computer freezes when watching videos help

babyjay · 06-18-2007, 04:08 PM

Something fishy is happening to my pc. Everytime i start watching a video it will start to freeze up my whole computer. I cant ctrl alt delete it at all. I have to unplug and replug and it gets tedious. Whats wrong with my pc cause its only a year old. Any help will be appreciated. thanks

Hichards · 06-18-2007, 04:16 PM

I had a problem where it would blue screen everytime i watched a video, turned out it was my video card crashing the computer cos it couldn't handle divX, what a shitty computer that was.

Mariner_2** · 06-18-2007, 04:22 PM

has it always been like this or just recently? If it's just recently, then just do system restore to a day you remember when you didn't have this problem.

kvolcom** · 06-18-2007, 04:30 PM

try defragmenting your computer, deleting huge files/programs that you dont use anymore.

babyjay · 06-18-2007, 04:45 PM

ive defragmented and ran the antispyware/adaware etc. It just started a month ago once in awhile and now it does it almost every single time. How do i system restore?

martelo · 06-18-2007, 04:49 PM

i had the same problem, for example i couldnt play a youtube video for more than 2/3 mins without the computer freezing, it turned out to be overheating.

D_LOC · 06-18-2007, 05:48 PM

What type of video files is making it do this? Or is it all of types?

babyjay · 06-18-2007, 05:52 PM

All types. Youtube, dailymotion, divx, windows media

gmr7494 · 06-18-2007, 05:57 PM

When all else fails, upgrade your video card. That might also mean you'll probably need to upgrade everything else as well.

Mariner_2** · 06-18-2007, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by babyjay

ive defragmented and ran the antispyware/adaware etc. It just started a month ago once in awhile and now it does it almost every single time. How do i system restore?

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