUOTE=Scratch.;53072742]You should be able to use a recovery media to do a non-destructive repair of Windows 8
Usually I would expect a BSOD if it's a critical error on the kernal/drivers though, which this could end up more of an actual hardware issue. But without a proper trace it's hard to tell.
Should check if you can update your motherboard's bios (if you can/they exist), which could help, as well as if they've patched meltdown you've got that going for it[/QUOTE]
You can refresh/repair in Win8 by holding shift when you restart, would that be the same as using a recovery usb? Also this machine's not gotten updates from the oem since 2016, 2017 if using Win10.
[QUOTE=TheBorealis;53072771]You can refresh/repair in Win8 by holding shift when you restart, would that be the same as using a recovery usb? Also this machine's not gotten updates from the oem since 2016, 2017 if using Win10.[/QUOTE]
Probably, I remember recovery partitions on machines used to be a thing on OEM machines back in windows 8
Update: seems related to using Youtube on Firefox, just crashed again seconds after opening a Youtube video. Also I could hear the buzzing noise through my headphones (don't wear them very often) so this seems like a software issue.
That's interesting. Back when I had an R9 280, every time I would close a tab in Chrome with a YouTube video in it, I would BSOD. It quit when I switched to Waterfox and then entirely when I replaced the GPU with a GTX 970.
This might sound silly, but does this happen in another browser?
And did you try reinstalling drivers? I'm not entirely sure how APUs work.
[QUOTE=SuperDuperScoot;53080750]That's interesting. Back when I had an R9 280, every time I would close a tab in Chrome with a YouTube video in it, I would BSOD. It quit when I switched to Waterfox and then entirely when I replaced the GPU with a GTX 970.
This might sound silly, but does this happen in another browser?
And did you try reinstalling drivers? I'm not entirely sure how APUs work.[/QUOTE]
I think it may be that it crashes if I go to another tab while the youtube video is loading. Will try chrome.
Also drivers work the same as a normal CPU/GPU combo as far as I know, tho AMD dropped Win8.1 support :/
edit: I remember firefox and youtube causing crashes years ago when i used firefox as the main browser then too
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