Mozilla crashing me :(

[Streethawk]

I've got a problem with Mozilla crashing my PC - its so bad I'm having to use IE!!!

it started yesterday afternoon - I've AVG'ed (fully updated) and found no suspects. whenever I run firefox, the computer wants to send a crash report, then either firefox goes down or the whole comp resets - this is driving me nuts... i'm torn between faffing about and just wiping my (fairly recent) hard -drive and starting again.

any comments/help?

[Streethawk]

i've upped the voltage .05 (after running prime95 and it falling at the 2nd test.)
it's into the 4th test now and still going, so maybe ok now.

doesn't explain (to me) why it would crash on mozilla but not IE...

i'm off out now so we'l see how it looks later...

[robbie]

I had the same thing, just upgraded to version 1.05 and all works ok.
Try it,
www.mozilla.org

[Streethawk]

have had to install xp on another (big) drive as 20mb is reporting as faulty...
was going ok until dowloaded v.1.06
did not try to install, but comp rebooted after download.
temps and resources are reporting ok - anyone any ideas? hardware fault? ram? cpu?

[Aedan]

Try disabling the 'reboot on BSOD' if you haven't already. That's CP -> System -> Advanced -> Startup and Recovery Settings -> Automatically restart. If it's checked, uncheck it!

There shouldn't be anything a standard program can do that would cause the machine to spontaniously reboot. That generally requires either faulty hardware or a driver with bugs in it.

[Streethawk]

it's good to hear you saying that. thanks

took my small disk and fdisked the sector out of existance - setup a new dos sector and formatted. tried installing win98se instead - it ran but kept having problems again. could not upgrade it to xp.

re fdisk-ed etc and tried to install xp, eventually got "bad pool header" - which i am now researching :|

[Streethawk]

well, i ran memtest86 amd had a number of faults thru tests 2,4,5 & 8 (I understand that AMD processors can cause 5s & 8s). removed one memory module & swapped etc. one of them seems ok, but the other is def. gnerating errors.

I don't know a lot about memory timings - could they be causing instability?

haven't yet re-enabled the BSOD (as i forgot ) but windows sent a report in last night regarding driver problems - could be nearing the source of the problem.

btw, am running most recent version of firefox and i no longer suspect it...

[cloasters]

Memory settings that are too aggressive will definitely give you agro. Setting "by SPD" in BIOS should "relax" the demand on the DIMMS.

A name like "Grimsby" doesn't conjure visions of paradise. How about this, there's an Oncologist named Dr Grimm in my area. If you're seeing an Oncologist, you're already in enough trouble.

[Streethawk]

Originally Posted by cloasters

Memory settings that are too aggressive will definitely give you agro. Setting "by SPD" in BIOS should "relax" the demand on the DIMMS.

A name like "Grimsby" doesn't conjure visions of paradise. How about this, there's an Oncologist named Dr Grimm in my area. If you're seeing an Oncologist, you're already in enough trouble.

For some reason all the settings seem to give 3-3-3-8, that's aggressive, SPD, whatever!

I'm thinking of flashing the bios now (it's a 2nd hand nf7-s), as the BSOD keeps arriving, and the only message i've understood has been about drivers (which apparently can give these problems)

start from the bottom up!

Grimsby is (swearword)-ing grim! can't wait to move away came here for a job and wish I hadn't.

I once went to a medical surgery at which one of the practicioners was a Doctor De'ath. spooky.

[cloasters]

3-3-3-8 is about as relaxed a timing that there is for RAM. I forgot about the fact that some folks are named De'ath. Nasty way to find that out--in a Dr's office!

[Streethawk]

Yeah, its my personal influence, even machines get relaxed around me. This computer's so chilled it's smokin'!

The timings have stayed the same. I've read around a bit about my "driver problems" and BIOS flashing and found that my mobo isn't up to the job! it's an nf7-s v1.2 - they haven't got support for 200mhz DDR, so i've reduced to 166x12 and stability is back for now (i'm on it now)

later i'm going to reinstall the other RAM stick and see if memtest86 is still calling it broken - does ne1 think anything about that?

Dr De'ath - I'm just glad he wasn't a surgeon!

[Streethawk]

well the stability fell off at the ens of the day, now it's all over the place again. I dunno what to do, 'cos something is definitely wrong - i still don't really know what the deal is with the "Driver problem". I feel like there is a problem with my motherboard or possibly the processor

I haven't yet flashed the BIOS as the POST screen is showing I am already running update 28 (the most recent for a v1.2 nf7-s) - could the BIOS have become upset by something - is it worth trying a flash? or should I look about for a new mobo?

btw, is there some way of renaming a thread? i'm sure other ppl would come & comment, but my silly title is putting them off! if not - i'll start another one...